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The final part in our series of sports documentaries called “The Classic”. We go inside the story of the incredible and potentially revolutionary plan to move an English Premier League team to Dublin. This story became known as the “The Dublin Dons” and in the mid-90’s and it threatened to change Irish football entirely, and maybe even world football. ‘A New Don in Dublin’ was narrated by Shane Dawson. The programme was produced by Shane Dawson and Eoin Brennan. Sound design was by Neil Kavanagh The series producer of ‘The Classic’ is Eoin Brennan. This programme was made with the assistance of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, funded by the television licence fee.

‘The Classic’ is a new podcast series from Off the Ball, bringing you the real-life drama behind some of sport’s most fascinating stories. This is Episode 3 - "That's for you, Mam' - The Ken Doherty Story.' We speak to Ranelagh's own Ken Doherty about life before, during, and after his historic World Snooker Championship win over Stephen Hendry in 1997. The narrator was Richard Chambers. The programme was produced by Shane Hannon and Eoin Brennan. Sound design was by Frank Sweeney and the series producer is Eoin Brennan. This programme was made with the assistance of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, funded by the television licence fee.

'The Classic’ is a new series from Off the Ball that will be broadcast over the coming weeks, and it will bring you the real-life drama behind some of sport’s most fascinating stores. This is Episode 2 - 'Champion': the story of Neil Shanahan Champion was narrated by Leo Nulty. The programme was produced by Raf Diallo and Eoin Brennan. Sound design was by Neil Kavanagh. the series producer of The Classic is Eoin Brennan.

'The Classic’ is a new series from Off the Ball that will be broadcast over the coming weeks, and it will bring you the real-life drama behind some of sport’s most fascinating stores. This is the first episode and it's called 'Brawl' Brawl was narrated by Eoin Sheahan. The programme was produced by Eoin Sheahan and Eoin Brennan. Sound design was by Frank Sweeney. The series producer of The Classic is Eoin Brennan. The programme was made with the support of the sound and vision scheme, which is funded by the television license fee.