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On Tuesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan continues the build-up to Thursday's Nations League playoff with Bulgaria in Plovdiv. We hear from James Abankwah, Matt Doherty and John O'Shea, with Abankwah encouraging more young Irish players to try their luck on the continent. Mauricio Pochettino still harbours hopes of a reunion with Tottenham. Dougie Freedman's swapping South London for the. Saudi second tier.

This is Tuesday's OTB Breakfast Bite, your FREE bitesize sample of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, we got the full Six Nations debrief from Alan Quinlan, while OTB's Dara Smith-Naughton provided his team of the tournament. Barry Murphy looked ahead to Thursday's Nations League playoff with Bulgaria, and assessed the League Of Ireland Premier Division after half a dozen games. Plus, OTB’s GAA Correspondent Tommy Rooney rounds up the weekend’s Gaelic football action. But today's Bite checks in with Alan Quinlan's 6N post-mortem, and then we take a look at the LOI with Barry Murphy. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

Stephen Doyle & Brian Kerr reflect on Arsenal & Chelsea’s clash this afternoon! The Sunday Kickback on Off The Ball w/ William Hill Ireland

On Friday night's LOI Late Night, Nathan Murphy oversaw a country-wide discussion that took in Galway's win at home to Waterford, and a firm beating for Bohemians away to St. Pat's. Shane Keegan and Johnny Ward also joined the conversation which took many tangents including ticket prices. Most importantly, we heard from you the fan. Join us on our Twitter (balls to Elon) Space every Friday night.

Shamrock Rovers made it back-to-back wins in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division with a 2-1 victory at Drogheda United. After the game, Rovers manager Stephen Bradley and his Drogheda counterpart Kevin Doherty spoke with OTB's Stephen Doyle.

On Friday's Football Daily, Phil Egan previews tonight's action in the League of Ireland. We hear from Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley ahead of our live game on OTB Sports Radio tonight - the clash of Drogheda United and the Hoops. There's brilliant news for Derry City on the financial front. Shelbourne's preparations for the visit of Cork City to Tolka Park have been ravaged, and we hear from the Leesiders' boss Tim Clancy. Keith Long on a tricky trip for Waterford out west. Arne Slot and Eddie Howe look ahead to Sunday's Carabao Cup final. And Chelsea's spending shows no signs of slowing down.

It's Mick McCarthy, Will O'Callaghan and Shane Hannon in for this week's Who You Got? as Newcastle face Liverpool in the EFL Cup final, while Chelsea take on Manchester City in the Women's League Cup final. Elsewhere, the Old Firm derby takes centre stage with Celtic the odds on favourites, and there's also some Premier League action to call too! #WhoYouGot? w/ William Hill.

This is Friday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. Former Republic of Ireland winger Keith Treacy was in the co-presenter's chair alongside Shane Hannon this morning, and they were joined by both Ronan O'Gara and Alan Quinlan to help look ahead to Ireland's game away to Italy. Ex-Ireland full-back Chris Hughton walked us down memory lane with the 35th anniversary of Italia 90 on the horizon. We previewed day 4 of the Cheltenham Festival with OTB's John Duggan. And we looked back at Manchester United's Europa League win over Real Sociedad with Daniel Harris. But this morning's Bite takes us first to Cagliari, Palermo, Genoa and Rome with Chris Hughton. Then we preview Italy-Ireland with Ronan O'Gara, and Alan Quinlan discusses those Jack Crowley links to Leicester. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

Nathan Murphy was joined by our resident League of Ireland experts, Vinny Perth and Gareth McGlynn, on this weeks episode of the LOI pod. This week they dived into the development of the Bohemians after Colm Whelan's hat-trick gave them a win over Waterford at the weekend, and they previewed this weekends upcoming action with Drogheda taking on Shamrock Rovers, Galway vs Waterford, Shelbourne vs Cork and St. Pats will take on Bohemians. Don't miss our live League of Ireland commentary on Fridays, from 7pm!

On this edition of Football Daily EXTRA, Richie McCormack brings you the latest following the Republic of Ireland squad announcement for the Nations League playoff with Bulgaria. Manager Heimir Hallgrimsson explains his latest 23, the inclusion of Rocco Vata, and the whereabouts of the likes of Andy Moran and John Joe Patrick Finn. Plus, four League of Ireland-based players are included in the U21 squad for their latest pair of friendlies.

On Thursday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you news of the Republic of Ireland squad for the Nations League playoff with Bulgaria. Ange Postecoglou singles out Troy Parrott for praise ahead of tonight's Europa League second leg involving Tottenham and AZ. Ruben Amorim discusses Jim Ratcliffe's disparaging of the Manchester United squad. Ruesha Littlejohn is a Hoop. And Joshua Kimmich has ended speculation regarding his future.

Kathleen McNamee is joined by Karen Duggan and Scarlett Herron to react to the release of the FAI's plan for women and girls' football as well as Hannah Dingley's first media appearance since taking over the role of head of women and girls' football. The COYGIG Pod on Off The Ball is in association with Cadbury, the official snack partner to the Republic of Ireland’s Women’s National Team. #CadburySupporterAndAHalf | @CadburyIreland

On Wednesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you the latest on the massive rift between the FAI and League of Ireland clubs. Last night's Champions League second leg defeat to PSG has come with added cost to Liverpool ahead of Sunday's Carabao Cup final. Unai Emery discusses Aston Villa's second leg with Club Brugge. And we hear from Steve Clarke on his future as Scotland head coach.

This is Wednesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, journalist Philippe Auclair reflected on a breathless night of Champions League action at Anfield. John Duggan joined us from a snowy Presbury Park ahead of day 2 of the Cheltenham Festival. OTB’s Dara Smith-Naughton predicted the Ireland XV that will start their Six Nations finale against Italy on Saturday. And we spoke to Donald McRae about his excellent new boxing book 'The Last Bell'. And it's there we take our Bite, as Donald discusses his latest book. And first, a sample of Philippe's view of PSG's win over Liverpool. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

The FAI's head of women and girls football Hannah Dingley sits down with Nathan Murphy to talk through the action plan launched today. Football on Off The Ball with William Hill

On Tuesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you the news of Manchester United's plans to build a new 100,000-seater stadium. The Manchester United Supporters Trust have responded to the news with a series of questions. And we hear Jim Ratcliffe's claims of how close United were to insolvency. Away from Old Trafford, Arne Slot looks ahead to Liverpool's Champions League second leg with Paris Saint-Germain. Phil has the latest on the international tug-o-war for Rocco Vata. And the Bulgarian FA are refusing to accept their manager's resignation ahead of Ireland playoff.

On Monday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you what Mike Arteta DID say in response to the title race question. Ruben Amorim heaps praise on his Manchester United captain, Bruno Fernandes. Florian Wirtz could have already played his final game for Bayer Leverkusen. And Real Madrid have injury doubts over three key players ahead of their Champions League second leg with Atletico Madrid.

Nathan Murphy & Keith Treacy provide immediate reaction to the draw between Manchester United & Arsenal at ‘The Theatre Of Dreams’, as Mikel Arteta oversaw is his 200th game in charge of The Gunners… The Sunday Kickback on Off The Ball w/ William Hill Ireland

Stephen Doyle & Brian Kerr reflect on the Chelsea’s win over Leicester at Stamford Bridge… The Sunday Kickback on Off The Ball w/ William Hill Ireland

It turned out to be another dramatic night in the League of Ireland, with Shamrock Rovers taking the spoils in a nervy Dublin derby at Tallaght Stadium. Elsewhere, Bohemians picked up their first win since the opening weekend with a Colm Whelan hat-trick giving them a 3-0 win at Waterford. You can hear all the post-match reaction from that here. But on a packed LOI Late Night, Cameron was joined by the likes of Barry Murphy, Shane Keegan, Jonathan Higgins (who almost gets locked inside the RSC!!), and a host of fans from up and down the country.