Episode 67 - 2023 Women's World Cup, UEFA Nations League, and the U17 European Championships

In the second part of our review of 2023, myself and Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick review the Republic of Ireland Women's year, the build up to their first World Cup appearance, performance at the tournament itself, and the Nations League. We also take a look at the performance of the U17 Mens Team in the UEFA Under-17 Championships in Hungary, and discuss what the experience could mean to a highly talented squad, some of which have already gone on to play first team football

Episode 60 - 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick to review the performances of the Republic of Ireland's Women's team in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. What did we think of how the side played against co-hosts Australia, Olympic Champions Canada, and African Cup of Nations semi finalists Nigeria, and who did we think excelled from the squad?

We also review the group stage as a whole and look forward to the round of 16

(note this was recorded before the final fixtures of the group stages, and contains speculation on Germany's performance in the knock out stages)

Episode 59 - The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

I'm joined again by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick to discuss Group B in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - what can Ireland expect in the three group games against co-hosts Australia, Olympic champions Canada, and African Cup of Nations semi finalists Nigeria? We make our predictions for each group, and how we expect the tournament to go.

Wikipedia Initiative

In our recent podcast, our initiative to encourage Irish football fans to update the Wikipedia articles for the Republic of Ireland Women's squad was announced. We had discussed amongst ourselves what to do in the build up to the first appearance by the Girls In Green at this summer's FIFA Women's World Cup, and, having read of other similar initiatives to improve the quality of women's articles in certain fields (science, art, history, etc) we thought this would be an excellent opportunity for a collective effort by fans of the team to make as much information as possible available before the tournament kicks off in July.

So, what does this entail?
For the next eleven weeks, we're going to ask fans to focus on a single position within the squad, read through the articles for the players in that posistion, and either correct any mistakes you notice, or add something to it. This can be as little as correcting a spolling mistake (like that one!), or adding a line about their debut to their career history, to adding their international record. 

We're starting this week with the goalkeepers named by Vera Pauw in the squad to face the United States recently - Courtney Brosnan, Grace Moloney, Megan Walsh, and Sophie Whitehouse - as well as recent callups Naoisha McAloon, Katie Keane, and Eve Badana. 

Read the linked articles for each player, see if you notice anything that is incorrect, or if you know anything that can be added, feel free to do so.

Further reading
Republic of Ireland Women's National Team
Project Rewrite: Tell the missing stories of women on Wikipedia and beyond
Making the edit: why we need more women in Wikipedia
Closing the gender gap: Women in Red’s efforts to add more women to Wikipedia
500 Women Scientists - Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon

Episode 53 - Transfers, qualifiers, and the World Cup build up begins

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to review the notable transfers and loans for Irish players in the January 2023 transfer window, following the group draw, we look ahead to the 2025 UEFA Under 21 Championship qualifying campaign, and after Vera Pauw names her first squad in the World Cup year, we wonder who, of the new call ups, is most likely to make the final squad in July?

(Note this episode was recorded before Deborah Ann De La Harpe was added to the women's squad)

Episode 52 - 2022, A Year In Football, Part II

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to continue our discussion on the last 12 months of international football, this time focusing on our Top Five Positives and Negatives from 2022. 

Note - this was recorded before the speculation linking opposition analyst Stephen Rice with the managerial position at Swindon

Episode 47 - The Low of a Draw to the High of a Win

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick to review the Republic of Ireland's Women's team's qualification for the 2023 FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand after defeating Scotland in a play off, and also the Men's team's qualifying group for UEFA Euro 2024 to be held in Germany