Jason McAteer: Roy Keane, the Holland goal and life after football

About this episode

Nicky Byrne interviews Jason McAteer about his football career and life after the game.

In a World Cup special, Nicky sits down with former Liverpool and Ireland midfielder Jason McAteer for an in-depth chat about his journey from Birkenhead and pub football to the Premier League and the World Cup stage. Jason opens up about life at Liverpool, the famous Spice Boys era, sharing dressing rooms with huge characters, and the Ireland goal against the Netherlands that fans still talk about today. From Roy Keane stories to Italia ’90 memories, FA Cup moments and the emotional reality of life after football, Jason shares what it really means to give everything for the game. Nicky Byrne HQ is produced by Studz Entertainments in association with SwanMcG Productions. Have you signed up for Nicky's Substack newsletter yet? Get exclusive stories, behind the scenes content and more at https://nickybyrne.substack.com/ Nicky Byrne HQ is out every Thursday. Listen to all past episodes with Robbie Keane, Gary Barlow, Kellie Harrington, Peter Andre, Coleen Rooney, James McClean, Katie McCabe, Joss Stone, Alex Brooker, Tom Grennan, Five, Brian McFadden, Katie Price, Michael Flatley, Jo O'Meara, Martin Compston, Chris Kamara, Louis Walsh, NSync's Joey Fatone, Bertie Ahern, East 17's…

People in this episode

Host: Nicky Byrne

Guest: Jason McAteer

Topics covered

• football
• World Cup
• Liverpool
• life after football
• Roy Keane
• Italia '90
• FA Cup

Keywords

• Jason McAteer
• Roy Keane
• Liverpool
• World Cup
• Italia '90
• FA Cup
• football career

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Studz Entertainments, SwanMcG Productions

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