Tales From The East Stand

Jason Maloney and Mick Conroy join us for a Glenmalure Gazette 30th Anniversary special. We discuss how it all started, Ricky McEvoy, The Housemartins, their contributions and favourite memories of the fanzine. Mick talks the Conroy family and being on the Rovers board in the O'Neill and Kenny eras. There's the fans tournament in Germany in the 90s (Elfmeter!) and the Brandywell 1994 incident. The lads read out all our potential European opponents and reminisce about Linfield 1984 and Djurgardens 2002. Plus we look at the Bray game, Gazin Bazunu's senior debut, Graham Burke's transfer fee and Stephen Bradley's reign as manager.

There's the Dundalk game, Dan Cleary, Graham Burke's Ireland goal, our new badges and a great QTFES with Sean Kavanagh v Luke Byrne and Ronan Finn v Joey O'Brien.

We dissect the Dublin Derby, interview Robert Goggins (Programme award winner) and Pat O'Toole (Pig's head thrower) and then it's Lee Grace v Gary Shaw in the quiz.

As the team goes "from brutal to brilliant at regular intervals" we talk the Sligo bus, away stats, Bohs on Friday, Lee Grace love and there's Pico Lopes v Sean Boyd in the quiz.

Tony Cousins and Marc Kenny step foot into Johnny Blues Bar to talk about their spells together at Shamrock Rovers and Liverpool. Tony tells us about Rico's trenchcoat and cream trousers, signing for Chelsea, playing against Zinedine Zidane (twice), the St Valentine's Day Massacre and Isle of Man tour of 1997, where Beach Boy got his nickname. Marc remembers growing up watching his brother Harry at Milltown, rooming with Jamie Redknapp and practising free kicks with Jan Molby, Hollywood passes and conning the weighing scales with Derek Tracey. The lads review last week's Waterford game and give us their Starting XI and Predictions for Saturday's trip to Sligo. Marc is a big fan of their B&B's...

We review Friday's match at Richmond Park between Gar and Killian Brennan. There's Tomer Chencinski v Brandon Miele in the quiz, plus, interviews with John Byrne (Rovers/Roma links) and Stuart McSweeney & Kevan O'Rourke (Shamrock Rovers Amputee Team).

Forky talks the SRFC Ultras Forum, Ed Saul and Keith Baker talk Firhouse Clover while Kevin Horgan and Graham Burke, heroes from the Cork win, face off in the quiz.

In our 50th episode, Mick Lawlor makes his podcasting debut in Johnny Blues Bar. It was 50 years ago almost to the day that he scored in the FAI Cup final win over Waterford. We talk to him about that 1968 game in detail, scoring in every round of the Cup, Liam Tuohy, Frank O'Neill, his dad 'Kit', scoring at Parkhead and the Linfield riots. Mick has been the Ireland kitman for the past ten years. We ask him about his role, working with Giovanni Trapattoni and Martin O'Neill, and the Henry handball. We review the Limerick game and look ahead to the trip to Derry, plus there's Alan Mannus memories and an interview with Jamie Headon.

Our Flag Day interviews on the origins of some Rovers fans' flags is inevitably followed by many rants and List of Hatred additions for the Bohs and Bray defeats.

We discuss the Dundalk game, THE GOALKEEPING SITUATION, the definition of hoo-ha and tomorrow's big derby. There's an interview with Bray fan Brian Quigley.

Dave McAllister drops into Johnny Blues Bar for a chat about his Wheel of Fortune, his love of a row, the hard men at his former clubs and being signed by Sheffield United instead of Gary Twigg. We discuss Trevor Clarke's injury, a hideous Sligo game, flags, the George Byrne Memorial Quiz, his Ultras friends and Oriel Park, with a brilliant story about taking Dundalk's side of the tunnel last season. There's an interview with Paddy Daly and after we hear four qualifying quiz matches - Sam Bone v Dan Carr, Sean Kavanagh v Dean Dillon, Ethan Boyle v Ally Gilchrist and Greg Bolger v Joel Coustrain - Davey makes the draw for the last 16 of the Questions From The East Stand Cup.

Joining us in Johnny Blues Bar are Pat Byrne and Rovers fan Mick McCarthy, who grew up together. Pat talks the recent Waterford game, the 4-in-a-row, Dermot Keely, leaving Milltown, getting to Tallaght, his UK spells and Beckenbauer. We ask Mick about the 1960s, Rovers' tough times, painting Bono's house, curry cabbage and the Pines Mafia.

A mere 86 minute show with only an own goal and a penalty to talk about from two games. Interviews with Gary Armstrong, bus driver Alex and Waterford author Brian Kennedy.

We hear from four-goal hero Graham Burke, Sean O'Connor & Conor Fitzpatrick (Hoops Scene) and Andrew Cunneen (Limerick Leader) ahead of the Paddy's Day weekend games.

After we discuss #Snowpocalypse there's the Dundalk and Bray games, backflips, stats, an interview with Con Murphy and it's Trevor Clarke v Joey O'Brien in our new quiz cup.

THE BEAST FROM THE EAST prevents us from being in the same place so it's a quick phone chat either side of interviews with Podge Amond and Bobby Best & George Kelly.

We talk the Bohs game and Dundalk tomorrow. There's the aftermath of our start of season special, Soccer Republic, the plethora of LOI podcasts and a cameo from Eoghan Rice.

Fiachra Ó Brolacháin and Neil Walsh (Ultras), Paul Donohue, 'Hurricane' Tommy Kelly, James Cooke, a whiskey filled Jason McLean, Pat Kilmartin, Paul O'Dwyer and Aussie Nate join us in Johnny Blues for our Start of Season Special. We all discuss Portugal, the new season ahead and make our List of Hatred choices.

Rovers heroes Tony O'Dowd and Derek Tracey chat about their careers over a tray of beer and cider in Johnny Blues Bar. The homeless years, derbies, Cup finals, Rico, Bucko, Roddy, the current Rovers team and #FootballLovesUs are among the topics. Tony talks his Leeds days, Eric Cantona, Felix Healy's teamtalks, winding up Bohs fans, coaching the Under 12s and team photographs. Derek tells us about nearly leaving Rovers in 1993-94, being a one-club man, tattoos, Turkish goats and bursting the Oriel Park net. Meanwhile, we run the rule over all those trialists in the pre-season friendlies, meet Ally G and give COUSTRAIN his own song.

We discuss the fixture list, THE JERSEY and interview new signing Ethan Boyle. It's our last episode of 2017 (apologies for some sound issues in the first third).