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Back to Jack: Irish Football Chronicles

Back to Jack: Irish Football Chronicles

By: Turlough Kelly
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 Journey back to the golden era of Irish football - match by match!

Turlough Kelly Football (Soccer)
Episodes
  • S2 Ep6: Belgium vs. Ireland ECQ 1986

    S2 Ep6: Belgium vs. Ireland ECQ 1986
    Feb 16 2023
    Join us as we watch Jack's first competitive outing on the road to Euro '88. Can Ireland exorcise the ghosts of 1981 in Brussels? Is Paul McCartney having a mid-life crisis? And what happened to Billo's accent?
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    56 mins
  • S2 Ep5: Mexico '86 - Part 2

    S2 Ep5: Mexico '86 - Part 2
    Nov 17 2022
    Qatar sticking in your craw? Travel back to the golden summer of 1986 for the second part of our Mexico '86 special. Maradona vs. Shilton, Dunphy vs. Morgan, McGuigan vs. Cruz and Beckenbauer vs. a can of Knorr. It's all here!
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • S2 Ep4: Mexico '86 - Part I

    S2 Ep4: Mexico '86 - Part I
    Aug 29 2022
    Jet back to the sun-kissed Mundial of Mexico '86, for our team-by-team, game-by-game guide to a memorable tournament, through an Irish lens. Maradona, Eamonn Dunphy, Julie Andrews and Gay Byrne - who could resist that line-up?

    Also featuring:

    The Clery's Ghost
    Ireland's first divorce court (on the Late Late)
    The Reluctant Orangeman

    and much much more! Please listen, share, review and subscribe. Find us at @100IrishGames on Twitte or 100IrishGames@gmail.com
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    55 mins
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The football was one thing. The context was another. Magic football nostalgia with life as it was lived in Ireland then. Wryly delivered

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