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LOI Central
#LOICentral is a podcast with opinion, analysis and interviews on all the latest happenings in the League of Ireland, hosted by Johnny Ward & Dan McDonnell
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S09E33 International Break Time with Kevin Doherty
On a week where skeletons are being found lying around all kinds of closets, a squeaky clean Kevin Doherty stops by Oliver Ireland for an internationa...
S09E32: European Odysseys, Waterford Whispers and Seani Maguire’s FAI Cup Feelings
The finishing line is in sight for everyone apart from Shamrock Rovers and Shelbourne as the closing stretch of the league clashes with the beginning...
S09E31 Double Header Review. How good are Shamrock Rovers? What next for Galway United?
The boys are back in Oliver Ireland for a quickfire review of a double header that could prove very significant come the end of the season. Johnny has...
S09E30: The Mayhem and the Magic of the Cup
We are back after an international break to forget and savouring a weekend to remember in the FAI Cup unless you happen to be from Connacht. Kerry FC'...
S09E29 A Week of Mixed Emotions. Webster on Horgan. Bradley on Europe.
It was a week of mixed emotions for everyone involved in Irish football with news of Ollie Horgan's final farewell coming through ahead of a historic...
S09E28 - Super Thursday, Azores Review & Victor's €2m move
The lads take stock as Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers are both tantalisingly close to group stage football after a quite incredible night on Thursday....
S09E27: FAI Cup/Oasis Wrap & Patrick Hoban Chat
Our LOI family full of eccentrics is back this week, a little hoarse ten years on from a fine day involving a horse. Did Oasis hit the FAI Cup crowds?...
S09E26 Shels Heartbreak, Ref Rage & Conan Byrne Chat
It’s a two part show this week as Johnny and Dan kicks things off on location in Tolka Park, picking through the bones of a near miss for Shelbourne t...
S09E25 European Race > Title Race, Jersey Spotting & Ticket Talk
It’s another remote session this week with the lads rattling through the talking points of the week and some discussion starters that have very little...
S09E24: Brandywell Bother, Chaos at the Cross & European Matters with Barry Murphy
We are back in Oliver Ireland this week, with the steady hands of Barry Murphy adding depth to our conversation. European matters take second billing...
S09E23 LOI in Europe, Cup cruises and Chris Shields chat
We’ve reached that glorious point of the year where the evidence of one tie makes us experts on the levels of teams from Lithuania, Azerbaijan and whe...
S09E22 with Dave McMillan & Paddy Kavanagh
Johnny is out of the building this week but we’ve got solid foundations visiting Oliver Ireland absence with a representative from the construction in...
S09E21 LOI in Europe, Nationwide Mailbag & Destructive Derry
European football is here, a chance to learn about new teams, unknown players and exotic places. And then there’s Shelbourne v Linfield. The first sec...
S09E20 Oasis, Keane, James-Taylor, Moses and Duff
Won’t somebody think of the football? After a day dominated by the latest Bohs jersey launch and another famous face performing an acting masterclass...
S09E19 Duff Love, Bohs Brilliance, Pat's Pressure and Chaos in Cork
We've had a double header in both divisions since our last show but there's only discussion point on the agenda today; what about those goalscoring Lo...
S09E18 Disappointed Drogs, Euro Draws & Ruaidhri Higgins Chat
We are back in Oliver’s offices to discuss a week that delivered an unwelcome twist for Drogheda United with the excitement of the European draws leav...
S09E17 - Mid-Season Musings, Transfer Targets & Crowded Houses
AS most of the League of Ireland heads for the departure lounge, our co-hosts are back via arrivals to take their regular perch in Oliver Ireland for...
S09E16 avec Graham Gartland, Johnny Kenny and Conan Noonan
Episode 16 took all the patience of Collar & Cuff, Future Ticketing, Sports Cosanta and Rascals Brewery to make it to the finish line. Recorded over t...
S09E15 with Garry Doyle and Colin Hawkins
There’s a faint whiff of chaos (and maybe vomit) in the air at Oliver this week, as the usual anchor is missing and the reins are handed over to Johnn...
S09E14 Frozen Moose, Cork City reflections & Colin Healy/Moses Dyer chats
The boys are back in Oliver, alive and croaking in Dan’s case, to pick through the bones of another dramatic League of Ireland week. It’s Moose’s worl...
S09E13 The Madness Continues & Mark Connolly Chat
After another double header of what ifs and if onlys, the lads convene to try and make sense of it all. We go from a rear of the year update to allega...
S09E12 Tight at the Top and the Race to the Bottom
It's another socially distanced production this week, and Bohs fans are partying like it's 2021 as they bask in the glory of an unexpected sequence of...
S09 E11 - Born Again Bohs, Duff/Caulfield Remix & Canham on the Cross
We almost needed 90 minutes to get through a weekend where every club played 180 minutes in a league that is going the full 360 in terms of storylines...
S09E10 - Top Drogs, The Relegation Slog & Firefighting with Alan Keane
There’s a western flavour to this week’s show with the on duty Alan Keane dialling in to discuss the contrasting fortunes of Galway United and Sligo R...
S09E09 with Paul Doolin and James Keddy
Paul Doolin and James Keddy have shared plenty of long car journeys in their time and, after several false starts, we finally convinced them to reunit...
S09E08 The One With The Double Stitched Mailbag
The sun has returned and the mood has definitely lightened in Oliver Marketing as the lads finally agree on something. No April Fools on this weeks sh...
S09E07 - The One With The Late Night Letters
The boys are back in Oliver Marketing for a combination of a discussion of Dan's week on the road and a stranger trip down memory lane. A reflective m...
S09E06: The Shifting Sands of Irish Football with Jonathan Corbett
With the Premier Division on a hiatus, Dan is in Bulgaria for an international break that is unlikely to live for long in the memory and the first par...
S09 E05 - The Tightest League in the World & Kerry chat with Conor McCarthy
There’s a few equine analogies this week as Johnny checks in en route to England to talk about the only race that really matters in his mind – the tit...
S09E04 Reds, Refs, Rovers & Richmond Reflections
After another fantastic Friday, we had a manic Monday and the lads try to rattle through a crowded agenda of talking points. Is Alan Reynolds in bothe...
S09E03 Conspiracy Theories, Climate Changes and Barry Murphy's Notes
We’ve a busy show this week, with our mailbag more flooded than Tallaght Stadium as we pore over the conspiracy theories, stadium rankings, and all th...
S09E02 Norway, Aviva and Webster & Doyle
To mark the return of your 90 minute weekly fix, we’ve got a pod of that same length, and the main reason is the leftovers from our live show chat wit...
S09E01: 2025 Season Preview @ Rascals with Ruaidhri Higgins
WE are back. The League of Ireland kicks off this week, but we’ve already got a competitive appearance under our belt after our big season preview at...
S08XMAS with "The Rascals Loft Tapes"
It's Christmas! And before you count down to seeing what Santa has left under the tree, you need to check for free range pork under your car. All of t...
S08E40 - The Underdrogs 2 The Undertones 0
We are nearing the end of another season in the Oliver Marketing building and start this week’s show with a burning question - have Drogheda United re...
S08E39 Live from Rascals - The Shelebration Tour
It's Episode 39 and it was live. If you missed out on our Monday night in Rascals, this pod will give you a flavour of the best bits. Like the title r...
S08E38 It's the Final Countdown....
Here we go! There's touts in Inchicore as the title race, our beloved title race has its Joey Tempest mullet stapled on as it faces the camera in leat...
S08E37 The PFA Ireland Team of the Year with Stephen McGuinness and Friends
It’s Jerry Maguire time in the League of Ireland and before we run away with ourselves it’s also awards time as the Premier Division team of the seaso...
S08E36 Sliding Doors, Friday Night Fever Pitch and Five Months at Pats with Stephen Kenny
Ahead of the most anticipated night of the year - our live show in Rascals on November 4 of course - Johnny and Dan are in studio to also look ahead t...
S08E35 with Barry Murphy and David McMillan
After a manic week, we’ve got a Monday show for you as Barry Murphy and Dave McMillan dial in to join Dan to review league, European and FAI Cup matte...