The Boys We've Seen
This is a journey through Irish footballing history. Every week Conor and Johnny discuss a player or moment from the Republic of Ireland's history. Beginning with the 1992/1993 Premier League season, these two diehard fans have a simple purpose - to talk about every Irishman to grace the Premier League!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 195
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Qualifying for Italia '90
Sometimes you have to look back to look forward...
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The Infamous Ireland-Northern Ireland 1993 Match
Somehow even worse than the 1995 Lansdowne Riot. Sectarian abuse, away fans told to stay at home and Jack Charlton giving it big licks against Billy Bingham...
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The Most Controversial Match in Irish History
In 1955 the Catholic Church attempted to cancel a Republic of Ireland friendly against Yugoslavia. This is a story about the Church's power, government overreach and, ultimately, ordina…
The Young Damien Duff
From the archive as Johnny and Conor continue to celebrate Duffer's successes at Shels the Boys discuss the early career of one of Ireland's best, and most exciting, players. Enjoy!
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An Irish Footballing Ghost Story
Scotsmen, and Limerick and Ghosts... oh my!
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The Boys Interview John Williams
John Williams is the author of the upcoming history of British football, Football in Wind and Rain: The British Game, published by Pitch Publishing. This is an all-encompassing and fasc…
The Worst Irish Transfers of All Time
International break brings out the best, and worst of us. On Jake O'Brien's exclusion from the squad, many fans have blamed his move to Everton. Cutting Jake some slack, we look at some…
The Clinton Morrison Episode
9 goals for the Republic and Crystal Palace's 4th highest goalscorer. More importantly, he once turned Steven Gerrard into a furious ball of rage
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The 2006/2007 Season Review
All hail Kevin Doyle... goal machine!
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How Many Great Players Have Ireland Produced?
Replay: As Johnny is away and Conor is snowed under with the return to University we go bac into the archive to discuss how many great footballers Ireland has produced.
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Worst Irish Managerial Starts?
In light of Heimir Hallgrímsson's first two matches we do a historical deep dive to show yes...sadly... it has always been this awful
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Best Premiership XI v. Non-Premiership XI
Or Golden Oldies versus the Millennium bunch
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The Stephen Carr Episode
The great career renaissance since Paul McGrath? Captained Spurs, Newcastle and Birmingham, won two League Cups, two team of the year inclusions and forty plus Ireland caps.
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The Saipan Movie and Best Irish Football Films
Welcome to Movie Corner/Casting Couch as we discuss the upcoming film about the 2002 Saipan controversy
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What Happened After Saipan?
Given the news that the infamous Saipan incident will be the subject of the film, we decided to revisit what happened immediately after Roy Keane walked out of the 2002 World Cup.
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A History of Irish Premiership Transfers
From the dawn to the 2010 season. Who were the impactful signings?
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2024/2025 Season Predictions
Tis the season for silly predictions. Tra la la la la...
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How the FIFA Video Game Changed Football
Were you a Lounge player? Or a Pro-Evo head? What about the all-hallowed but rarely discussed This is Football Franchise? Join Conor and Johnny this week as they discuss the FIFA videog…
The David Kelly Episode
9 goals in 26 games for the Republic of Ireland excluding 'THAT' goal against England in the infamous Lansdowne Riot match. This week Conor redeems himself as the Boys do a deep dive on…
Who is Heimir Hallgrímsson?
Join Conor and Johnny this week as they provide a deep dive on new Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrímsson. We explore the rise of the Icelandic National Team under his tenure, …