*Tulla Utd’s Éanna Culloo. Photograph: Joe Buckley
SCARIFF BAY COMMUNITY RADIO have launched a new soccer podcast.
Aptly named ’90 Minutes’, the show focuses solely on matters on the beautiful game within Co Clare.
Presented by Tom Bottcher who has been heavily involved with Mountshannon Celtic, the opening episode kicked off in the past fornight. New episodes are set to be released on a monthly basis.
He told The Clare Echo, “The show will cover all aspects of soccer in Clare From boys and girls underage to senior with a local focus on our clubs in East Clare as well as looking at the overall picture in the county. We will talk to administrators, officials and a wide range of people involved in the game at all levels in future episodes with the aim of promoting and highlighting the players and clubs who take part”.
Scariff Bay are hopeful of doing live match commentaries on local soccer games, he confirmed. “Match reports of games will feature in new episodes and we hope to expand our coverage over the radio and podcasts and hope to get to the stage where we could do some live reporting and match commentaries in the future”.
On the first episode, the show spoke with two managers in the Maloney Garden Machinery Premier Division, Tulla Utd’s Mike Moloney and Fergus Donovan of Kilkishen Celtic.
Newly appointed Mountshannon Celtic manager Colm Kavanagh accompanied by William Glass who has returned to the club after a season away also joined the show.
Ex CDSL Chairman and PRO, Jim Madden who is set to be a regular contributor to the podcast was also on hand to discuss some of the big issues affecting the game in the county.
Podcasts from Scariff Bay are available on all platforms. Listen to the first episode below.
