A Bohemian Sporting Life

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/

One way traffic? - Stories of migrants to the League of Ireland 11/14/2023

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 first century another narrative is examined: the stories of footballers who have come into the League of Ireland from outside. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/28643098

Joyce, Gogarty and Bohemians 09/28/2023

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 what all this has to do with Bohemian Football Club. With expert guests Des Gunning, Graham Hopkins and Brian Trench /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/28172174

Conor Curran interview - Soccer & Society in Dublin 04/02/2023

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/26416902

Matthew Collins interview 12/11/2022

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/25288545

Glentoran and the Vienna Cup 08/08/2022

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/23989179

Chris Lee interview 08/01/2022

Chris Lee interview Interview with 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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/23897700

Gary McAllister (Northern Ireland Supporters Chairman) 05/26/2022

Gary McAllister (Northern Ireland Supporters Chairman) Interview with Northern Ireland amalgamated supporters chair Gary McAllister. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/23236517

Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling interview 03/12/2022

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 /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/22425014

A Road less travelled - Maxine Peake interview 01/27/2022

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/21917240

Adrian Tempany 01/20/2022

Adrian Tempany Fergus talks to writer Adrian Tempany about the Hillsborough disaster and the search for justice. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/21838151

Keith Hackett 12/23/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/21587366

Pat McGibbon 12/13/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/21465764

Marshall Gillespie interview 12/07/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/21412988

The Fan's Museum 11/30/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/21323261

A road less travelled - David Hodgson 09/07/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/20394401

A road less travelled - Kieron Brady 09/03/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/20357735

A Road less travelled - Roy O'Donovan 08/22/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/20218919

A road less travelled - Tony Dorigo 08/14/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/20143031

A road less travelled - Warren Feeney 08/08/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/20073383

A road less travelled - Paddy Mulligan 07/21/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/19882616

A road less travelled - Dominic Foley 07/04/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/19702418

A road less travelled - Alan Campbell 06/28/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/19628477

A road less travelled - Lawrie Sanchez 06/17/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/19510652

A road less travelled - Jim McCalliog 06/02/2021

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... /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/19326050

The Eric Lalor interview 05/27/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/19264439

A road less travelled - Cillian Sheridan 05/18/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/19146845

A road less travelled - Joe Corrigan 05/10/2021

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! /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/19044572

League of Ireland finances with John O'Connor 05/08/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/19028639

A Road Less Travelled - Eoin Hand 05/03/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/18953579

A Road Less Travelled - Terry Conroy 04/25/2021

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. /episode/index/show/abohemiansportinglife/id/18853823

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