The Football Talking Tour
The podcast for people who *don’t* act their age.
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Episodes
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Football legend Niall Quinn joins Gary and Aodhán to chat about former president of Football Association of Ireland Oscar Traynor and what he had done for football in Ireland.
Friday Aug 05, 2022
Friday Aug 05, 2022
Gary and Aodhán are joined by Irish footballer Kevin Moran on this episode of The Football Talking Tour Podcast.
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Gary Cooke and Aodhan are joined by former Ireland football player and manager, Eoin Hand. Eoin was born 30 March 1946 Hand played schoolboy football with Stella Maris. As a 17-year-old he was signed by Swindon Town but the move did not work out and he returned quickly to Ireland. He started his League of Ireland career with short spells for Dundalk F.C. and Shelbourne F.C. but it was with Drumcondra F.C. that he found most success.After a series of outstanding displays, he was signed by Portsmouth F.C. for a transfer fee of £8,000 in October 1968. Hand impressed enough at Portsmouth to earn a call up to the Republic of Ireland national football team and went on to earn 19 caps for his country. He stayed with Portsmouth until being released at the end of the 1975–76 season. After a brief spell in South Africa, Hand was persuaded back into football by Shamrock Rovers making his debut on 9 October 1977 at Glenmalure Park. However, after only nine games he returned to Portsmouth F.C. He left again in 1979, after playing a total of 277 times in the league for them.
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Gerry Farrell joins Gary and Aodhán back in the studio for another episode of The Football Talking Tour Podcast
Friday Apr 01, 2022
Friday Apr 01, 2022
Gary and Aodhan sit down with international football legend Ronny Whelan
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Former Irish rugby legend and schoolboy soccer international Tony Ward discusses his career and the conflicts between the sporting loves of his life.
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Cormac Moore, author of ‘The Irish Soccer Split’ outlines the reasons behind the traumatic partition of Irish football in 1921
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Football historian Gerry Farrell joins Gary and Aodhán to discuss the fascinating careers of two players who grew up beside Croke Park - Tom Farquharson and Alex Stevenson.
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Monday Feb 28, 2022
The Football History Walking Tour has been taking fans of football and history around the Northside and Southside of Dublin City since August 2020. The tour picks through the various tales and controversies of Irish soccer from the 1916 Rising to Jack’s Army. Soccer’s journey from the hated ‘Garrison Game’ in the early years of the State to the heights of Italia ‘90 is told with passion, humour and the right amount of misery from two ardent football fans.In this Podcast Gary Cooke of Apres Match and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD expand on some of the themes explored in their tours. Join the lads as they discuss the beautiful game and why it has an ugly history in Ireland.Gary and Aodhán are joined by Tim Carey, the author of ‘Croke Park: A History’ to discuss the origins of the famous stadium and some of the myths that surround it.