Nov 14, 2023
The League of Ireland is commonly seen as a development league, one whose best players are signed at an early age, usually by larger, wealthier clubs from Britain, following a pattern established more than a century ago. But in this set of four case studies from the 1920s through to the twenty first century another...
Aug 8, 2022
A chat with Sam Robinson about Glentoran's 1914 tour of Europe and their triumph in the Vienna Cup and what happened to the footballers who returned to Belfast with War just months away.
Mar 12, 2022
We chat to Dietrich, a prolific German author on football, about football history, Johann Cruyff, his time living in Ireland and the Bundesliga among other subjects
Jan 27, 2022
Fergus chats with actor Maxine Peake about her role playing Anne Williams, campaigner for the victims of the Hillsborough Disaster.
May 28, 2020
In conversation with Brendan and Fred about their experiences of football in Ireland and Germany (and Brazil and Japan) and comparisons with fan culture, ownership models and the Uruguayan precursor for Barry.