Greener on the other side
Home-grown managers were largely ignored in Ireland until Brian Kerr guided underage teams to Europe’s summit earning a too short-lived stay at the top of the Irish football pyramid. From Póg Mo Goal Issue 7.
From Dublin to Turin
As a new documentary charts the extraordinary career of Liam Brady, here we post our profile from Issue 6 of one of the greatest Irish players ever to play the game.
The History Boys
A magical few weeks in Southeast Asia for Brian Kerr’s young Boys in Green in the late 1990s remains a defining period for Irish football. From Póg Mo Goal Issue 8 by Macdara Ferris.
Pressure, Courage, and the Irish MVP
With Irish women’s football on the rise, one player has been blazing her own trail for club and country. From Póg Mo Goal Issue 8 by former Irish international Seana Cooke.
Póg Mo Goal Magazine Issue 8
The 8th edition of the Póg Mo Goal magazine is now available for pre-order.
When Roy Took on the World
From issue 7 of Póg Mo Goal. Roy Keane, the driving force leading Ireland to the Far East in 2002 by Craig Banks.
Proclamation of the Republic
The first time the Republic of Ireland played under the name since leaving the British Commonwealth
Roy at 50: ‘Kamikaze Man to Footballer’
To mark his 50th birthday, we’re reposting Cian Manning’s profile of iconic Irish figure Roy Keane and where it all began at Cobh Ramblers in the League of Ireland.
Let Erin Remember: Ireland at the 1924 Olympics
Barely three years after a bloody and violent war of independence, and less than 12 months after a bitter civil war, a football team representing a new Ireland walked out at the Olympic Games in Paris. Cian Manning looks back.
Repost: The Alan McLoughlin Interview
To pay tribute to an Irish football hero since November 1993, on the sad passing of Alan McLoughlin, we are reposting his chat to Póg Mo Goal’s Dave O’Grady from 2014 about the release of ‘A Different Shade of Green – The Alan McLoughlin Story’, nominated for Irish Sports Book of the Year. He talks about his personal battle with cancer, that famous night in Windsor Park, Roy Keane’s Rolex watch and much more.