Episodes
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Best to the Leicester Baby Squad, Diego to the San Siro, arch rivals to architecture, James is joined by Matt Lidbury of Lower Block which, through social accounts, online photos features and especially printed photo zines, looks to document and curate various subcultures around the game - more than just the action on the pitch. Visit pogmogoal.bigcartel.com for Issue 8 and other merchandise. Intro music by White Collar Boy.
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Ally McKenzie is an award-winning documentary maker whose first love is football. He joins James to chat about his beloved Newry City, the Match in a Minute social channel, the brilliant new YouTube feature on the Louth derby and how Irish football’s emerging fan culture rivals anything he’s witnessed on his global travels.
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Irish football finds itself at a crossroads with men’s senior team boss Stephen Kenny on the brink. James is joined by podcast pro Dave O’Grady to delve into the clash of ideologies at the heart of the Irish game, if Kenny should stay, why figures like Sam Allardyce are in public discourse and what the future holds. Intro music by White Collar Boy. Póg Mo Goal issue 8 available at www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com
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James is joined by French portrait and documentary photographer Jerome Favre who spent three years following Millwall FC capturing supporters’ pictures for his project No One Likes Us. They also discuss the club’s sometimes notorious reputation, Irish links, visiting The Den as an away fan, and look at Jerome’s hometown club RC Lens and the current state of French football. Intro Music by White Collar Boy. Póg Mo Goal Issue 8 available at www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com
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In a World Cup special, James is joined by Taylor Geall and Joe Phelan to discuss some memorable moments from the tournament including the rising star Jude Bellingham, Messi’s destiny, and Roy Keane’s punditry, PLUS football in remote Greenland and the fall-out from Martin O’Neills argument for not capping Declan Rice for Ireland. And much more. Order Póg Mo Goal Issue 8 at www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com. Intro music by White Collar Boy.
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James is joined by brothers Albert and Barney Carter Phillips, hosts of Long Ball Futebol, a weekly podcast on Portuguese domestic football, to discuss its unique fan culture, life outside the Big Three, transfer trends, and the Cristiano effect…Cristiano Fitzgerald. Póg Mo Goal Issue 8 available at www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com. Intro music by White Collar Boy.
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Joe McCarthy of the Irish Abroad and Phil Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football join James to discuss the rise and fall of player tracking accounts, the value of football stats in the social media age and how they can over and under-hype players, the women’s game, and the current crop of Irish youngsters increasingly signing for continental clubs. Intro Music by White Collar Boy. Issue 8 available at www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com
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CE Júpiter were once one of the biggest clubs in Catalonia, attracting anarchists and activists, fighting for workers’ rights and their very existence against the upper classes and successive dictatorships, hiding weapons in the stadium, and even footballs, in turbulent 20th century Spain. Barcelona-based journalist Cillian Shields joins James and Taylor to tell a unique football story.
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James and Taylor are joined by Joey Millar, a former journalist who has written about life in North Korea, to explore his Issue 6 article Football in the Shadows, how military side April 25th’s continental cup run gave us a glimpse at football and much more in the secretive nation. Issue 7 available at www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com. Intro music by White Collar Boy.
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Can you find love in the League of Ireland? Londoner and football romantic Dale McCarthy is on a quest to find a LOI club to call his own, with the help of Friday LOive co-host Liam Regan-Guimarães. With a mix of guests they explore the merits of each Irish club and this week join James to chat an outsider’s perspective on Irish football and more. Issue 7 available at www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com. Intro music by White Collar Boy.
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James is joined by Macdara Ferris and Eoghan Rice, authors of new book ‘From Ringsend to Tallaght’ which charts the history of the famed Irish football institution Shamrock Rovers through 50 interviews with players from the 1930s to the present day. In conversations ranging from John Giles to Gavin Bazunu, the writers not only tell the tale of ‘the Manchester United of Ireland’ but explore the evolution of the Irish game itself. Issue 7 available now at www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com. Intro music by White Collar Boy.
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In the latest episode, Conall Meegan joins James and Taylor to discuss growing up in Dundalk during unprecedented success in the League of Ireland and beyond, the gospel according to Stephen Kenny, and to delve into his Issue 7 article on the Soviet Top League, once one of Europe’s major divisions, and which had its own quirks of Communist administration. Issue 7 available now at www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com. Intro music by White Collar Boy.
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A preview of a feature article from the brand new Issue 7. Former Ireland international Seana Cooke joins us to talk about Olivia ‘Livy’ O’Toole, arguably the most influential player ever to wear the green jersey and who should be far more celebrated in the Irish game. Pre-orders of Issue 7 now open at www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com. Intro music by White Collar Boy.
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Ben Kelly of award-winning Liverpool fan channel The Redmen TV joins James and Taylor to chat about creating content for one of the biggest supporter platforms, remaining independent, Klopp, Anfield memories, ten years of Jordan Henderson and more. Issue 6 of Póg Mo Goal available from www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com. Intro music by White Collar Boy.
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Hosts James and Joe are joined by Póg Mo Goal co-editor and designer Kie Carew to discuss the challenges of independent publishing, falling out of love with the English game and finding Bohs, plus everything from underage coaches who hate football to chants about hooligans. Issue 6 is available from www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com. Intro music by White Collar Boy.
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With the European Championship underway across the continent, Irishman James Carew is joined by Englishmen Taylor Geall and Ollie Woodbridge, writer of issue 6 feature The Three Knees of Nedved, to discuss championships past, whether the Three Lions are likeable, expanding the tournament, Dutch under achievers, international versus club game, and much more. Póg Mo Goal Issue 6 available at www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com. Intro music by White Collar Boy.
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Football writer Devon Rowcliffe joins us to talk about his article from issue 3 of the magazine, the history of football in Canada, the build-up and subsequent launch of this vast country’s Premier League, before we head to South Korea to delve into his book ‘Who Ate All the Squid?” Póg Mo Goal Magazine available at www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com. Intro music by White Collar Boy
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Ron Ulrich of cult German football magazine 11freunde joins us to revisit an article from Issue 1 about how for 4 minutes and 38 seconds, Schalke 04 were the 2001 German champions. Then Andersson struck and hell opened. Intro music by White Collar Boy. Issue 6 of Póg Mo Goal magazine is now available from www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com
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To pay tribute to an Irish football hero since November 1993, on the sad passing of Alan McLoughlin, we are reposting his chat to Póg Mo Goal's Dave O'Grady from 2014 about the release of 'A Different Shade of Green - The Alan McLoughlin Story', nominated for Irish Sports Book of the Year. He talked about his personal battle with cancer, that famous night in Windsor Park, Roy Keane's Rolex watch and much more.
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Historian David Toms takes us on a European tour from his native Waterford reliving his Issue 3 article of his time living in Prague, the sights, sounds, and football derbies of the Czech capital, to the state of the game in Norway where he now resides and recalls an eventful visit by Dublin’s Shamrock Rovers. Intro music by White Collar Boy. Issue 6 of Póg Mo Goal Magazine is now available at www.pogmogoal.bigcartel.com
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