Back to Jack: Irish Football Chronicles

Join us as we watch Jack's first competitive outing on the road to Euro '88. Can Ireland exorcise the ghosts of 1981 in Brussels? Is Paul McCartney having a mid-life crisis? And what happened to Billo's accent?

Qatar sticking in your craw? Travel back to the golden summer of 1986 for the second part of our Mexico '86 special. Maradona vs. Shilton, Dunphy vs. Morgan, McGuigan vs. Cruz and Beckenbauer vs. a can of Knorr. It's all here!

Jet back to the sun-kissed Mundial of Mexico '86, for our team-by-team, game-by-game guide to a memorable tournament, through an Irish lens. Maradona, Eamonn Dunphy, Julie Andrews and Gay Byrne - who could resist that line-up?

Also featuring:

The Clery's Ghost

Ireland's first divorce court (on the Late Late)

The Reluctant Orangeman

and much much more! Please listen, share, review and subscribe. Find us at @100IrishGames on Twitte or [email protected]

Can Jack clinch the Republic's first-ever trophy, just month into the job? Ireland take on Iceland and Czechoslovakia in the land of no beer.

Dave O'Leary goes AWOL

Self-Aid rocks the RDS

Liverpool and Rovers clinch the double

Dublin's bowling barmaid wins the World Cup

Jack's lads take on the champions of South America, Brian Kerr hands in his badge, Clint Eastwood takes charge in California, and US TV goes in search of Al Capone's hidden treasure! Journey back to 1986 for the second episode of Back to Jack!

Back to Jack will cover the Jack Charlton era game-by-game, starting with Jack's first game in charge against Wales in March 1986.

We're joined by Dave Donnelly and John Breslin to explore how Jack got the job and to plunge into the snowy, smoggy Ireland of spring 1986.

In this unique comeback episode of IFC, experience the sounds of 1930s Dublin, as we travel back in time to witness one of Ireland's greatest games.

In this seasonal special, we look at the extraordinary story of the poltergeist that terrorised Finglas in 1957/58, as well as the chaos that surrounded the 57/58 Leinster Senior Cup Final.

You can read my obit of the great Jack Charlton here: Extratime.com - Extratime.ie - Goodbye to a Legend: Thanks for everything Jack

Library music used in this episode is Shoreline by Junior85, released under Creative Commons.

Journey back to a frenzied Lansdowne Road for this vital World Cup qualifier. With Ireland within touching distance of the World Cup, Dublin goes into meltdown.

Also featured:

* Liam Brady's bombshell retirement

* Alan O'Neill on being an LOI player in Jack's squad

* A Republican Werewolf in Laois

* UFOs crash a Soviet football match

Features some incidental music from Soularflair, Dermot Morgan (c Dolphin Records) and The Marcels

A short episode on the 1992 Celtic Warriors tournament, which pitted Charlton's side against France, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.