Ep 3570: Israel Game Set For Neutral Venue, Ireland's World Cup Dream - 08/06/26

About this episode

The episode discusses Ireland's crucial women's football match against France and the implications of playing a future game against Israel at a neutral venue.

Ireland are preparing for one of the biggest nights in the history of women’s football in this country… but yet again, off-field issues threaten to overshadow our winner-take-all match against France in Grenoble tomorrow night. The FAI have released a statement saying no official announcement will be made until Thursday, but today government sources state that our home game against Israel in October will now be played at a neutral venue. Gavin Cooney of the Irish Times joins us from France to go through the significance of this news and to analyse Ireland's chances of beating France and securing a place at the World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Gavin Cooney

Topics covered

• women's football
• Ireland
• World Cup
• neutral venue
• off-field issues
• France
• FAI

Keywords

• Ireland
• France
• World Cup
• women's football
• FAI
• neutral venue
• Gavin Cooney

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FAI

Places: Ireland, France, Israel, Grenoble

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