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# John Giles

Last year
2023
'They were more or less saying that playing soccer for Ireland doesn't really mean anything'
Liam Brady's RTÉ departure marks the end of a certain style of punditry
All time
'We were an international team sitting on our suitcases preparing for a game two days later'
John Egan and Denise O'Sullivan win FAI Player of the Year awards
'You think back to all these wonderful players - Liam Brady, Damien Duff, Wes Hoolahan, are these types dying off now?'
Dunphy, Giles and Brady reveal their best Premier League team selections
'A very good friend, a great colleague and a first-class person' - John Giles pays tribute to Norman Hunter
The forgotten story of Ireland’s first Euro quarter-finalists
Showbiz, Baby! Bertie, Eamon Dunphy and a Celtic Tiger pop culture low-point
'The band is back' - Dunphy, Giles and Brady set for TV reunion
‘John Giles didn't want me to leave, but I was determined to play first-team football’
'At the time I was devastated. It was the biggest moment of my career, my life. I was in shock'
'I thought Keane was brilliant in his analysis and actually tore Neville to bits'
'John Delaney rang me for a bit of advice'
'It's only two years since he came home a hero after Euro 2016... People have short memories'
'I remember coming out for the warm-up and the chants were 'Kill the Fenian bastards''
Micko, Giles and bringing the story of Irish sports icons to screen
John Giles on Harry Kane's 'record' and more Premier League talking points
'John Giles came to the house... He wanted to get a group of young lads together, the best in the country'
'Eamon rang me halfway through it. He said: 'John, this is really good.' Ah, I was delighted then'
Ireland must adopt the spirit of Holland '01 to beat Serbia tonight
The new John Giles documentary is essential viewing for Irish football fans
Clubs refusing to release players and multiple pitch invasions - Ireland-v-Austria in 1963
'I remember the 1st day Ronaldo arrived... Alex said to me: take a picture of this guy, he's going to be a star'
Some hero put the RTE analysis from Ireland's playoff defeat to Holland in 1995 on YouTube yesterday
'Klopp's a one-trick pony' - Eamon Dunphy's new podcast is here, baby!
Didi Hamann starts for RTÉ in the John Giles role tonight
RTÉ bids farewell to Ireland's 'greatest football man' John Giles
'As good as it gets' - An Irish footballing legend ends his 30-year association with RTÉ tonight
A definitive ranking of the 7 best Euro 2016 Après Match skits
Millwall scout said Wes Hoolahan was 'too small'
Here's who'll be talking you all the way through Euro 2016 on Irish TV
Do you agree with the 4 Ireland midfielders John Giles thinks should start at Euro 2016?
Eamon Dunphy: John Giles a terrible loss to RTÉ
'Would he kill his granny to win the game?' - Seven of John Giles' best bits on RTÉ
End of an era: John Giles to leave RTÉ football panel after Euro 2016
Eamon Dunphy had a go at the state of English football last night
It's 30 years since Jack Charlton arrived but the FAI wanted a Liverpool icon instead
'The atmosphere and the tradition lured me in from a very young age' - John Giles on Dalymount
Zidane, Gilesy and Bob Marley all feature in new book about the home of Irish football