Tales From The East Stand

TFTES 188

March 03, 2022 01:49 - 1 hour - 87.2 MB

Three games to catch up on with the home wins over UCD and Drogheda either side of the longest bogey bus of all time to Derry and back. Plus: Roddy reaction, Gar's week from hell and yes, Conor's Corner~! NB. Do not put whiskey in the kettle.

TFTES 187

February 23, 2022 00:25 - 1 hour - 84.6 MB

Today we celebrate the five year anniversary of the podcast with the one and only Roddy Collins, for 90 minutes of entertainment. Roddy talks playing for Rovers in the 80s, Ricky McEvoy in a Donegal disco, his boxing champion brother Steve and receiving death treats at Irish League clubs. He explains leaving Dublin City in a relegation battle to manage Rovers in 2004, the drinking culture at the club and bingo nights. Roddy remembers Paddy McCourt when he opened his legs, the real Mick McCart...

TFTES 186

February 17, 2022 00:21 - 2 hours - 127 MB

The football is back as Rovers capture the coveted Michael D Trophy Bowl. The Pat's penalty shootout and Green Ribbon beer launch take up most of our air time and then nine Rovers fans - two of them ex-players - call into the TFTES Hotline for their season predictions, Starting XI's, opening day memories and discuss UCD's worth to the league.

TFTES 185

February 10, 2022 01:25 - 2 hours - 142 MB

As we look ahead to Friday's President's Cup Final, our Player of the Year series continues with a three-time award winner. Barry Murphy, the former Hoops goalkeeper talks relegation, the First Division, the first season at Tallaght and returning to the club in 2013.

TFTES 184

January 28, 2022 01:15 - 2 hours - 154 MB

Hoops number 9 Aaron Greene is in the lair this week for an in-depth chat. In the first hour we round up all the latest news at the club before Greener arrives to tell us about the loss of Joey and the return of Jack, the group mentality, high standards in the dressing room and motivational tools, what it means to play for Rovers and his son playing in the academy. Hear about his favourite Rovers games and atmospheres, accurate egg throwing, ending the 32-year wait, Dublin Derbies and corner ...

TFTES 183

January 13, 2022 02:55 - 2 hours - 123 MB

Our first episode of 2022 is dedicated to two men - Pajo and Pico. We celebrate Pat Flynn's birthday with some of his best stories and another edition of the TFTES Hotline, and talk all about Roberto Lopes playing for Cape Verde in the African Cup of Nations.

TFTES 182

December 31, 2021 02:51 - 2 hours - 125 MB

It's New Year's Eve and time for our long awaited end of season recap, from the sold out Drogheda game in Tallaght, the trophy presentation, Jack's Back and Joey's farewell, to the Player of the Year Awards at the Four Provinces and Bohs losing the FAI Cup final in the same glorious weekend.

TFTES 181

December 23, 2021 02:25 - 2 hours - 123 MB

It's the official TFTES Christmas stop-gap episode~! Your hosts, back after a five-week hiatus, outrageously ask you to wait one more week to hear us cover all the good stuff, when Gar is out of quarantine. The best laid plans...etc. In the meantime, be distracted by some chat about fixture lists and contract signings, via a phone call from a Lucan lavatory, another Player of the Year interview with 1992/93 award winner Peter Eccles (and the help of 'Memory Man' Justin Mason) before the main ...

TFTES 180

November 18, 2021 04:40 - 2 hours - 137 MB

We (briefly) touch on Dalymount Park and look ahead to the trophy presentation and party on Friday. On the 15th anniversary of the 2006 First Division title, there's a lengthy interview with former Rovers player and manager Pat Scully.

TFTES 179

November 11, 2021 05:00 - 2 hours - 140 MB

We talk the fireworks in Waterford and look ahead to the Dalymount Derby with no away fans. There's interviews with Barry Cotter and 2000/01 Player of the Year Tony Grant, who became a hate figure with Rovers supporters when he left for fierce rivals Bohs in 2004.

TFTES 178

November 05, 2021 02:43 - 1 hour - 98.8 MB

Champions again~! It was a night nobody will ever forget in Tallaght as Rovers sealed a 19th league title. We relive the celebrations and get an exclusive interview with Aidomo Emakhu after scoring his first league goal on Friday.

TFTES 177

October 28, 2021 02:19 - 3 hours - 168 MB

We talk the Longford trip last Saturday night (from 37 mins, everything except the game itself) and there's a book theme throughout the show, with a new edition of the TFTES Hotline (at 18 mins and again at 1 hour 1 min) and an interview with 'Ringsend To Tallaght' authors Macdara Ferris and Eoghan Rice (from 1 hour 39 mins). Finally, a chat about hopefully clinching a 19th league title on Friday (2 hours 50 mins).

TFTES 176

October 21, 2021 03:25 - 2 hours - 140 MB

Dude, Where's My Podcast? It's Prof's last day in isolation so it's the dreaded Zoom again and an extra long show to make up for last week, with Dundalk, Sligo and Bohs reviews.

TFTES 175

October 07, 2021 07:27 - 2 hours - 119 MB

We talk the Derry win, vaccines, away allocations and all sorts of topics plus there's interviews with Eamon Sharkey about Rovers' partnership with GOAL and former Hoops and Dundalk goalkeeper Alan O'Neill (1996 Player of the Year) as the two sides meet at Oriel Park on Friday.

TFTES 174

September 30, 2021 00:50 - 2 hours - 125 MB

There's another late, late show in Inchicore to talk about, an interview with ex-Hoops defender Dan Lafferty ahead of Derry's visit to Tallaght and In Memoriam: Jimmy Keane, AKA Big J, the former Rovers director who lead the KRAM campaign along with the late Brian Murphy.

TFTES 173

September 23, 2021 00:54 - 1 hour - 93.1 MB

We talk about a great trip and a big win at Sligo last Saturday. There's an interview with former defender Dan Murray, who captained Rovers to two league titles in 2010 and 2011.

TFTES 172

September 17, 2021 01:13 - 1 hour - 106 MB

What a difference a win makes as we discuss Waterford and look ahead to our trip to Sligo on Saturday. 9 Rovers fans call into the TFTES Hotline with topics ranging from tattoos, the 2011 Group Stages to Marc Bircham impressions.

TFTES 171

September 09, 2021 02:53 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Gary and Karl discuss a new four in a row...of defeats...after our first away day in 18 months at Ballybofey. There's also an interview with 2004 Player of the Year Trevor Molloy. The fundraiser for Trevor's Sheriff Under-18s player Cian is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-cian?qid=502f6f889898d91e1a3f038336528d91.

TFTES 170

September 02, 2021 00:32 - 1 hour - 105 MB

The Hoops going out of Europe and the Cup in the space of a few days leaves us deflated but Big Gav's penalty save against Ronaldo, a Gentleman becoming 'LOICurious' and 'Winston Meets Pat Byrne' (Player of the Year series, 1984/85) soon puts a smile back on our face.

TFTES 169

August 25, 2021 03:42 - 2 hours - 135 MB

10 years to the day since Rovers became the first Irish club to reach a European group stage, we talk the 4-2 play-off round first leg defeat in Tallinn (from 37 mins) and look ahead to a massive game in Tallaght tomorrow (2 hours 14 mins). You'll hear from eight people who were in Belgrade a decade ago (6 mins) and eight Hoopers who knew Mícheál Ó Brolacháin AKA Rennie, in another edition of TFTES In Memoriam (1 hour 33 mins).

TFTES 168

August 18, 2021 01:54 - 2 hours - 120 MB

Together again in Crumlin, we talk our wins in Albania and Drogheda this past week and look ahead to Tallinn on Thursday, with 2011 memories from Macdara Ferris and Alan Mannus and a look at the current Flora side with the help of Nath Broughton from the Estonian Football Podcast.

TFTES 167

August 11, 2021 01:58 - 2 hours - 132 MB

There's more of the Late Late Show and the TFTES Hotline as we talk Aidomo Emakhu's injury-time winner over Teuta in Europe (from 11 mins), take our first five callers (52 mins), review Sunday's last gasp win over Longford (1 hour 15 mins) before another five Rovers fans - one being Mick Byrne - call in to answer our questions (1 hour 45 mins).

TFTES 166

August 03, 2021 23:49 - 1 hour - 107 MB

Former Hoops player Mick Kearin shares his memories of the six-in-a-row team, who came within minutes of beating Bayern Munich in the 1966 Cup Winners' Cup. We talk all about a great 3-1 win over St Pat's and look ahead to Thursday's Conference League tie with KF Teuta, with the help of Albanian sports writer Ermal Kuka.

TFTES 165

July 27, 2021 23:26 - 1 hour - 92.9 MB

We talk a game of two halves against Galway, look ahead to Friday's top of the table clash with St Pat's and there's In Memoriam: Jack Wilson.

TFTES 164

July 22, 2021 03:03 - 1 hour - 84.2 MB

We report on a great 4-2 comeback win in Derry, there's a #LoveRoversHateRacism chat with Pico Lopes, Dan Moynihan and Adam Spollen while Galway keeper Conor Kearns returns to TFTES ahead of Friday's FAI Cup first round tie.

TFTES 163

July 16, 2021 00:06 - 1 hour - 92.1 MB

We battle the stifling heat in D12 to try and sum up our heartbreaking Champions League exit on Tuesday night. Plus: An interview with SRFC TV commentary team Con Murphy and Graham Gartland.

TFTES 162

July 10, 2021 09:43 - 2 hours - 121 MB

We talk a brilliant performance against Dundalk and there's a special European edition of the TFTES Hotline after more Alan Mannus heroics in Bratislava.

TFTES 161

July 01, 2021 01:21 - 1 hour - 105 MB

We review the Drogheda draw, Winston Meets Terry Palmer (Player of the Year series, 1999/00), we talk Richie Towell and Friday's Dundalk game and look ahead to next week's Champions League tie with Bratislava based Thanos Michael (@slovak_football).

TFTES 160

June 24, 2021 02:36 - 1 hour - 107 MB

We have Waterford and Bohs away reviews with two very different streams and In Memoriam: Paddy Delahunty, a much-loved Hoop who passed away in 2014.

TFTES 159

June 17, 2021 01:13 - 1 hour - 107 MB

We talk about football coming home and the Champions League draw. There's another edition of the TFTES Hotline and an interview with 2003 Player of the Year Glen Fitzpatrick.

TFTES 158

June 10, 2021 00:04 - 1 hour - 102 MB

We're back from the mid-season break to talk a 96th minute winner in Longford and the emotional return of a thousand supporters in Tallaght this Friday. Gary O'Neill and Leon Pohls reminisce about European nights and go through all our potential opponents in Tuesday's Champions League draw while there's another edition of the Rovers Worst XI, chosen by 11 different fans.

TFTES 157

May 28, 2021 05:20 - 2 hours - 143 MB

It's an extra long show for some reason with the TFTES Hotline (from 9 mins), the end of the unbeaten run in Dundalk (32 mins), more callers (1 hour), the Sligo defeat (1 hour 22 mins) and an interview with former MNS producer Eamonn Donohoue (2 hours 3 mins) ahead of the trip to his native Longford.

TFTES 156

May 20, 2021 05:05 - 2 hours - 126 MB

We have a chat with Sporting160en podcast co-hosts Sam Fonseca and Danny Saldanha before the Derry draw review. Dundalk based Rovers fan Billy Nolan helps us look ahead to Friday's game at Oriel Park. Sponsored by Ocean Electrical, Leinster Credit and now Manscaped~! Use the code 'TFTES' for 20% off.

TFTES 155

May 14, 2021 00:52 - 1 hour - 103 MB

We talk Graham Burke shushing Brian Kerr and Danny Mandroiu's late winner in Inchicore. There's another TFTES: In Memoriam with Anthony McDonald AKA Waffles.

TFTES 154

May 06, 2021 03:58 - 1 hour - 104 MB

We look back at the Bank Holiday weekend wins over Finn Harps and Waterford which saw Rovers go a League of Ireland record 31 games unbeaten. There's a preview of Saturday's top of the table clash at Richmond Park and our Player of the Year series continues with 1980/81 winner and former Saints boss Harry Kenny.

TFTES 153

April 29, 2021 04:34 - 1 hour - 108 MB

We have another Dublin Derby win to dissect with contentious penalties and statistics. Finn Harps and former Rovers defender Dave Webster joins us for a chat about his career ahead of Friday's game at Ballybofey.

TFTES 152

April 22, 2021 18:20 - 2 hours - 133 MB

We talk those two late, late wins over the First Division Alliance and look ahead to the derby. There's another edition of the TFTES Hotline and In Memoriam: Joe de Hoop.

TFTES 151

April 16, 2021 08:16 - 2 hours - 139 MB

We talk the two away games against Sligo and Derry with the Burkey worldie, either side of an interview with former Hoops midfielder Jason Colwell.

TFTES 150

April 08, 2021 08:03 - 2 hours - 127 MB

It's #TFTES150~! Gary and Karl celebrate 150 episodes of the podcast by interviewing Pico Lopes - quarantined in a hotel after helping Cape Verde qualify for the African Cup of Nations - and replaying some highlights from shows in 2019 and 2020.

TFTES 149

March 31, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 107 MB

We talk St Pat's on opening day and Gavin Bazunu's Ireland debut in the Luxembourg debacle. There's an interview with 'Across The Irish Sea' podcast host Jeff Webb and a tribute to Rovers fan John 'Danny Boy' Cleary, who passed away in 2003.

TFTES 148

March 18, 2021 09:24 - 2 hours - 146 MB

We review last week's President's Cup final with some wayward penalties on show and interview 1991 and 1992 Rovers Player of the Year Dave Connell (aired in two parts, from 15 mins to 57 mins and then 1 hour 38 mins to 2 hours 24 mins).

TFTES 147

March 11, 2021 09:03 - 1 hour - 94.1 MB

The TFTES Hotline is back again with 10 more callers to answer our five burning questions ahead of Friday's President's Cup and the new season. Winston interviews Rovers captain and 2012 Player of the Year Ronan Finn.

TFTES 146

February 25, 2021 08:52 - 2 hours - 118 MB

The Quiz Night, a new book, pre-season friendlies and no more Aaron McEneff or Rovers II are amongst this month's topics along with the return of the TFTES Hotline~! 11 Rovers fans send in their pick to comprise an All-Time Worst XI while friends and family of the late Maureen Connolly share personal memories of a great Hoop.

TFTES 145

January 26, 2021 08:46 - 1 hour - 100 MB

We cover all the off-season news including Jack's move to APOEL. Our Player of the Year interview series continues with 2006 award winner and Rovers II manager Aidan Price, while Aifric Ní Mháille talks about following the Hoops and her own experience with the pandemic working as a nurse in Dublin.

TFTES 144

December 28, 2020 11:59 - 1 hour - 87.2 MB

Our last episode of 2020 has belated thoughts on the Cup final, Rovers' new signings and a new edition of the Members Corner with Ed Saul to talk his Under 17s coaching role, the Pride of Ringsend and more.

TFTES 143

December 22, 2020 08:53 - 1 hour - 107 MB

Stephen Bradley joins us in studio for a wide-ranging, near two-hour chat about his tenure as Shamrock Rovers manager since 2016. After getting the gaffer's thoughts on the recent final defeat to Dundalk and his new signings, we talk winning the league and an FAI Cup, Europe, dealing with the media, the derby run and tough times, the turning point, the importance of the fans (especially on the wall against Ilves), his group, his playing career, his footballing philosophy and influences and more.

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