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Kevin Moran won two All-Irelands with Dublin and two FA Cups with Manchester United. Not bad eh? Today's episode sees Conor and Johnny discuss one of Ireland's most talented, and fascinating players, Kevin Moran. Initially a GAA star with Kevin Heffernan (no relation)'s Dublin team, Moran signed for Man U while still a young man. There he played over two hundred games, winning two FA Cups and coming close to the League title on several occasions. He next played in Spain for two seasons with Sporting Gíjon before coming back to England as part of Jack Walker's Blackburn experiment. Importantly for us, Moran was an absolute rock in Ireland's defence for the better part of a decade. 71 caps, 6 goals and two stellar tournaments in Euro 88 and Italia 90. What a player!

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From 1990 to 2000, the Republic of Ireland featured five one cap wonders which, if we do say so ourselves, make up quite the decent 5-a-side team. Join Conor and Johnny as they discuss they five players good enough to play for the Republic of Ireland but who sadly failed to make it back for a second date. We'll discuss the cult hero goalkeeper good enough to play in a cup final, the centre back who had to fight off nationality suspicions, a cracking Premier League Caption, a Scotsman turned Irishman and a lower league cult hero. Have we given away too much? Nah! Also shout outs for two players who banged around Ireland's youth set ups but never progressed to the internationals—included because Conor loves a tryer!

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Liam Brady, Steve Heighway, Frank Stapleton, Ronnie Whelan, David O'Leary... Ireland's squad for the 1982 World Cup campaign under Eoin Hand was undoubtedly the greatest collection of players the country has ever put together... or so say us! Managed by Eoin Hand, the Republic entered a group of death with European Championship runners up Belgium, the dying embers of the Total Football Dutch team and a French team being powered by Platini. Despite these trials, the Republic narrowly missed out on qualification on goal difference... GOAL DIFFERENCE! More egregiously, we lost a match away to Belgium in which (a) an Irish goal was disallowed for no reason (b) the Beglians scored from a very dubiously awarded free kick and (c) the referee couldn't explain his decisions even twenty years after the fact. Hmmm... Join Conor and Johnny as they discuss Ireland's greatest World Cup team that never was and the scandals surrounding this campaign.

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Niall Quinn's Disco Pants are on Fire! Quinn equals Frank Stapleton's goal scoring record, Dominic Foley hits the ground running, Gary Breen comes into his own and Ireland nearly win a (major?) tournament. Yes yes everyone it is time to discuss the most wonderful of all international tournaments... the USA Cup.  Johnny, Conor and guest Cuán discuss the 2000 USA Cup. Coming at a time when the Irish had narrowly missed out on qualification, again, the USA Cup was an excellent opportunity for Ireland's next crop of young players to show their mettle and, more importantly, an opportunity for goalslingers like Niall Quinn to begin breaking records. Join us as we discuss the last ever USA Cup, and fret not, this Cup brings us offside goals, spats between Football Associations, blackouts and all the chaoticness we come to expect from this little Cup that could.

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Published: May. 30, 2022 @ 5AM Edit

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We're all melting thanks to the heat and Johnny is on form. Yes yes ya'll, its the year Man United win a historic treble!

This week our Boys talk about United's once in a lifetime successes, the mastery of Roy Keane and Denis Irwin and, more importantly, the Irish stars slowly making a name for themselves in the Premier League.  Ireland have two... TWO ... players in that United season but we're interested in those across the League (Hello Ian Harte with 4 goals!) Join Conor and Johnny for a season review with an eye to the Boys in Green. Who lit up the League? Who were the ones to watch? And... most importantly, who made the First Division team of the year?!

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Keano, Keano, Keano .... no not that one!

Join Conor and Johnny this week as they discuss one of Ireland's greatest ever footballers, Robbie Keane. Learn about his breakout season at Wolves in the First Division, his debut for the Republic of Ireland and big money moves to Coventry, Inter Milan and Leeds United. The young Robbie Keane was one of the most exciting players of his generation... compared by contemporaries to Michael Owen and even George Best. Find out why!

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Controversial times for our Boys this week as they debate the best Irish XI of the 1990s. Do we just choose Jack's World Cup teams from 1990 and 1994, or do we look to Mick McCarthy's younger squads from the end of the decade. Who was the best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder or Striker? Join Conor and Johnny as they engage in the very best (or worst) of Irish pub talk ... the difference is our Boys have done their research! Pity Conor  can't stop changing his mind.

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Initially bought for a bag of of footballs and appeared 88 times for a country he believed he didn't qualify for... Ladies and Gentlmen this week we discuss the hardworking, mercurial, and at times deeply controversial Tony Cascarino. Beginning his career in the non-league, Cass worked his way to top clubs in England, Scotland and France. More importantly, he set a then record 88 caps for the Republic during his career, only to claim he didn't qualify as an Irish citizen in a tell-all biography published soon after his retirement. Join Conor and Johnny as they discuss one of their favorite Irish strikers of the 90s, Tony Cascarino or, as the French so stylishly named him, Tony Goal!

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Robbie Keane is on the scene and Niall Quinn is still a goal machine! Well... for the First Divison that is.

This week our Boys talk about another an Arsenal double, a Premier League packed with Irish players... but no strikers, and a First Division were Irish players are hitting double digits on the goal tallies. What's more, we have an Irish player... a friend of the Pod Garreth Farrelly, scoring the goal to keep Everton in the Prem. What a season ladies and gents... what a season!  Join Conor and Johnny for a season review with an eye to the Boys in Green. Who lit up the League? Who were the ones to watch? And... most importantly, who made the First Division team of the year?!

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'We are the Champions.... The Champions of Europe!

In 1998 the Irish u18s only went and won the blooming European championships. We beat Croatia, Germany, and Cyrpus. Okay it was only four games, and we lost 1-0 to England but a wins, a wins, a win . This was 'Kerr's Kids' at its very best. We featured Robbie Keane, Richard Dunne and a soon to be Juve bound Ronnie O'Brien. Join Conor and Johnny as they examine  something truly pecial in Irish football. Who made the team? Why were they so successful and, most importantly of all, who progressed to star for the full men's side?

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