LOI Central
@loicentral
League of Ireland podcast. Ten seasons young. Hosted by Johnny Ward and Dan McDonnell with thanks to Future Ticketing, Rascals Brewing, Collar & Cuff, Planify.ie Contact Us: loicentralpodcast@gmail.com
S10E27 FAI Cup Reaction, Rovers Review & Rooney. JW ventures to Chez Dan where the host has strong views on Shamrock Rovers' European humiliation. Can they save their season? Apple shorturl.at/PRded Soundcloud shorturl.at/kXLIJ Spotify shorturl.at/N3b42
S10E26. How, with three teams playing in Europe, did two peripheral players dominate the chat this week? Owen Heary joins us and we chat to Tommy Lonergan. Apple shorturl.at/8PM2U Spotify shorturl.at/2CBCq Soundcloud shorturl.at/zbPRW
S10E24 Memory Lane with McMillan & Bit’O’Betty’s New Manager. Dave McMillan joins the lads this week to discuss his new status as the second top goalscorer in LOI in Europe history. Apple shorturl.at/MXViY Soundcloud shorturl.at/GLfzM Spotify shorturl.at/O1GJR
S10E23 Content vs Discontent, Russell’s North Haverbook and Rovers Away Pain. Dan is back in Ireland and making an unexpected appearance on the pod after a few last-minute changes. Apple shorturl.at/VN7Nr Soundcloud shorturl.at/W4eVl Spotify shorturl.at/3AZea
S10E21 Rovers Review & Garry Buckley Chat. Dan is still on location by the sea in Vancouver. Johnny chats with Garry Buckley about retirement, mortgages and life's ups and downs. Apple shorturl.at/FYjrs Spotify shorturl.at/nAi8D Soundcloud shorturl.at/cDOTs
S10E18 Pico and Dan at the World Cup & Ruaidhri O'Connor with JW. A momentous 0-0 in Atlanta, the biggest bug scandal since Watergate, a goalkeeper elopes mid-season, Liam Boyce dials in and the Bohs bodhrain bangs on. Apple shorturl.at/O43u4 Soundcloud shorturl.at/38gzd Spotify shorturl.at/siaF4
S10E16 More game time for Paul O'Hehir this week as he sits in as a number six, keeping the house for Johnny and a true League of Ireland legend, Robbie Benson. Apple shorturl.at/RLy0j Soundcloud shorturl.at/TgFSi Spotify shorturl.at/61nqI
S10E11 We swap one Dan for another this week as Daniel Lambert ankles it down to Oliver Towers on the back of his 40th birthday celebrations. Apple shorturl.at/3BYMa Soundcloud shorturl.at/mElql Spotify shorturl.at/gn1vg
S10E10: The Meaning of Life and the Death of a Title Race featuring Barry Murphy. After a decade of terrible mainstream media fuelled lies, we land on an existential discussion about the importance of football. Apple shorturl.at/2qt2e Soundcloud shorturl.at/8RxSe Spotify shorturl.at/0GMjc
S10E8: Some walk by night, some fly by day, nothing can change us , 'cept and sure of the way. We are moonlighting back into the LOI scene as the Prague hangover looms over all. We also hear from Carl Winchester. Apple shorturl.at/gPq02 Soundcloud shorturl.at/QmV2j Spotify shorturl.at/cKH1k
S10E5: Tolka Drama, Title Discussions & Terrible Decisions. The lads are remote this week, and a bit distant at times as they struggle to process the big questions floating around their heads at this stage of the season. Apple shorturl.at/OynFv Soundcloud shorturl.at/hRXaR Spotify shorturl.at/Pc6aW
S10E5: Paul & Paddy (& Niamh!) -- Dan is away this week so we took our chance to see if Paul O'Hehir would reprise his performance from last week – plus the poetic Paddy Kavanagh and @niamhomahony.bsky.social on pyro. Apple shorturl.at/9YHhq Soundcloud shorturl.at/OBSJ2 Spotify shorturl.at/crT7G
We're live! Johnny Dunleavy is joined by Paul O'Hehir with Dan presenting for a unique episode four of season ten. Apple: shorturl.at/eF882 Spotify: shorturl.at/WpXdK Soundcloud: shorturl.at/sHKGa
S10E03: Pitch Battles and Frustrating Fridays with John Caulfield and Tommy Barrett. The two managers in the west have strong views on changes the league should make – and this podcast meanders in many ways. Apple shorturl.at/F8K7Y Soundcloud shorturl.at/ygM84 Spotify shorturl.at/oiYKD
S10E02 The Weekend That Was & Brush/Doyle at Rascals. We've a lot of discussion about Sunday's drab draw – the lads disagreeing about the optics – while we bring you the Richard Brush/Eoin Doyle duo from our live show. Apple shorturl.at/HVLfV Soundcloud shorturl.at/VrfiV Spotify shorturl.at/qjwOV
We are live for season ten! Marks Connolly and Coyle feature after our season preview. Thanks for your continued support. Spotify: shorturl.at/4sd8r Soundcloud: shorturl.at/pvB8K Apple: shorturl.at/Jkp5D
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SE9E39: John O'Sullivan may just be our interviewee of the year. Thanks to John for sharing his seasonal story with us. Dan gets animated about small-minded attitudes in the LOI. Apple shorturl.at/q5n6F Soundcloud shorturl.at/dBqYS Spotify shorturl.at/xhnjU
SE9E38: Mark Scanlon interview. We were live in Collar & Cuff where League of Ireland Director Mark Scanlon joined us to reflect on 2025 season and look ahead to the plans for 2026. Apple shorturl.at/7NtuG Soundcloud shorturl.at/4Mj2r Spotify shorturl.at/UrX9B
S09E37 Cup Final Review & Shields/Ward Reunion at Rascals. Dan delves deep into Cork City's woes while JW worries for Galway's 2026. And LOI's latest: photographers for players. Apple shorturl.at/ZlslQ Spotify shorturl.at/x7pLd Soundcloud shorturl.at/BtT8v
SE9E36: Our live show! Part one of it is featured in this week's podcast. Apple shorturl.at/2axCv Spotify shorturl.at/xmny3 Soundcloud shorturl.at/5yluc
S09E34 Dalymount Draw, Friday Feelings & Permutations Paradise. We're back from break to begin the countdown towards the climax of the season – our live show in Rascals on Nov 3. Apple shorturl.at/yDNW3 Soundcloud shorturl.at/pitXF Spotify shorturl.at/KKQIn
S09E33: International Break. On a week of skeletons being found a squeaky clean Kev Doherty stops by. Then there was Burke, Kenny, McLoughlin(s), Duffy, Britton, Ward, McDonnell, etc Apple shorturl.at/yWC9T Spotify shorturl.at/27UTx Soundcloud shorturl.at/FoLdL
S09E32: European Odysseys, Waterford Whispers and Seani Maguire’s FAI Cup Feelings. Johnny checks in with the Cork City striker and Dan is ready for Prague. What now for Waterford? Apple shorturl.at/lvNgq Soundcloud shorturl.at/lfI7M Spotify shorturl.at/LLBNS
SE9E23: LOI in Europe, Cup cruises, Chris Shields chat: glorious point of the year where evidence of one tie makes us experts on the levels of teams from Lithuania, Azerbaijan etc. Apple shorturl.at/D5RLa Soundcloud shorturl.at/zgedw Spotify shorturl.at/FpIM1
SE9E21: LOI in Europe, Nationwide Mailbag & Destructive Derry. Shels v Linfield preview. Have Pat's turned a corner? Cork conundrum and Bohs' bad week. We hear from O'Brien, Coyle. Apple shorturl.at/okKtv Soundcloud shorturl.at/yWXzq Spotify shorturl.at/1kxwY
SE9E20: After a day of the latest Bohs jersey launch and a famous face performing an acting masterclass at the Cross, we merge all with the oft-forgotten events on the pitch. Enjoy. Apple shorturl.at/Um7Bu Soundcloud shorturl.at/ituix Spotify shorturl.at/fiMuv
SE9E19: Where do we start? ⚽️Duff love, the going got Duff, Dan's graveyard shift ⚽️Reynolds audio ⚽️Chat with Stephen Kenny ⚽️Derry duo talk wins back to back ⚽️Goal of the season? Apple shorturl.at/yhCnq Soundcloud shorturl.at/GovbO Spotify shorturl.at/XRxZ9