The Press Box

With no League of Ireland action last week or this, this week's Press Box is a special edition focusing on the career of Joe Gallen. Speaking with James at the start of May, Joe discusses his time at Oriel Park including the memorable promotion/relegation play-off victory over Waterford Utd and 'playing hard and drinking hard' under Dermot Keely. He also discusses his path into coaching, what he feels the difference is between football in England and Ireland and working with Harry Kane and Ra...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back on Dundalk's 1-0 win at home to St Patrick's Athletic which saw Stephen O'Donnell's side climb up to second in the league table. With the break now upon us, we reflect back on the first half of the season and discuss what, if any, business Dundalk need to do to ensure they build on their fantastic start to the campaign. All that, and more, in this week's podcast.

In this week's episode of The Press Box James delivers a Father Ted-style monologue hitting back at all who questioned him when he called two away wins for Dundalk last weekend. We look back at those superb wins over Derry City and Finn Harps and ask whether Stephen O'Donnell's side are now in a title race following results elsewhere over the weekend? There's also a look ahead to this Friday's final game before the mid-season break against St Patrick's Athletic, a debate over whether Dundalk ...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back on Dundalk's come-from-behind 3-1 win over Bohemians on Friday night which saw Stephen O'Donnell's side return to third place in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division table. There's also a look ahead to back to back games in the North West this weekend when Dundalk take on Derry City at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium on Friday and Finn Harps in Ballybofey on Monday. Dundalk will be looking to end their away day droug...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back on Dundalk's 2-2 draw against UCD at the UCD Bowl on Friday night and discuss why the club are struggling to win away from Oriel Park. There's also a look ahead to this weekend's visit of Bohemians to Oriel and a chat about the return of a number of legends for the game, including Gino Lawless. The lads also discuss whether some of the modern day players should have a testimonial in the years ahead like Gino had. There's also ...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back at the 4-1 Louth Derby victory over Drogheda Utd at Oriel Park on Friday night and ahead to this week's trip to face bottom of the table UCD at the UCD Bowl where Stephen O'Donnell's side will be hoping to clinch their first away win of the season. There's also an injury update on Dan Williams while Gerry Malone discusses why he feels former Dundalk boss Jim McLaughlin should be honoured by Louth County Council for his contrib...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James reflect back on a dramatic win for Dundalk over Shelbourne with John Martin stealing the headlines with an 85th minute winner in a game which saw three red cards produced, including one for Shels boss Damien Duff. There's also a look ahead to this Friday's Louth Derby game against Drogheda Utd at Oriel Park with the question asked whether Keith Ward should be worked into the team following his superb assist for the winning goal last wee...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back on the 2-1 victory over Sligo Rovers on Good Friday and the 1-0 loss to Shamrock Rovers on Easter Monday and also look ahead to this weekend's visit of Shelbourne to Oriel Park. There's also a chat with Leicester-based Dundalk fan Gerry McNamee ahead of his return to Oriel Park for the first time in two-and-a-half years on Friday night while there is praise for the club for the special edition jersey in aid of Motor Neurone Di...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, in association with Zoma, Craig and James look back on the 0-0 draw with St Patrick's Athletic at Richmond Park and assess how Dundalk have performed in the opening series of games and what they need to do to improve in the second series, which gets underway with an Easter weekend double header at home to Sligo Rovers on Friday and away to Shamrock Rovers on Monday. The lads also take your questions while there's a catch up with former Lilywhite Val Ad...

In a special episode of The Press Box, in association with Zoma, Craig and James sat down with former Dundalk FC defender Stephen McGuinness to discuss the club's memorable 2002 FAI Cup victory over Bohemians at Tolka Park when Garry Haylock's double secured what was the club's ninth Cup success. In a wide-ranging interview Stephen reveals that relegation before the final still haunts him 20 years on, his fear that the side would miss the game due to traffic delays, how he went missing with t...