Tales From The East Stand
288 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPodcast by Gary Parsons & Karl Reilly
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TFTES 238
April 19, 2023 23:18 - 2 hours - 139 MBAfter once again inspiring Rovers to come back from two goals down in Tallaght, Jack Byrne takes on Questions From The East Stand alongside Aaron Greene and Dan Cleary (recorded before the news). There's an interview with Ringsend historian Frank Hopkins to kick off our new author series, and, ahead the women's derby with Bohs on Saturday we hear from Hannah Dunne, Jaime Thompson and Paul Donohue on the story of the season so far.
TFTES 237
April 12, 2023 22:20 - 2 hours - 150 MBThere's Part 2 of our supporter's teams TFTES Hotline featuring Robbie Murphy (replay), Mick Kearns and Ben Stafford from the 80s side and David Linehan, Barry Adams and Brian McKenna from the early 00s, with stories and opinions on All-Ireland Leagues and the new stand at Dalymount Park, from where Gary and Karl recap the Hoops' Easter Rising and a Great Friday against Bohs.
TFTES 236
April 05, 2023 21:36 - 3 hours - 203 MBAnother obscenely long show but there was an international break catch-up, our 70s Show reaction and finally a win to talk about, and an emphatic one at that at Oriel Park. Lee Grace, Dylan Watts and Darragh Nugent tackle our quiz qualifying round at Roadstone and from the 2 hour mark, there's a club supporters' teams and Dalymount Park theme to the TFTES Hotline, since it's derby week, featuring Pat Tutty, Paul Kavanagh, Neil Prendergast, Noel O'Brien, Wooly and Tommy Kelly, plus a bonus rep...
TFTES 235
March 27, 2023 23:03 - 2 hours - 186 MBIt's 'That 70's Show' with John Byrne and Martin Moore, who were just impressionable teenagers in a grim era of League of Ireland football as the crowds seemed to disappear overnight. Part 1, recorded at the Four Provinces Pub in Kimmage/Crumlin, takes us from the end of the six-in-a-row in 1970 through to the 1975/76 season, when the club finished rock bottom of the league table for the first and only time in history. John and Martin recall the highs but mostly lows of a decade that doesn't ...
TFTES 234
March 22, 2023 22:32 - 2 hours - 129 MBWe have yet another draw against St Pat's to talk about and the debut of 'In Memoriam: My Dad' as six sons pay tribute to their late, Rovers supporting fathers Mícheál Ó Brolcháin AKA Rennie, Brian Murphy, Charlie Maloney, Jim Conroy Snr, James Palmer and Jim McGlone.
TFTES 233
March 15, 2023 22:10 - 2 hours - 135 MBAside from a scoreless draw in Tolka Park, we have 6 goals from the Rovers women's team and an interview with captain Aine O'Gorman, plus Justin Mason remembers the Leinster Senior Cup final against Bohs on Paddy's Day 30 years ago.
TFTES 232
March 09, 2023 02:59 - 2 hours - 151 MBWe talk the Burke family, 8-goal thrillers and Con Murphy's dreams with another all-female TFTES Hotline starring Sarah Whelehan, Amy Woods, Laura Glackin, Paula Kearns, Ellen Kearns and Emma Wheatley.
TFTES 231
March 01, 2023 22:30 - 2 hours - 143 MBHear all about our trip to Drogheda on the WAC Express, with more red cards, a history of Shamrock Rovers Ladies FC since 1996 by Hannah Dunne, Robert Goggins and Declan Hughes, plus there's an interview with former Rovers and Cork winger Billy Woods ahead of the big Tallaght double header.
TFTES 230
February 23, 2023 03:17 - 2 hours - 125 MBThere's Saturday's league opener in Sligo to review, Ronan Finn vs Leon Pohls vs Sean Hoare in the quiz and the "Members Only Corner" as Winston Meets The Gaffneys - the return of 70s player Robbie to the podcast along with his son Jason.
TFTES 229
February 16, 2023 00:13 - 2 hours - 148 MBWe talk the President's Cup defeat in Derry, there's another quiz game between Pico Lopes, Sean Kavanagh and Gideon Tetteh and February's TFTES Hotline: Season Predictions and Valentines Day edition.
TFTES 228
February 08, 2023 23:46 - 2 hours - 127 MBWe have a cappuccino and a Leinster Senior Cup report from Belfield, and ahead of the President's Cup in Derry, there's an interview with Rovers wing-back Neil Farrugia, who talks his career so far (and more importantly, Matt Damon movies), while Head of Women's Football Jason Carey chats to TFTES' youngest reporter, Hannah Dunne about our new WNL senior team this season.
TFTES 227
January 26, 2023 22:39 - 2 hours - 120 MBWe have all yizzer news, the return of 'Questions From The East Stand' with Gary O'Neill, Neil Farrugia and Sean Gannon, and a near hour long interview with Darren Dillon, who was strength and conditioning coach for 5 years under Stephen Bradley.
TFTES 226
January 12, 2023 21:58 - 2 hours - 156 MBLast month it was Pico Lopes and Robbie Horgan...this time Boccer Bayly, Dave McAllister and Hooperman are among over a dozen diallers into the TFTES Hotline with topics such as World Cup pundits, cooking, pre-season friendlies, bad refereeing decisions, iconic celebrations and how LOI managers would fare in a fight.
TFTES 225
December 23, 2022 00:13 - 2 hours - 136 MBIt's our last show of the year with lots of news, World Cup chat, the return of Conor's Corner and an interview with former striker Noel Hunt about his career, including the 2001-2003 spell with Rovers.
TFTES 224
December 05, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours - 137 MBWe have a round-up of all of the off-season news and a number of surprise guests on our winter edition of the TFTES Hotline.
TFTES 223
November 17, 2022 17:15 - 2 hours - 118 MBIt's our belated end of season wrap up show with thoughts on the Djurgardens and UCD away games and a brilliant TFTES Player of the Year awards night in Liffey Valley. There's also an interview with Ray Kenny, the fireman and 2006 First Division winner for Rovers.
TFTES 222
November 02, 2022 00:14 - 2 hours - 113 MBWe've got the Gent and Derry games and all the memorable trophy celebrations afterwards. With our last group game away to Djurgardens on Thursday, there's an interview with Swedish goalkeeper Oscar Jansson about his spell with Rovers in 2012.
TFTES 221
October 26, 2022 21:47 - 2 hours - 119 MBWe talk the Pat's game and the days that followed that saw the club seal a 20th league title. And back again on TFTES, our other two stars, it's Con Murphy and Graham Gartland Part III. Con and Garts talk all things Rovers from the past week and look ahead to hosting the Player of the Year awards on November 11th.
TFTES 220
October 19, 2022 21:30 - 2 hours - 154 MBProf battles Covid coughing over Zoom to give our take on the Molde and Drogheda games and there's a photography edition of the TFTES Hotline with a starting XI of Rovers photographers sharing their favourite photos over the years. Macdara Ferris, David Hoare, Paul Weafer, Mark McDermott, Andrew O'Connell, Luke Faughnan, Jonathan Daczkowski, George Kelly, Bobby Best, Pat Kehoe and Robert Goggins dial in.
TFTES 219
October 13, 2022 00:56 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBBetter late than never. We've got thoughts on Molde and Shelbourne, with an epic comeback win in Tallaght, and TFTES In Memoriam: Tony Eustace.
TFTES 218
October 05, 2022 23:30 - 2 hours - 127 MBWe have an outstanding performance in Sligo to discuss and two interviews ahead of today's European game in Molde, with Stig Berlid, the creator of 'Moldepodd', and Gary Hogan, an Irish former goalkeeper who has been playing and coaching in the Norwegian lower leagues for nearly 15 years. Come for the Nordic knowledge, stay for the Joey N'Do remix.
TFTES 217
September 28, 2022 22:35 - 2 hours - 119 MBOnly one goal to talk about in our Shelbourne and UCD reviews. We interview former Hoops player James Keddy, and Rovers fan Anto Wilkes, who travelled to Mexico for the 1986 World Cup and ended up staying there.
TFTES 216
September 22, 2022 00:31 - 2 hours - 155 MBWe talk all about our journey to Ghent in Belgium and another defeat in Derry which saw the Hoops go out of the FAI Cup. With it being an international week, former Rovers full-back John Keogh shares the remarkable story of his one and only Ireland cap against West Germany in 1966. The last hour of the show is an interview with Billy Dennehy, who helped Rovers to two league titles and the 2011 Europa League group stages.
TFTES 215
September 14, 2022 00:10 - 2 hours - 136 MBThere's our Yoo Gordon and Finn Harps reviews and a Belgian theme to the show, with journalist Alexandre Braeckman and then former Ireland international striker Dominic Foley, who enjoyed seven years with KAA Gent and Circle Brugge.
TFTES 214
September 07, 2022 01:58 - 3 hours - 170 MBWe talk a dire derby and preview our group stage opener with Djurgardens with the help of Philip O'Connor in Stockholm and a new edition of the TFTES Hotline, about European travels, regrets, Hoops Scene, volunteering and BEES.
TFTES 213
September 01, 2022 01:04 - 2 hours - 136 MBThere's the wins over Ferencvaros and Drogheda and the Conference group draw to discuss. Winston Meets Terry Eviston, a hero of our 1994 title winning team to talk his career with Rovers, Bohs and Dundalk.
TFTES 212
August 23, 2022 23:32 - 3 hours - 168 MBWe have a difficult night in Budapest Thursday and a very enjoyable night in Tallaght Sunday to review, and two special guests in studio to help us do it - Chef Ray Whelan and Ray Whelan Senior. The Rovers cooks give us a peek inside the dressing room and talk their famous curry, fussy eaters, Shannon flights and this summer's other trips to Malta, Bulgaria and North Macedonia, where Ray Senior stole Bradser's seat on the bench. Ahead of the FAI Cup tie in Drogheda, most of the last hour of t...
TFTES 211
August 16, 2022 22:42 - 2 hours - 132 MBNo goals to talk about this week with our Derry report, an interview with Kevin McCluskie from Budapest ahead of Thursday's tie with Ferencvaros, and Part 2 of the TFTES Hotline Overseas Supporters Edition, from USA, Mexico and Australia: featuring Eamonn McConville, Paddy Flannelly, Yailenne Llanas, Gary Armstrong, Sean Fields and Ste Seery.
TFTES 210
August 11, 2022 23:05 - 2 hours - 137 MBA bumper show to celebrate group stage football with an epic 97th minute goal from Gary O'Neill in Tallaght and almost an aggregate tonking after success in Skopje. We also have Part 1 of our TFTES Hotline Overseas Special where you'll hear from Hoopers living in England, Europe and Canada - Johnny Wilson, Alan Honeyman, Niall Keenan, Podge Amond, Gary Warren and Mick Fallon.
TFTES 209
August 02, 2022 20:45 - 1 hour - 104 MBThere's an FAI Cup TONKING to discuss, Angel Kostoski joins us from Skopje ahead of Thursday's big Europa League game and we interview Tommy Stewart, who famously scored Rovers' winner in Israel in 2010.
TFTES 208
July 29, 2022 01:34 - 1 hour - 106 MBWe're back with the biggest news stories of the past couple of weeks - the TFTES 5-a-side draw, Prof's Golden Goal and Chris McCann's birthday. We also have reports on Drogheda and Ludogorets (x2), #Hoopermandela and a look ahead to tonight's FAI Cup tie against Bangor Celtic with Eddie Kearney and Adam Maher.
TFTES 207
July 17, 2022 10:00 - 2 hours - 129 MBTFTES On Tour~! You'll be regaled with tales from St Julian's in Malta, where everything except the game was entertaining, and hear from eight Hoopers who made the trip in a new edition of the TFTES Hotline. Plus: Metodi Shumanov fills us in on Tuesday's Bulgarian opponents, the nouveau riche Ludogorets of Razgrad.
TFTES 206
July 08, 2022 00:08 - 1 hour - 108 MBIt's the Rory Gaffney show with two goals and two assists in Ballybofey and another great European night in Tallaght. Stadium manager Nicola Coffey has all the info you need on the construction of the new north stand, and Shaun McCarthy, a Hoop living in Malta for over 20 years, tells his story ahead of our journey there next week.
TFTES 205
July 01, 2022 00:30 - 2 hours - 155 MBGar is back to celebrate his own 200th episode in a show almost as long as your drive to Ballybofey this evening. There's the wins over Bohs and Pat's to dissect and a look ahead to the Hibernians tie next week, with former Rovers and Maltese international Luke Dimech before journalist Gianluca Lia gives us the lowdown on our Champions League opponents.
TFTES 204
June 23, 2022 22:31 - 2 hours - 136 MBTFTES heads out to CityWest as 'Ooh Ah' Paul McGrath (not that one) fills in for Gary this week. We talk a poor performance in Dundalk, Paulie's lockdown wedding, his European away curse and his starting XI vs Bohs (after a few edits). There's an hour long interview with former Hoops left-back Richie Byrne from the 1 hour 8 minute mark.
TFTES 203
June 16, 2022 02:20 - 2 hours - 121 MBWe have a Champions League trip to Malta to plan and a Father's Day edition of the TFTES Hotline which sees eight Rovers Dads and their sons and daughters call in together.
TFTES 202
June 10, 2022 00:30 - 2 hours - 141 MBMid-season break shmid-season break. We squeeze out every last drop of news, there's a European draw preview with Pico Lopes and Dave Downey before the last hour, In Memoriam: Declan Keogh AKA Big Dec, a larger than life Rovers fan who was loved by so many around the league.
TFTES 201
June 02, 2022 00:06 - 2 hours - 135 MBThere's reaction from our 200th episode in Ringsend before the three games we have to catch up on, from the hill in UCD, to a shock defeat in Drogheda and then back to winning ways against Duffer and Joey's Shels. The last hour is an interview with members of the SRFC Media Team and some of the people behind 'Clear The Head', Barry McCarthy, Phillie 'Captain Hook eyebrows' Maguire and Graham Moran.
TFTES 200
May 23, 2022 01:25 - 3 hours - 168 MBIt's our 200th episode extravaganza~! This special show was recorded a couple of weeks ago in front of a live audience in the Irishtown House in Ringsend, the birthplace of Rovers. Everyone on our guest list is a local and they talk about what the Ringsend community means to them, beginning with current Rovers players Sean Kavanagh and Sean Gannon, who talk about growing up in the area, their careers and being on opposite sides of the 2019 FAI Cup final. Next up are our youngest guests and TF...
TFTES 199
May 18, 2022 20:51 - 2 hours - 114 MBWe talk that big win over Derry with a samba atmosphere and going back to college on a Thursday. There's news on next week's 200th episode and a musical edition of the TFTES Hotline, as Gary, Karl and some of our 7 callers attempt to write some original Rovers chewns.
TFTES 198
May 12, 2022 05:16 - 2 hours - 135 MBWe have the 3-1 wins over Finn Harps and Sligo to review before looking ahead to the big one against Derry. With three Tallaght games in the space of a week, there's two out of the ordinary but very home based interviews with ballpersons Riley and Faith, and the groundstaff, Billy Mullen and Ciaran Cornwall on what it takes to have the best pitch in the country.
TFTES 197
May 05, 2022 06:16 - 2 hours - 121 MBThe Sligo trip and the possibility of Bradser leaving for Lincoln is mostly on our mind this week but aside from that, it's the Joe Barnes Show~! A legendary Rovers fan who has been supporting the club for an astonishing 82 years, we celebrate Joe's birthday with his first interview on the podcast and by hearing from five of his friends about why they love him.
TFTES 196
April 28, 2022 02:41 - 3 hours - 166 MBWe've a lot of catching up to do, with our view on the three wins over Pat's, Dundalk and Bohs, who are falling apart again. Most of the last hour is an interview with Rovers' Community Officer Tony O'Neill.
TFTES 195
April 21, 2022 05:52 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBThe match reports are held off until next week as we have Sean Francis in studio, who tells us about starting out at Birmingham City and the English non-league, moving to Cobh and then onto Rovers in the mid 90s. We talk our many home venues in his seven years at the club, Rico, his strike partnership with Tony Grant, podium goal celebrations, Cup final days, derbies, dancing, coffee and...hair gel.
TFTES 194
April 13, 2022 23:29 - 2 hours - 145 MBWe talk Greener's rocket and the late win at Tolka Park on Friday, and, to mark 35 years since the loss of Milltown, there's a couple of interviews. First, Robbie Tormey and John Doyle tell us the origin story of the Milltown monument and how it was erected in 1998. The last hour and 25 minutes of the show is a chat with LOI legend and Rovers' 1985/86 Player of the Year Mick Neville, and Hoops fan Robbie Murphy, who got to live the dream by playing alongside the four-in-a-row team in a friend...
TFTES 193
April 07, 2022 00:29 - 1 hour - 105 MBThe bogey bus made it home from Ballybofey with a 3-0 win and with Damien Duff's Shelbourne up next, there's a Tolka Park theme to this month's TFTES Hotline as 10 callers answer our questions about exercise, the nomadic years, jerseys, substitutions and superstitions.
TFTES 192
March 29, 2022 22:35 - 2 hours - 137 MBA 2 and a half hour show, without a game to review? How? Well, we have SRFC TV commentary team Con Murphy and Graham Gartland: The Sequel, and TFTES In Memoriam: George Byrne. Con and Garts discuss everything except the Oscars, and from 1 hour 37 mins, there's tributes to 'Ringo', the legendary music critic and Rovers fan, from some of his closest friends - Martin Moore, Paul Donohoe, Ian O'Doherty, Tony O'Donoghue, Fiona Looney, Eamon Carr and John Byrne.
TFTES 191
March 24, 2022 01:36 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBWe review a mad game with Sligo which Rovers nearly lost but also nearly won 7-2. No Starting XI and Predictions but there's the Member's Corner with Ciaran Kane.
TFTES 190
March 17, 2022 17:56 - 2 hours - 138 MBHappy City. Rovers City. On this Paddy's Day morning, we talk the big derby win over Bohs on Friday and a rare scoreless draw in Dundalk on Monday. Plus there's an interview with former Hoops winger Ollie Cahill, who played in the first couple seasons at Tallaght during the twilight of his brilliant career.
TFTES 189
March 10, 2022 01:35 - 1 hour - 107 MBWe have the Richmond report and to look ahead to a massive derby this Friday, it's an all female fans edition of the TFTES Hotline. First up, from 14 minutes is Aifric Ní Mháille, Emma Donohue, Jean O'Brien, Jessica Meegan, Sharon Dunne and Fiona Carton dialing in. For Part 2, from the 1 hour 1 minute mark, we hear from Orla Stanford, Rebecca Dunne, Áine Gavin, Ali Armstrong, Karen Connolly, Katherine Lynch and Mona (and...Winston?).