Your Monday episode of The Football Pod returns - and what an opening weekend of Football we had to 2026 - Tommy, James and Paddy get stuck into Dingle's remarkable comeback against Ballyboden, and look at how St. Brigid's got the better of Scotstown. We're casting our eye over some of the county stories around the pre-season games and much more too. Enjoy, and a Happy New Year from The Football Pod.

Chapters

(01:00) - Christmas breaks, winter ball and frozen fields
(08:00) - St. Brigids figure out Scotstown to reach final.
(21:00) - How Dingle flipped the script on Ballyboden.
(33:00) - An Ghaeltacht's controversial winner
(39:00) - Instagram Q&A, County pre-season round-up

The first three episodes of The Football Pod Club series are out now - Ep. 1 was with two of Kerry's brilliant All-Ireland winning team, Gavin White and Shane Ryan. Episode 2 is with Galway manager and legend, Padraic Joyce, whilst we recorded Ep. 3 with two of Dublin's All-Ireland winning heroes - captain Carla Rowe, and the brilliant Sinead Goldrick.

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