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A Bohemian Sporting Life
by Gerard Farrell
A podcast focusing on the history of Bohemians Football Club but also branching into the wider story of Irish and World football. Find more at https://abohemiansportinglife.com/
Episodes
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One way traffic? - Stories of migrants to the League of Ireland
The League of Ireland is commonly seen as a development league, one whose best players are signed at an early age, usually by larger, wealthier clubs from Britain, following a pattern established more than a century ago. But in this set of four case studies from the 1920s through to the twenty...
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Joyce, Gogarty and Bohemians
Recorded live in the Joyce Tower museum during the Joycenight festival, host Gerard Farrell chairs a discussion on the events that took place in the Sandycove Martelloe tower that fractured the friendship of James Joyce and Oliver St. John Gogarty, gave rise to Stately plump Buck Mulligan and…
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Conor Curran interview - Soccer & Society in Dublin
Conor Curran is the guest on this episode talking about his new book Soccer and Society in Dublin, charting the history of the sport in the capital as far back as the 1880s.
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Matthew Collins interview
Fergus Dowd chats to Matthew Collins about football and the far right, the new book and TV drama based on his experience, and his fondness for Cork Cork.
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Glentoran and the Vienna Cup
A chat with Sam Robinson about Glentoran's 1914 tour of Europe and their triumph in the Vienna Cup and what happened to the footballers who returned to Belfast with War just months away.
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Chris Lee interview
Interview with Outside Write host Chris Lee about his new book "Defiant - the history of football against Fascism" covering everything from Italy in the 1920s, World War 2, the Balkans and Eastern Europe as well as football in South American under the dictatorships of the 1970s and 80s.
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Gary McAllister (Northern Ireland Supporters Chairman)
Interview with Northern Ireland amalgamated supporters chair Gary McAllister.
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Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling interview
We chat to Dietrich, a prolific German author on football, about football history, Johann Cruyff, his time living in Ireland and the Bundesliga among other subjects
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A Road less travelled - Maxine Peake interview
Fergus chats with actor Maxine Peake about her role playing Anne Williams, campaigner for the victims of the Hillsborough Disaster.
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Adrian Tempany
Fergus talks to writer Adrian Tempany about the Hillsborough disaster and the search for justice.
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Keith Hackett
We chat to former referee Keith Hackett about taking charge of an FA Cup final, UEFA matches and bribery in Europe, the dawn of the Premier League and what we can learn from modern rule changes such as VAR.
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Pat McGibbon
We chat to Pat McGibbon about Old Trafford under Fergie, the social skills of Roberto Martinez, Windsor Park in 94 and how dealing with tragedy has led him to the work he does today. For more on Pat's work visit train2bsmart.com
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Marshall Gillespie interview
Fergus chats to stats expert Marshall Gillespie - he's on Twitter @NIStats - about working for the IFA, his passion for football and the growth of statistical analysis from a minority pursuit to becoming central to the running of modern football.
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The Fan's Museum
We chat to Michael Ganley about the Football fans museum in Sunderland which began from his own extensive collection of football memorabilia. For more visit https://fansmuseum.org/
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A road less travelled - David Hodgson
An interesting and amusing chat with former Middlesboro and Liverpool forward David Hodgson about the Anfield bootroom, playing in Japan, Spain and France, and why you don't want to take a wrong turn with a cattle truck in Buenos Aires.
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A road less travelled - Kieron Brady
Fergus chats to Kieron Brady about a hugely promising career cut short, playing in a Cup final for Sunderland, choosing Ireland over Scotland and facing personal challenges after his career was over.
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A Road less travelled - Roy O'Donovan
We chat to former Cork City striker Roy O'Donovan about his career in England, Scotland, Brunei and Australia. Including what it was like to play under Roy Keane at Sunderland, the Scottish Cup final, and playing for a Sultan.
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A road less travelled - Tony Dorigo
We chat to Tony Dorigo about how an Australian teenager ended up in 1980s Birmingham, about playing for England, Italia 90, rooming with Gazza, success at Leeds, the dark side of Italian football and much, much more.
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A road less travelled - Warren Feeney
We chat to Warren Feeney about his footballing family, his playing career in England and the route that led to his to a managerial role in Bulgaria.
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A road less travelled - Paddy Mulligan
We chat with former Ireland international Paddy Mulligan about his eventful playing and coaching career which included stints at Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers, Chelsea, West Brom & Crystal Palace as well a spell playing in the NASL and coaching in Greece.
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A road less travelled - Dominic Foley
We chat to Dominic Foley about appearing in two Belgian Cup finals, being signed by Stephen Kenny but never playing for him, coming up against a young Vincent Kompany, and the unusual trajectory of his international career.
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A road less travelled - Alan Campbell
Alan talks about his fascinating career in Ireland, Spain, Belgium and Scotland from playing under John Giles as a teenager to helping teach Quique Setien English and who was tougher Dermot Keely or Andoni Goikoetxea.
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A road less travelled - Lawrie Sanchez
We chat to Lawrie Sanchez about managing in the League of Ireland and the Greek top flight. Scoring the winning in the Crazy Gang/Culture Club cup final, and his experiences of playing for and managing Northern Ireland.
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A road less travelled - Jim McCalliog
We talk to former Chelsea, Sheffield Wednesday, Wolves, Man Utd & Southamption player Jim McCalliog. Jim tells us about a possible Ireland call-up, playing and coaching in the USA and Norway, two epic cup finals that took place 10 years apart and much more...
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The Eric Lalor interview
I chat with Bohs fan Eric Lalor about his family's generations-long connection with Bohs, going to games in the 70s and 80s. His career in entertainment, and showbiz Bohs fans.
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A road less travelled - Cillian Sheridan
We chat to Cillian currently playing his football in Poland for Wisla Plock, about his globetrotting career. From growing up as a wanabee basketballer to his early days at Celtic and his travels to Bulgaria, Cyprus & New Zealand.
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A road less travelled - Joe Corrigan
We talk to former Man City goalkeeper Joe Corrigan about becoming a club legend, winning in Europe with City. The end of the NASL, learning from Bert Trautmann and Harry Gregg and coaching at Liverpool and Celtic and his less well known GAA career in Roscommon!
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League of Ireland finances with John O'Connor
I chat with Bohemians finance director John O'Connor about club, league and global football finances, what goes into preparing a budget and keeping a League of Ireland club afloat, the importance of Europe, the dark days at Dalymount and much more.
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A Road Less Travelled - Eoin Hand
We chat with former Ireland player and manager Eoin Hand about his time in the League of Ireland, at Swindon and Portsmouth as well as his time coaching in South Africa and Saudi Arabia.
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A Road Less Travelled - Terry Conroy
We chat with former Ireland international Terry Conroy about growing up in Cabra, trips to America with both Home Farm and the Cleveland Stokers, chosing Glentoran over Shamrock Rovers. His spell in Hong Kong and scoring in the League Cup final for Stoke City.
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A road less travelled - John Conway
We speak with John Conway about his career with Bohemians and Fulham and becoming the first Irish player to play in Switzerland.
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A road less travelled - Paul Miller
We talk with former Spurs centre back Paul Miller about playing in Norway, , where the nickname "Maxi" came from, enjoying success with Spurs and life after football. *Be advised that there is some swearing in this episode
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A road less travelled - Fran O'Brien
In the second in our "Road less travelled" series, we chat to Fran O'Brien - from a famous Dublin footballing family Fran started his career with Bohemians before moving to play in the NASL for Philadelphia Fury, Montreal Manic & the Vancouver Whitecaps.
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A road less travelled - Gerry Armstrong
In the first of an occasional series Gerry Farrell and Fergus Dowd chat to Gerry Armstrong about his time in Spain with Real Mallorca, playing against Maradona, his time growing up in Belfast, his spells at Spurs and Watford, parties with Elton John and of course THAT goal in Valencia in 1982.…
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Kaleem Simon interview
In conversation with former Bohs winger Kaleem Simon about his time at the club, playing football in England during the pandemic and his recent international call-up for Montserrat.
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Breaking the chain
Ryan Clarke returns to the programme (@RyanCIarke) with his documentary about the work of the Bohemian Foundation with the inmates of Mountjoy prison. This episode also features contributions from Tommy Hynes and former Bohs players Oscar Brennan and Scott Allardice.
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Guest episode with Fergus Dowd
Fergus Dowd of the Patrick O'Connell memorial fund is guest host these week and he discusses the connections which like the struggle for workers rights faced by Patrick in his early career with similar struggles faced by workers today. Also a guest on the podcast is actor and writer Tom Watt who...
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The Dublin Football Walking Tour
I speak to Aodhán O'Ríordáin and Gary Cooke about how a TD and an actor ended up running a football walking tour in North Dublin during a pandemic. For more info on the tour email [email protected] or follow on Twitter at @FootballTourDub
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Bohs in Europe (part 2)
Charting Bohs European adventures through the 90s to the turn of the Millennium and featuring fan and player recollections of games against Aberdeen, Kaiserslautern, Dinamo Minsk and Ferencvaros. *Be advised there is some bad language used in this episode*
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Bohs in Europe - 90s edition (part I)
Welcome back to season 2 of a Bohemian Sporting Life where we discuss Bohs European adventures from the 90s all the way up to the Aberdeen and Kaiserslautern games. Joining the pod are former players Dave Tilson, Tony O'Connor and Dave Henderson as well as supporters and board members to share...
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The Bohemian Graves of Glasnevin (with Brian Trench)
In conversation with Brian Trench recreating a walking tour that he led in 2015 of the graves of Bohemians players & administrators. Lists of the graves featured with grid references where available: Joseph Wickham, 1890-1968, A04313, ZC, 69, South New Chapel Dr Lewis J Farrell, 1875-1938, IC29...
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Groundhopping Part I
Joined again by Brendan and Fred we discuss our favourite matches, stadiums and fan experiences, which feature matches across three Continents. Warning: some infrequent strong language.
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The Bohemian Foundation
The Bohemian Foundation is the charitable and community arm of the club. In this episdode I speak to Bohs director and Foundation President Tommy Hynes, first team player Promise Omochere, Paul Gannon, Dr. Ian Marder and Ryan Clarke about the good work undertaken by the Foundation.
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The Bohemian Youth system
In conversation with PRO Declan Farrell, Head of youth development Pat Cleary and Board member Conor Emerson about the work being done in the Bohemian FC youth system.
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Death in the 15 acres
This episode focuses on the events surrounding the death of Samuel O'Brien after an altercation during the football match in the Phoenix Park in 1924. The subsequent inquest and court case are examined as well as what happened to Samuel's family in the years after his death. There are some...
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The history of Dalymount Park
Chatting to journalist Ryan Clarke (follow him on @RyanCIarke ) about the history of Dalymount Park, home of Bohemian Football Club, and for many years the Irish national team.
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A Bohemian Sporting Life (ep 18) - Bohemian Futsal
In conversation with Mark Keane, Bilko Kacar and Ian Fallon about the Bohemian Futsal team, the differences from 11-a-side football, the origins of the team and the future of the sport in Ireland. For more email [email protected] or follow @SCBohemian on Twitter or bohemianfutsal on Instagram.
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A Bohemian Sporting Life (ep 17) - Jimmy Dunne
Jimmy Dunne died tragically young aged just 44 but he managed to pack a lot into such a short life. A record breaking footballer at international level and in his club career he was one of the most profilic goalscorers in British football. He also coached both Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers. Being…
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The Tail-gunner at full back - the Paddy Ratcliffe story
The story of the life and career of Paddy Ratcliffe - who starred for Bohs during the two spells with the club. He also was a RAF gunner who survived being shot, crash landing and a Nazi POW camp. Ratcliffe also had a successful career for Plymouth Argyle before relocating to the United States....
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A Bohemian Sporting Life (Ep 15)
Brian Trench presents his new research on some of the key figures in the foundation of Bohemian Football Club including the Bell brothers, Dudley Hussey and others. We talk about who they were, their lasting influence, where Bohs came from, how the club was very nearly called "Rovers" & also...
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A podcast focusing on the history of Bohemians Football Club but also branching into the wider story of Irish and World football. Find more at https://abohemiansportinglife.com/
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A Bohemian Sporting Life is created and hosted by Gerard Farrell.
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