Tales From The East Stand
288 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPodcast by Gary Parsons & Karl Reilly
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TFTES 138
October 15, 2020 07:15 - 1 hour - 106 MBWe're back with our belated review of the win over Sligo and an interview with 80s legend Jacko McDonagh.
TFTES 137
October 01, 2020 08:05 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBThere's our recap of the 4-0 win at Oriel Park, Jack Byrne's performance and Ireland call up, and an interview with former Sligo and Shamrock Rovers striker Danny North ahead of Friday's game.
TFTES 136
September 25, 2020 07:11 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBWe look at two great performances against AC Milan and Waterford in the past week and interview SRFC TV camera man Rafael Francischini.
TFTES 135
September 16, 2020 08:10 - 1 hour - 89 MBIt's the first ever Zoom edition of TFTES recorded from both Crumlin and Lucan. We talk a routine win in Cork before AC Milan fan Mauro Meroni helps preview the Italian Job.
TFTES 134
September 10, 2020 08:55 - 1 hour - 104 MBWe talk the 4 in a row over Bohs and interview Hoops fan Phelim Warren about the new audio described commentary service at games, his dad, derbies, Stephen Kenny as Ireland manager and more.
TFTES 133
September 03, 2020 08:48 - 2 hours - 130 MBOur first in-studio guest in almost half a year is Rovers midfielder Greg Bolger, who tells us about his season-ending injury, his attitude when starting on the bench and what he changed ahead of the 2019 campaign, which ended in FAI Cup glory and a fourth winners' medal at the Aviva. He picks his all-time five-a-side and recalls playing alongside a teenage Ronan Finn at UCD and trips to Mick Wallace's vineyard at his native Wexford Youths. We talk old derby hoodoos ahead of Saturday's Bohs g...
TFTES 132
August 26, 2020 06:19 - 1 hour - 96.6 MBWe talk another scoreless draw with Shelbourne and interview Ilves Tampere fan Topi Yrjölä ahead of Thursday's big Europa League tie.
TFTES 131
August 20, 2020 09:02 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBWe look at the St Pat's stalemate and interview League of Ireland legend Tony Sheridan ahead of the Rovers v Shelbourne game on Friday.
TFTES 130
August 13, 2020 09:02 - 2 hours - 117 MBThere's reaction to another big win in Derry and the European draw along with two interviews, former Rovers striker Sean Boyd and Women's Under 17's manager Sean Kelly.
TFTES 129
August 06, 2020 08:25 - 1 hour - 106 MBAfter 147 days without a game we have both the live and stream perspective of Rovers' win over Finn Harps. There's interviews with 1998-99 Player of the Year Tony O'Dowd and Tallaght based Derry City fan 'Scoops' Graeme Taylor ahead of Sunday's trip up north.
TFTES 128
July 29, 2020 11:02 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBThere's an interview with 1980s super striker Alan Campbell as we look ahead to the restart of the LOI season against Finn Harps on Saturday.
TFTES 127
July 11, 2020 10:08 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBWe interview goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu about debuting for Shamrock Rovers and signing for Manchester City at the age of 16. Media officer Mark Lynch talks the league restart and club membership drive.
TFTES 126
June 24, 2020 09:01 - 1 hour - 111 MBWe interview Sinn Féin TD Chris Andrews and 1950s player Leo O'Reilly. Plus a special edition of the Member's Corner with Jörg Strehler from Germany.
TFTES 125
June 11, 2020 08:28 - 1 hour - 117 MBWe have part two of our Craig Sives interview. Lee Grace talks winning the 2018 POTY award, returning to training on Monday and sending a signed jersey to the Irish army in Lebanon, where another solider, Gavin Fitzsimons chats to us from.
TFTES 124
May 25, 2020 08:36 - 1 hour - 134 MBRovers Player of the Year award winners Tony Cousins (1996/97) and Craig Sives (2011) chat to us as well as 'Down The Pub Podcast' host Anthony Abbott, a Hoops fan in Canada.
TFTES 123
May 08, 2020 09:43 - 2 hours - 141 MBWe talk to another two former POTY winners in Mick Byrne (1987/88) and Rovers' academy director Shane Robinson (2001/02). Our survey results are finally revealed.
TFTES 122
April 24, 2020 14:57 - 2 hours - 145 MBWe continue our Player of the Year series with Gary Shaw (2017) and Alan Byrne (1994), either side of an interview with Rovers fan and Marathon Man Ger Twohig.
TFTES 121
April 02, 2020 09:12 - 1 hour - 97.9 MBWe're back to talk all the football news - what little of it there is these days - and begin our new Rovers Player of the Year series. Karl chats to the first winner in 1980, Robbie Gaffney, and there's an in-depth interview with another fan favourite, 2008 POTY Darragh Maguire, who is now an elevator technician in New Jersey.
TFTES 120
March 11, 2020 11:02 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBWe talk all about our journey to Sligo at the weekend, there's the Members Corner with two new members, David Kiernan and Conor Foley, plus an interview with Eir Sport commentatator and proud Hoop, Con Murphy.
TFTES 119
March 04, 2020 11:20 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBWe look at one of the great nights in Tallaght as Rovers beat Dundalk 3-2. There's the Member's Corner with Paul Donohoe and an interview with Bill Gleeson, Glenn Dunne and Paul Weafer at the 2020 Junior Hoops launch.
TFTES 118
February 26, 2020 11:13 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBWe look at the wins over Cork City and Waterford in the past week, there's an interview with YouTube whiz-kid Dean Grainger while Emma Wheatley presents a goalkeepers edition of Questions From The East Stand between Alan Mannus, Leon Pohls and a surprise entry to this year's quiz.
TFTES 117
February 19, 2020 10:46 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBThere's a review of a dramatic derby at drenched Dalymount, Member's Corner with Sean Fields and an interview with Cork City fan Niamh O'Mahony ahead of our first home game of the season on Friday.
TFTES 116
February 13, 2020 11:04 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBWe talk about the doomed President's Cup final, Saturday's derby and our new Patreon. There's Member's Corner with Peter Murphy and the first round of a new season of the quiz between Jack Byrne, Aaron Greene and Sean Callan.
TFTES 115
February 06, 2020 11:12 - 2 hours - 145 MBWe're joined by Irish Daily Mirror journalist Paul O'Hehir and former Hoops midfielder John Toal. Paul gives his team by team prediction for this year's league table and the latest on the Rovers B team situation. He talks remaining impartial for his job and Stephen Bradley's relationship with the media in recent years. From the hour mark we delve into John's career which include Paul's fond memories of watching him play at the RDS. John recalls starting out as a teenager in the last season at...
TFTES 114
January 23, 2020 11:04 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBWe kick off 2020 with Ringsend pals 'Mooner' David Kiernan and 'Staff' Ciaran Stafford and the return of '12 can' Karl Kearns and 'Beary Bear' Conor Foley, recording at CRU Tattoo in Temple Bar. While Gary and a few of the lads' limbs are being inked with Rovers crests and symbols, we round up the latest news at the club.
TFTES 113
December 24, 2019 11:10 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBIt's the TFTES Christmas Party, recorded at the Penny Black Pub! The last two Rovers captains to lift the FAI Cup, Ronan Finn and Pat Byrne, talk all about the Hoops winning the 25th Cup last month. The free Carling and Offbeat donuts provided by our sponsors to a large audience inspired a few fans to share their own stories from the final as well. This was a one off live experiment so unfortunately it was quite noisy throughout the show.
TFTES 112
November 16, 2019 09:12 - 2 hours - 122 MBGary and Karl try to capture the emotion of the FAI Cup final and the days that followed in glorious detail.
TFTES 111
November 07, 2019 10:33 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBIn the first of a two-part podcast on Shamrock Rovers' first FAI Cup in 32 years, some of the heroes from the final - Joey O'Brien, Pico Lopes and Gary O'Neill - join us in Johnny Blues Bar to share their thoughts on the Hoops' famous 25th Cup win at the Aviva Stadium. The lads also conduct the draw for Saturday's 5-a-side tournament at Roadstone.
TFTES 110
October 30, 2019 11:03 - 3 hours - 176 MBHoops legends Mick Leech and Paddy Mulligan drop by to talk the six in a row, playing and scoring in FAI Cup finals, the summer of '67 in Boston, making their debuts for Ireland together and what they hope Rovers will do in Sunday's final. Continuing into the 1970s, Paddy also discusses his time at Chelsea and Panathinaikos and coming within a thrown bun of becoming Ireland manager while Mick recalls three replays in three days against Athlone, his winner in the League Cup final and he explai...
TFTES 109
October 24, 2019 15:59 - 1 hour - 96.6 MBThere's the UCD game and Cup final news, All-Time XI striker nominations from Peter Fitzpatrick and Paul Donohue and the 2019 quiz final between Pico Lopes and Joey O'Brien.
TFTES 108
October 17, 2019 08:33 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBThis week there's a brief report on the Finn Harps game and Neil Farrugia's debut, the quiz semi-final between Ethan Boyle and Joey O'Brien and All-Time XI centre-mid nominations by Robbie Gaffney and Justin Mason.
TFTES 107
October 08, 2019 21:32 - 2 hours - 162 MBOur guests in an unrecognisable Johnny Blues Bar (from 1 hour 7 mins) are Terry Palmer and Richie Purdy. The lads discuss their eventful careers, European games in Turkey and Poland, soulless Santry and Rico's rants. Terry talks about supporting the club with his Dad, winning Player of the Year, not getting paid, being forced out of the club by Roddy Collins and controversially signing for Bohs. Richie remembers his Dundalk and Derry days, coming back from a bad injury, scoring a brace agains...
TFTES 106
October 03, 2019 10:26 - 1 hour - 100 MBWe talk that perfect day in Phibsborough that put Rovers into the FAI Cup final and Ryan Usher's prank call. Tommy Tormey and Jason Maloney pick their centre-backs for our All-Time XI and there's a quiz semi-final between Pico Lopes and Aaron McEneff.
TFTES 105
September 26, 2019 10:45 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBWe discuss the St Pat's and Dundalk games going into tomorrow's semi-final derby, John Byrne and Emma Wheatley select their best ever Rovers left-backs and there's an interview with kitman Mal Slattery.
TFTES 104
September 19, 2019 08:04 - 1 hour - 102 MBWe look back on an epic night in Galway and Jack Byrne's Ireland debut. Our All-Time XI continues with Robert Goggins and Macdara Ferris picking their Rovers right-backs and it's the much anticipated quiz quarter-final match up between Joey O'Brien and Alan Mannus.
TFTES 103
September 04, 2019 17:56 - 1 hour - 98.2 MBYour hosts are in a great mood after Rovers' first derby win in over two years. Hear all the analysis and reaction from Tallaght before we look ahead to Friday's trip to Galway. Jeroen 'Dutch Jerry' Pijpelink and 'The WAC' Mick Kearns kick off our new All-Time XI feature with their goalkeeper nominations and there's the next quiz quarter-final between Wexford natives Greg Bolger and Ethan Boyle.
TFTES 102
August 29, 2019 11:15 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBWe talk the home wins over Drogheda and Waterford from the past week, Rovers For The Cup, Daniel Lafferty and Bohs, there's an interview with Mark Keating plus: Pico Lopes v Sean Callan in the QFTES quarter-final.
TFTES 101
August 22, 2019 10:48 - 2 hours - 134 MBAaron McEneff stops by Johnny Blues Bar for a chat about his career so far and his first season at Rovers. There's the aftermath of our 100th episode special, Dan Carr, interviews with Ben Cleary and Ryan McDyer and the bus to Derry before Aaron arrives at 51 minutes. Aaron talks his time at Spurs and Derry, scoring belters, his relationship with the fans and their song for him. We have reviews of the wins at the Brandywell where he converted a penalty and Waterford on Monday night. Aaron dis...
TFTES 100
August 14, 2019 08:28 - 3 hours - 166 MBIt's our 100th episode spectacular at the Four Provinces pub in Kimmage and/or Crumlin. Pat Flynn makes a welcome return to TFTES and our live audience is comprised of Graham Merrigan, Justin Mason, James Lowe, Mick McCarthy, Glenn Dunne, Emma Wheatley, Ellen Kearns and John Delaney (!) with a bonus coherent Aussie Nate.
TFTES-8-8-19
August 08, 2019 11:07 - 2 hours - 137 MBGary is back to review the first leg against Apollon Limassol (from 30 mins) and the trip to Cork (1 hour) before Macdara Ferris joins Karl to talk Cyprus in depth (1 hour 31 mins). Plus lots more of our best ever podcast clips and news on Sunday's 100th episode.
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July 23, 2019 10:24 - 3 hours - 198 MBOur guest co-hosts this week are brothers Karl Kearns and Conor Kearns, the UCD goalkeeper. From 20 minutes we review a special night against Brann in Tallaght, the pitch invasion, the greatness of Jack Byrne and the story behind his weasel celebration. From the hour mark there's interviews with some Norwegian fans and Jim Toner, old podcast clips and a discussion on quizzes, pranks and whether or not players should know their club history. From 1 hour 52 mins the lads talk about when they st...
TFTES-17-7-19
July 17, 2019 13:51 - 1 hour - 107 MBLeigh Barnewall fills in for Gary this week for a full review of the Brann game. Barney gives us the TV perspective and talks about following Rovers in the Santry days, away trips and his Donabate brethren. There's interviews from picturesque Bergen, more European memories and old podcast clips.
TFTES-8-7-19
July 08, 2019 10:30 - 2 hours - 117 MBIt's a bumper show ahead of our trip to Norway. Over a pint or three of Poddle in the Four Provinces pub in Kimmage, we review the Dundalk, St Pat's and Sligo games, play back a couple of your favourite podcast moments and read out your best European memories. There's Sean Boyd v Sean Kavanagh and Sean Callan v Dylan Watts in the quiz and an interview with Gjert Moldestad, editor of Brann's D12M magazine, to talk Thursday's Europa League tie in Bergen.
TFTES-26-6-19
June 26, 2019 11:15 - 2 hours - 137 MBWe're joined by former Shamrock Rovers defender Peter Eccles and Hoops fan Tommy Tormey. We discuss yet another Bohs defeat, the potential new signings, Dermot Desmond and the Europa League draw with Tommy before Peter arrives at the 57 minute mark. 'Pedro' talks the four-in-a-row, his love of scoring a goal especially against Linfield in the European Cup, the leaving of Milltown and moving to Australia and Leicester. He captained the club in 1993-94 at the RDS to became the only man to win f...
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June 13, 2019 10:38 - 1 hour - 90.1 MBWe dissect the Derry draw, there's an interview with Winston (and Mona!) while brothers Leighton and Glen Doyle are featured on the Member's Corner. Plus two quiz games: Greg Bolger v Dan Carr and Dean Dillon v Aaron McEneff.
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June 06, 2019 09:21 - 47 minutes - 43 MBThere's our belated review of the win over Cork in which JOEY O'BRIEN SCORED A GOAL, Dan Carr and Leon The Professional look at all of Rovers' potential opponents in Europe and we've an interview with the legendary Tommy Cannon.
TFTES-28-5-19
May 28, 2019 09:26 - 2 hours - 158 MBIt's part two of our special on the Tallaght Stadium saga. We're joined by James Nolan and Dave Carpenter, two of the 400 Club trustees who steered Rovers through examinership and became the new board in 2005. They explain the process, the financial meltdown and how the fans saved the club. We talk Roddy Collins and relegation, the First Division season and the infamous battle with Thomas Davis GAA club that went all the way to the High Court.
TFTES-23-5-19
May 23, 2019 07:56 - 1 hour - 105 MBJoey O'Brien drops into Johnny Blues Bar for a chat about the wins away to UCD and Finn Harps in the past week. He talks the importance of starting the season well, being voted Player of the Month for April, the disclocated shoulder he's been playing with and all the other injuries that stalled his career. Joey remembers his Premier League and Ireland debuts and some big European nights under Big Sam at Bolton and West Ham. We also discuss playing in different positions, supporting Rovers bef...
TFTES-16-5-19
May 16, 2019 09:45 - 1 hour - 70 MBWe look at the Sligo game and Declan Hughes talks everything UCD ahead of tomorrow's visit. Plus two quiz match ups: Ethan Boyle v Joel Coustrain and Joey O'Brien v Sam Bone.
TFTES-2-5-19
May 02, 2019 08:29 - 1 hour - 64 MBWe review the Dundalk and St Pat's games from the past week and Sligo fan Keith O'Dwyer helps preview Saturday's trip to the Showgrounds.