Kathleen McNamee
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Commercial Content Producer @offtheball | @thecoygigpod host | Former @espnuk & @espnfc | ✏️📺📻 | she/her | kathleen.mcnamee @offtheball .com |
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England presser with Wiegman crashed by the players singing “It’s Coming Home”
#WEuro2022
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PSG fans have given their women’s team this kind of welcome so much this season and it’s great to see.
10 minutes from their first league title and ending Lyon’s 14 season dominance of Division 1 Feminine 🏆
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Men who reply “no one cares” to tweets about women’s sport
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Top three stories on RTÉ tonight:
- Deaths of 39 people in a refrigerated truck
- FG MEPs voting against helping migrants
- Gov presses pause on moving 130 people in DP to Ballinamore following protests
Time for us all to have a look in the mirror
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Alex Morgan’s daughter x Rose Lavelle at the USWNT camp is all the happiness you need this morning (via Morgan’s Instagram)
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Remarkable how we can put a faceless college football player across multiple massive buildings in Dublin for *one day* yet you could barely get a flag around the place for the World Cup 🤔
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🚨 DENISE O’SULLIVAN UPDATE 🚨
Scan showed no fracture or break. Bad bruising and she’s working with the medical team on return to play protocols
Vera Pauw comments to follow…
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🚨 lovely story alert 🚨
Aaron Greene’s son got to watch his Dad play against AC Milan and while Shamrock Rovers aren’t going home with a win, he’s going to bed tonight with Zlatan’s jersey
📸:
@Inphosports
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Denise O'Sullivan has been taken to hospital following a bad tackle from a Colombian player during tonight's closed door friendly. Injured her shin and extent TBC
Game was abandoned after 20 mins for rough play
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That’s Beth Mead, Lotte Wubben-Moy and Katie McCabe from Arsenal who have all confirmed they won’t be watching the World Cup in Qatar 👇🏻
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As a response to multiple women within the club resigning & saying they are uncomfortable with the hiring of a man who was convicted of rape in 2017, this is a lesson in how *not* to respond.
A bit speechless
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First look inside where Ireland will kick off their World Cup vs. Australia tomorrow 🇮🇪🇦🇺
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Roy Keane says the players should have “stuck to their guns” and “made a great statement” by at least wearing the armband for the first game 👇🏻
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Ireland players gather in a huddle on the pitch after the full-time whistle. They can no longer move on in the World Cup but still have Nigeria to play.
What a team 🇮🇪
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Officials at Páirc Uí Chaoimh are in the midst of trying to cover the points section of the scoreboard with what looks like a large black bag 😆
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I was in the room when Chloe Mustaki was doing her Sky interview but could only hear her answers and I now understand why she looked so perplexed finishing up
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It’s not hard to see the McCabe for both club and country is in the form of her life right now. Hopefully it continues because it’s a lot of fun to watch
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I do genuinely think Rubiales has *massively* underestimated the power that women’s football has gained in recent years. He’s just taken an issue that could have been swept away by Spain and turned it into a global stand against mediocre, inappropriate men in power. Quite the job
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Since my surgery one of the things I’ve really struggled with has been my hair. Between having some of it shaved, matting post-surgery & a host of other things it has been in poor shape & it really broke me.
Took the decision today to just chop it off and start again 💇♀️
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The best in the world deserve the best consideration, not being an after thought
#BallonDor
Few thoughts from me 👇🏻
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As it came up on RTÉ radio this morning, a reminder that "food poverty" is NOT starving to death (as one panelist implied).
Food poverty is being unable to access affordable healthy options as well as not being able to afford a satisfactory amount of food.
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USWNT's Megan Rapinoe blasts ex-USSF president Cordeiro for 'caveman levels of misogyny'
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I’ve had a few emails and DMs about work & just wanted to say I’m taking a break from ESPN & COYGIG for a bit as I had to have surgery on my brain after an accident last week. I’m out of hospital & have full function of everything so feeling v lucky… (1/2)
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Before the Euro elections, I did a series of articles for
@thejournal_ie
where we asked candidates about important voting issues. One of the qs was about immigration and should Ire be taking in more people. Following thread is a reminder of what the FG candidates committed to
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This footage shows how disgraceful the decision to go ahead with kickoff today was.
Players could have done serious damage and suspending it after six minutes is even more embarrassing for the league
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🚨 Venus Williams has been knocked out of Wimbledon in the second round.
This is the first time since 1997 that neither Williams sister has made it to the third round.
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Irish team all converge on Brosnan as she is announced as Player of the Match 🇮🇪
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FULL-TIME: Ireland 3-1 France
Wowowow.
What is there to say about that game? Nobody expected it but brilliant second half performance. Better yet, three goals! Russell has been a revelation and what a homecoming for O'Sullivan ☘️
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From early this morning on RTÉ until into this evening you could have just watched women’s sport & I hate that I’m celebrating that but growing up it wouldn’t have been the case. Can’t wait for it to be the absolute norm 🙌🏻
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Kyrgios was chatting to this woman throughout the match. She'd shout out instructions and if he followed them and won the point he'd point over at her and say: "Nice advice."
Nick Kyrgios asking a fan where he should serve on match point. Just delightful. 🍓
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Martinez has broken me with this. He’s been absolutely stellar since Leno got injured and deserves this moment
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Denise O’Sullivan no longer has her boot on and has rejoined light training. No guarantees for Australia but positive signs compared to Friday
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FIFA's Disciplinary Committee has announced it has opened disciplinary proceedings against Luis Rubiales
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It’s a strange old world but there’s still some magic in it
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For decades, the Rodman legacy has been connected to basketball.
Trinity Rodman is hoping 2021 is the year that starts to change.
Alongside her former coaches, she tells me her dreams of an Olympic medal and why she admires USWNT’s Christen Press
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For the first year ever, Katie McCabe features on
@ESPNFC
’s top 50 best players. She comes in at 24th
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Any frequent
@offtheball
listeners may have noticed a few teasers for this but very excited to say that I’m hosting a new women’s football show & our first
#COYGIG
episode went live today 🎉
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Excellent news that Aramark – a catering provider for direct provision and the American prison system – has ended its contract with Trinity a year early
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*deep breath*
I am very pleased and proud to bring you the inaugural
@ESPNFC
Top 50 ranking.
This has been an absolutely mammoth thing to undertake and I forget what sleep is but I'm so happy to have women's football represented in this way on ESPN
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Dublin housing market is ❌
Viewing organised for an already vastly overpriced place and get a text before to say the rent is being raised by another €500 because of the massive interest in it 🙃
On that note, any leads on accommodation greatly appreciated 🏠
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I am crying my eyes out watching this.
What an incredible moment of sports history
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Must say I don’t think I could have ever considered going into sports journalism without the likes of Jacqui Hurley, Joanne Cantwell, Evanne Ní Chuilinn & the other women of RTÉ Sport.
Feels like they’ve always been there, doing a great job & showing there’s a place for women
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🚨 Our exclusive interview with two-time World Cup winner
@TobinHeath
on what it means to her to join
@ManUtdWomen
is now live
Pleasure to do this with the one and only
@alexisenunes
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Not to jump the gun *but* WCQ game vs. Finland at home. An absolutely pivotal moment in Irish football.
Time to open the Aviva up & hop on all the good feeling towards the team/Euros glow? Make it a proper spectacle?
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Brazil fans around Brisbane (yes, I’m back baby!!) tonight have been brilliant
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Genuinely makes me sad the amount of grown ups I’ve seen today commenting that this makes Tiger “hilarious” and “one of the best.”
It’s immature at best & really really frustrates me people’s approach to it
Yes, Tiger Woods 100% handed Justin Thomas a tampon after he outdrove him.
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Delphine Cascarino the new hero of Ireland. When asked by a French journalist if Ireland had a "British identity" she responded:
"I think they have their own identity. I think tomorrow will be a top game."
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Another day, another first for
@ESPNFC
⚽️
Shout out to
@catarinamacario
who gets our No. 1 pick 🏆
Thanks to
@karlsentk
for his expertise ✅
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Got a little emotional doing this on OTB this morning but I can’t emphasise enough how huge this is & how many people got us here 🇮🇪
🗣️ 'This is for every person in Ireland, who knows what it means to be Irish'
🗣️ 'This is a day I'll look back at for the rest of my career!"
@kathleen_mcn
shares an emotional rally ahead of Ireland's first-ever Women's World Cup game ☘️🏆
#OTBAM
|
#COYGIG
☘️
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Gigi Hadid re-shared this interview on her Instagram today, showing how far brilliant reporting & solidarity can go. Fair play to
@ashoreilly_
for capturing it so well 👏🏻
🗣 'They thought they could get rid of us, and they can't - this is proof of our existence.'
🇵🇸 Palestine player Charlotte Phillips' gave a powerful interview alongside her grandparents following their 2-1 win over
@bfcdublin
last night.
🎙:
@ashoreilly_
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If you care about the state of boxing, look at the scoring in the Moorehouse fight. Outrageous
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I will be live hosting
@offtheball
from 7pm. Tune in as we bring you all the sports news from around the world and a special Sligo surprise 👀
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Venus Williams, 41, on competing at Wimbledon:
"When it is my last I will let you know."
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🇮🇪✍️ Peamount’s Tara O’Hanlon has signed for Manchester City.
City fended off interest from other top WSL clubs to secure her signature.
Very exciting times ahead 👀
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The false information & people purporting to be trying to 'protect' women's sport is out of this world.
Read her whole story. Read the full & many comments of those who have fought her. Read people like Steve Bunce who have assessed her fighting technique & ability.
I hope the Algerian boxer is going to be ok and is getting support because this is bullying on a worldwide scale. Journalists should know better
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Proof for
@offtheball
that I am indeed at the Ireland open training session in Brisbane since they doubted me live on air there 👀
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Just to clarify a few things:
1. I do not have it out for Pauw. I said multiple times based on the football alone she should get a new contract
2. I’ve been reporting on this team for years & have only ever reported what is in front of me. I don’t have an agenda (contd)
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It’s been tough watching people in England get out and about today but made even worse when these are the reports coming back. That glass 😕
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Katie McCabe being nominated for a Ballon d’Or is so MASSIVE 🇮🇪
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🚨 Here she is – my exclusive interview with the one and only
@ChristenPress
on her move to Manchester United.
We talked about her aim to win trophies with United, why Casey Stoney was a massive reason she joined the club and lots more
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Vera Pauw confirms Denise O'Sullivan will play tomorrow
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Finally made it home to Sligo last night and safe to say the neighbours pulled out all the stops. From a stocked fridge to this lovely welcome, I feel very lucky
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I do feel like the FA have missed an opportunity here. Maybe English fans won’t care about facing Ireland as much as Irish fans care about facing England but there’s so many recognisable WSL faces in the Irish squad. Also, Carrow Road is just hard to get to from here 🤷🏻♀️
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Off to Australia tomorrow to cover the World Cup & have a loooong journey so hit me with all your recommendations of stuff to keep me entertained ✈️🇦🇺
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View this how you want but standing ovation here in Brisbane as Niamh Fahey comes off for Diane Caldwell.
Two legends of the game in Ireland so both deserving
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Proof again of how much Megan Campbell’s free throws are seen as a threat with them featuring in the official programme. Wiegman said yesterday they were more dangerous than a corner
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It’s 2.45am and I am officially clocking off for the day.
Check out
@TheCOYGIGPod
&
@offtheball
for my full reaction after the game tonight & all the ensuing drama 👀
Brissy, it has been a blast 🙌🏻
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The FAI received just a 4% (!!!!) ticket allocation for their World Cup opener vs. Australia this summer.
Amounts to about 1,700 tickets out of a possible 42,500 😢
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Graduate and get a job in sports journalism, Kathleen.
It'll be fun covering matches and tournaments.
First six months:
The Olympics will be postponed until 2021, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced.
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Here's how Katie McCabe voted in
#TheBest
awards:
⚽ Best player -- Mead, Kerr, Williamson
⭐ Best coach -- Wiegman, Sundhage, Hayes
🥊 Best GK -- Earps, Berger, Endler
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Four daft members of the Irish media (myself included) decided it would be a good idea to not sleep after the Ireland game and instead head straight to the airport for a 6am flight to Brisbane 🫠
Longest but most fulfilling day ever 🇮🇪
#COYGIG
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I used to shelve books in Trinity's library every morning during college while listening to Second Captains & imagine one day being on the show.
Today, I joined the lads and another hero of mine
@emmsb30
to talk about 🇮🇪 vs. 🇸🇪, abuse allegations in women's football & more 👇
Ireland may have lost to Sweden last night, but it's the type of performance that will get us to a World Cup, according to Vera Pauw
Ireland legend
@emmsb30
and ESPN's
@kathleen_mcn
join us to look ahead to the rest of the campaign
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Two weeks later and it is officially a wrap on Wimbledon 2021 🎾
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If you heard me tip Germany to win this World Cup… no you didn’t
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Can’t believe we just won Best Podcast at
@digitalmedia_ie
🎉
COYGIG has been such a labour of love and no better way to mark our first year than this!
@offtheball
,
@emmacarroll88
,
@KarenDuggan91
.
@emmsb30
& especially
@CatherineMurfee
have made this year incredible ⭐️
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Cadbury have announced that they will be extending their partnership with the Irish WNT for another three years 🍫
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Things that make me mad 👇🏻
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE 🇮🇪
2 Jersey Launches
3 Models
3 International Players
3 Profiles lifted
1 HUGE Opportunity Missed
By not using the female players to market THEIR OWN KIT an opportunity to build recognition, fan bases & creating role models for future generations is lost.
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Outside the stadium and can hear the band practising Amhran na bhFiann 🥲
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Aine O'Gorman and Stephanie Roche in 2017? 👀
🇮🇪 After a quick Google & with Callum Robinson on for one tonight...
Who's the last Irish player that wasn't Robbie Keane to score a hat-trick for Ireland?
#AZEIRL
#COYBIG
Football w/
@SkyIreland
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BT Sport 2 just announced during their
#UWCL
coverage that they will have all women working on their WSL and Premier League coverage on Monday (International Women's Day).
That'll include women in front of camera and those working behind the scenes
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What a game to get for my first time trying out rugby reporting. Won’t be forgetting that for a while ☘️
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✅ First day as digital producer for
#OTBAM
down.
Excited to join
@offtheball
on a full-time basis with the AM crew and bringing even bigger and better COYGIG eps to your ears
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Moving off the football beat for two weeks for something *very* exciting.
Over a year-and-a-half into a sports journo career and finally on the ground at an event 🎾
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Vera Pauw’s celebrations are brilliant
The Irish WNT have arrived to their homecoming in O'Connell Street, backroom staff and Vera out first ☘️
@ballsdotie
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Big celebrations from the squad in the middle of the pitch. Even bigger cheers as Russell grabs baby Rosie from her husbands and brings her out on the pitch ☘️
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🚨 A lil announcement 🚨
After two-and-a-half wonderful (& at times chaotic) years I’m leaving ESPN for a new & exciting opportunity.
Couldn’t have gone out on a better high than the Euros & I’ll be forever grateful for the chance they gave me as a fresh graduate
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Well, that was some end to the game. Delighted for Julie-Ann Russell as she gets Ireland's first goal of the campaign. It's a sweet end to what was a grim enough night in Norwich for Ireland. Many of the old mistakes creeped in that we haven't seen in a while. Much to think about
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New this morning: Man City are now offering the option to buy their jerseys with the WSL font for the first time 👇🏻
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Big big news out of the Ireland camp this morning that Jamie Finn has done her ACL.
Terrible time for her after missing out on the World Cup and then getting back into the squad.
We can confirm Jamie Finn is ruled out due to an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear sustained in training.
We’re all behind you,
@jamiefinn_
💚
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And Aoife Mannion’s thoughts on the investigation 👇🏻
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