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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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S10E25: European Latest & Catching up with Conor Kearns & Padraig Amond
Johnny is on a well earned break this week so Dan holds the fort after another Shamrock Rovers home win in Europe to check in with Conor Kearns and Pa...
S01E24 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 and his memories of the run a d...
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 in the wake of another disappointing away day in...
S10E22: Rovers, Russell & Manager Chat with Owen Heary
Dan's still at the World Cup - he hasn't mentioned it - but he was still able to keep an eye on a big win for Shamrock Rovers in Europe but was it one...
S10E21 Rovers Review & Garry Buckley Chat
Dan is still on location by the sea in Vancouver, joining Johnny to discuss events in another seaside destination as Shamrock Rovers unpick a European...
S10E20: Shels Shock, Pico's Journey & Weekend Reaction
It's the biggest Ireland-Mexico crossover since 1994 as Monterrey based Dan joins big cheese Johnny at home. There's news to discuss. What's the story...
S10E19: Pico Pride, Pat's Charge & Puzzling Bohs
It's a transatlantic effort this week as Houston based Dan joins up with JW from the city that will play host to Pico Lopes' final World Cup group gam...
S10E18 Pico and Dan at the World Cup & Ruaidhri O'Connor in with Johnny
This week, a momentous nil-nil in Atlanta, the biggest bug scandal since Watergate, a goalkeeper elopes mid season, Liam Boyce gives us his 2c and the...
S10E17: Catching up with Conan Byrne & Canadian Reflections with Kian Leavy
We’re back in business with a slightly different show this week as Conan Byrne dials in to join Canadian based Dan to reflect on the season so far and...
S10E16 with Robbie Benson
More game time for Paul O'Hehir this week as he sits in as a number 6 keeping the house for Johnny and a true League of Ireland legend, Robbie Benson....
S10E15 with Daryl Horgan and Ciaran Kilduff
Decisions, decisions, decisions! Whether it be where to have a sneaky joint in Alkmaar or whether its a late penalty in Waterford, there's no better m...
S10E14 with Eoin Doyle
Johnny is away in sunnier climes this week so Dan skips out to the southside of Dublin to catch up with friend of the show Eoin Doyle to get his impre...
S10E13: Hosts Reunited & Chris Forrester Chat
Dan is reunited with Johnny this week for a remote rundown of the talking points raised by the Bank Holiday weekend. Have Bohs forgotten how to win? D...
S10E12 with Paul O'Hehir & Joey O'Brien
We literally dial it in this week as Johnny combines Punchestown duty with LOI duty and Paul O’Hehir stands in for Dan whilst not getting his annual j...
S10E11 with Daniel Lambert & Aidan Keena
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. After a derby d...
S10E10: The Meaning of Life and the Death of a Title Race feat. Barry Murphy
After a decade of terrible mainstream media fuelled lies, we land on an existential discussion about the importance of football, the futility of fando...
S10E09: Easter Wrap, Oriel Reunions & Galway Rising
We are ten games into our tenth season and whether you're in Vietnam or in the shower, we hope there's something for you here as we wrap on a dramatic...
S10E08 Post-Prague LOI, Late Night TV & Carl Winchester
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 hango...
S10E07: Giddy Galway, Dublin Dominance & Disorganised Derry
It's St Patrick's Night and Dan and Johnny are just two fortysomething dads recording a pod and debating the mechanics of the passing of time. They sp...
S10E06 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 early stag...
S10E05 with Paul O'Hehir and Paddy Kavanagh
When you've spent your last nine euro on a curry cheese chips in Inchicore and been presented with a bag of promised vinyl and a sauna is the only cur...
S10E04 with Johnny Dunleavy and Paul O'Hehir
After a fiery Friday and a surprisingly flat Monday, Dan is joined in studio by Paul O'Hehir and a gift bearing Johnny Dunleavy to pick through the ta...
S10E03: Pitch Battles and Frustrating Fridays with John Caulfield and Tommy Barrett
We're back indoors at Oliver Ireland wondering if we're going to be outdoors anywhere this weekend after another interrupted League of Ireland Friday....
S10E02 The Weekend That Was & Brush/Doyle at Rascals
We are back and so is football, weather permitting. The lads reflect on an opening weekend of the season that was affected by the elements, although t...
S10E01 A Look Forward and a Look Back to Sunday Night at Rascals
We are back for season ten and kicking off by bringing you back to Sunday night where we officially launched our 2026 season with not just one but two...
S10E0 The Preview of the Live Preview
This is not a podcast apparently, its just a preview of the preview show that's coming to you live on Sunday! That's right we're back, and we've a com...
S09E40: The Christmas Wrapping Up and New Year Wish List
Ho, Ho, Ho..It's the 40th and final podcast of the year and the lads convene to talk Christmas, Conference League and a bit of James Clarke amongst ot...
S09E39 It’s Almost Christmas! with John O’Sullivan
Stranger Things in studio today as John O’Sullivan joined us for a midwinter chat. Yes, that John O’Sullivan, the one who played for Shelbourne until...
S09E38: Review of 2025 and Plans for 2026 with Mark Scanlon
We were live in Collar & Cuff this week where League of Ireland Director Mark Scanlon joined us to reflect on the 2025 season and look ahead to the pl...
S09E37 Cup Final Review & Shields/Ward Reunion at Rascals
This week’s show is half double winners, half double act. Firstly, we reflect on Shamrock Rovers’ success over troubled Cork City in the cup final and...
S09E36 Live from Rascals with Dunleavy & Amond
It was LOI Central Live, and the entirety of Monday's gathering in Rascals Brewing was exclusive only to those who joined us for the tantalising combi...
S09E35 PFA Ireland Premier XI with Paddy Barrett and Michael Duffy
There’s a dual focus to this show as we reflect on an incredible week while also taking an overall look at the year as our friends at PFA Ireland have...
S09E34 Dalymount Draw, Friday Feelings & Permutations Paradise
We are back from an international break to begin the countdown towards the climax of the season – our live show in Rascals on Monday November 3 with t...
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?...