Tales From The East Stand

Only one goal to talk about in our Shelbourne and UCD reviews. We interview former Hoops player James Keddy, and Rovers fan Anto Wilkes, who travelled to Mexico for the 1986 World Cup and ended up staying there.

We talk all about our journey to Ghent in Belgium and another defeat in Derry which saw the Hoops go out of the FAI Cup. With it being an international week, former Rovers full-back John Keogh shares the remarkable story of his one and only Ireland cap against West Germany in 1966. The last hour of the show is an interview with Billy Dennehy, who helped Rovers to two league titles and the 2011 Europa League group stages.

There's our Yoo Gordon and Finn Harps reviews and a Belgian theme to the show, with journalist Alexandre Braeckman and then former Ireland international striker Dominic Foley, who enjoyed seven years with KAA Gent and Circle Brugge.

We talk a dire derby and preview our group stage opener with Djurgardens with the help of Philip O'Connor in Stockholm and a new edition of the TFTES Hotline, about European travels, regrets, Hoops Scene, volunteering and BEES.

There's the wins over Ferencvaros and Drogheda and the Conference group draw to discuss. Winston Meets Terry Eviston, a hero of our 1994 title winning team to talk his career with Rovers, Bohs and Dundalk.

We have a difficult night in Budapest Thursday and a very enjoyable night in Tallaght Sunday to review, and two special guests in studio to help us do it - Chef Ray Whelan and Ray Whelan Senior. The Rovers cooks give us a peek inside the dressing room and talk their famous curry, fussy eaters, Shannon flights and this summer's other trips to Malta, Bulgaria and North Macedonia, where Ray Senior stole Bradser's seat on the bench. Ahead of the FAI Cup tie in Drogheda, most of the last hour of the show is an interview with former Hoops player and assistant manager Mick Cooke, who spent most of his career with the two clubs.

No goals to talk about this week with our Derry report, an interview with Kevin McCluskie from Budapest ahead of Thursday's tie with Ferencvaros, and Part 2 of the TFTES Hotline Overseas Supporters Edition, from USA, Mexico and Australia: featuring Eamonn McConville, Paddy Flannelly, Yailenne Llanas, Gary Armstrong, Sean Fields and Ste Seery.

A bumper show to celebrate group stage football with an epic 97th minute goal from Gary O'Neill in Tallaght and almost an aggregate tonking after success in Skopje. We also have Part 1 of our TFTES Hotline Overseas Special where you'll hear from Hoopers living in England, Europe and Canada - Johnny Wilson, Alan Honeyman, Niall Keenan, Podge Amond, Gary Warren and Mick Fallon.

There's an FAI Cup TONKING to discuss, Angel Kostoski joins us from Skopje ahead of Thursday's big Europa League game and we interview Tommy Stewart, who famously scored Rovers' winner in Israel in 2010.

We're back with the biggest news stories of the past couple of weeks - the TFTES 5-a-side draw, Prof's Golden Goal and Chris McCann's birthday. We also have reports on Drogheda and Ludogorets (x2), #Hoopermandela and a look ahead to tonight's FAI Cup tie against Bangor Celtic with Eddie Kearney and Adam Maher.

TFTES On Tour~! You'll be regaled with tales from St Julian's in Malta, where everything except the game was entertaining, and hear from eight Hoopers who made the trip in a new edition of the TFTES Hotline. Plus: Metodi Shumanov fills us in on Tuesday's Bulgarian opponents, the nouveau riche Ludogorets of Razgrad.

It's the Rory Gaffney show with two goals and two assists in Ballybofey and another great European night in Tallaght. Stadium manager Nicola Coffey has all the info you need on the construction of the new north stand, and Shaun McCarthy, a Hoop living in Malta for over 20 years, tells his story ahead of our journey there next week.

Gar is back to celebrate his own 200th episode in a show almost as long as your drive to Ballybofey this evening. There's the wins over Bohs and Pat's to dissect and a look ahead to the Hibernians tie next week, with former Rovers and Maltese international Luke Dimech before journalist Gianluca Lia gives us the lowdown on our Champions League opponents.

TFTES heads out to CityWest as 'Ooh Ah' Paul McGrath (not that one) fills in for Gary this week. We talk a poor performance in Dundalk, Paulie's lockdown wedding, his European away curse and his starting XI vs Bohs (after a few edits). There's an hour long interview with former Hoops left-back Richie Byrne from the 1 hour 8 minute mark.

We have a Champions League trip to Malta to plan and a Father's Day edition of the TFTES Hotline which sees eight Rovers Dads and their sons and daughters call in together.

Mid-season break shmid-season break. We squeeze out every last drop of news, there's a European draw preview with Pico Lopes and Dave Downey before the last hour, In Memoriam: Declan Keogh AKA Big Dec, a larger than life Rovers fan who was loved by so many around the league.

There's reaction from our 200th episode in Ringsend before the three games we have to catch up on, from the hill in UCD, to a shock defeat in Drogheda and then back to winning ways against Duffer and Joey's Shels. The last hour is an interview with members of the SRFC Media Team and some of the people behind 'Clear The Head', Barry McCarthy, Phillie 'Captain Hook eyebrows' Maguire and Graham Moran.

It's our 200th episode extravaganza~! This special show was recorded a couple of weeks ago in front of a live audience in the Irishtown House in Ringsend, the birthplace of Rovers. Everyone on our guest list is a local and they talk about what the Ringsend community means to them, beginning with current Rovers players Sean Kavanagh and Sean Gannon, who talk about growing up in the area, their careers and being on opposite sides of the 2019 FAI Cup final. Next up are our youngest guests and TFTES bus regulars, Sean Condron and Daniel Keogh (at 27 minutes), until legendary four-in-a-row goalkeeper Jody Byrne (from 39 mins) makes his long awaited debut on the podcast. Jody discusses replacing Alan O'Neill at the age of 19 and the highlights from his hugely successful spell at Milltown, when he twice won the club Player of the Year award in 1987 and 1989. He takes a question each from a new guest beside him, starting with 'Mooner' David Kiernan (51 mins) and his dad Richie (1 hour 15 mins). Then Ciaran Stafford (

We talk that big win over Derry with a samba atmosphere and going back to college on a Thursday. There's news on next week's 200th episode and a musical edition of the TFTES Hotline, as Gary, Karl and some of our 7 callers attempt to write some original Rovers chewns.

We have the 3-1 wins over Finn Harps and Sligo to review before looking ahead to the big one against Derry. With three Tallaght games in the space of a week, there's two out of the ordinary but very home based interviews with ballpersons Riley and Faith, and the groundstaff, Billy Mullen and Ciaran Cornwall on what it takes to have the best pitch in the country.