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Matt McGinn on the Eruption of Icelandic football

admin July 2, 2021

On the show Patrick Donohue is joined by Matt McGinn who joined us to chat about his book entitled Against The Elements, the eruption of Icelandic football. Matt outlined some of the reasons behind the remarkable improvements in Icelandic football in recent…

Beyond The Back Page – Pete Watson, Latin American football Expert.

admin June 25, 2021

Patrick Donohoe was joined by Pete Watson an academic who is an expert on Latin American football. Pete chatted about what is happening in the Copa America so far, Colombian football, the role of the Irish in the origins of football in…

Beyond The Back Page – Lee Daly from The Save Tolka Park Group.

admin June 24, 2021

Patrick Donohoe was joined by Lee Daly, a member of the Save Tolka Park group who spoke to us about the group’s proposal to keep Tolka Park as public amenity and prevent its sale to developer’s. More information on the campaign can…

Beyond The Back Page – Journalist, Paddy Murray

admin June 11, 2021

On the show Patrick was joined journalist Paddy Murray who chatted about his new book, And finally, A Journalist’s life in 250 stories. Paddy chatted about some of the highlights of his career in Journalism including encounters with Elton John,Spike Milligan and…

Beyond The Back Page – Derek Watson from The Well Society.

admin May 28, 2021

Patrick was joined by Derek Watson. Derek is a member of the Well Society, the fan group that own Scottish side Motherwell. Derek spoke to us about how fan ownership works. He also gave us his thoughts on Scotland’s chances in the…

Beyond the Back Page – Author, Steven Scragg.

admin May 21, 2021

Patrick was joined by Steven Scragg to chat about his book Where the Cool Kids hung out The Chic Years of the UEFA Cup. Steven spoke about some of the highlights in the tournaments history including Ipswich’s success in winning the tournament…

Beyond The Back Page – Lucy Rae from Grant Liberty.

admin May 14, 2021

Patrick was joined by Lucy Rae from the Human rights advocacy group Grant Liberty, to discuss a recent report her organisation commissioned which found that Saudi Arabia has spent at least 1.5 billion dollars on high profile global events in a bid…

Beyond The Back Page – League of Ireland correspondent Michael Hopkins.

admin May 7, 2021

Patrick was joined by Michael Hopkins to chat about the latest developments in the league of Ireland and also pay tribute to Alan McLoughlin and reflected on his contribution to Irish football.

Beyond the Back Page – Heptathlete, Kate O Connor.

admin April 30, 2021

On the show Patrick was joined by Heptathlete Kate O Connor, who joined us to reflect on her second place finish at the Multistars World Athletics combined Events challenge in Italy last weekend. Kate chatted about her hopes for qualifying for this…

Beyond The Backpage – Author, Karan Tejwani.

admin April 23, 2021

On the show I was joined by Karan Tejwani author of a new book entitled Wings of Change. The book takes a look at the impact Red Bull have made in football in recent years with the takeover of R.B Leipzig and…

Beyond the Back Page – Author, Nicky Welsh.

admin April 16, 2021

Patrick was joined by Nicky Welsh to chat about his book, My United Road.Nicky attended his first Man United match in 1974 and got to fulfill hischildhood dream by signing professional terms for Man United. While he was unsuccessful in making it…

Beyond The Back Page – Caoimhe Dempsey, rower for Cambridge Crew.

admin April 9, 2021

Caoimhe Dempsey a member of the successful Cambridge crew who defeated Oxford in the boat race last weekend joined Patrick to tell us about her delight at been part of the successful Cambridge team.