A memorable clash between Glentoran and Linfield headline an Irish Cup weekend short on shocks.

Podcaster Mark McGuiggan joins the pod to assess why Linfield are beating everybody else in the NIFL Premiership except their most heated rivals. Does this ruin the lustre of their season? Or just a bump along the way?

We review all the games from the week as well as wrap up all the last minute transfer deals.

Podcaster Matthew Brown from Shout At The Oval helps to break down what's been behind Declan Devine's success in East Belfast this season. What changes has he made on and off the pitch? And what is the trajectory of the side moving forward?

We also spend time going through all the latest transfer moves, recap the latest match ups and look ahead to the games in the Irish Cup last 16.

Dave Watt is the guest on the podcast this week as Kieran Offord takes centre stage as the league’s most sought after striking prospect. His time on loan at Crusaders might have come to an end but will he be away from the league for long with plenty of rumoured suitors waiting in the wings.

Offord helped his old team in red and black win out in his final game, heaping more misery onto Coleraine? Is Dean Shiels starting to feel the heat from fans on the North Coast?

Elsewhere, Portadown gift Linfield a three goal lead at home to sink their chances against the current league leaders, Carrick and Ballymena play out a bore draw while Glenavon win a thriller against the Swifts in Co. Tyrone.

Sports podcaster Ally McCalmont joins the pod as Linfield avoid another banana skin in the league. Top of the table after Christmas with only four defeats, is it becoming Linfield’s title to lose?

Elsewhere, Larne keep up their push up the table at the expense of Cliftonville who are left furious following a controversial chalking off of a goal before the break.

Portadown return to winning ways as Dungannon smash the Crues.

We cover the latest transfers and look ahead to another weekend of Irish League top flight action.

Irish League writer and reporter Barry Flynn returns to the podcast for his annual look back at the Irish Cup 5th Round.

He also reflects on the early moves in the January transfer window and previews the first selection of games in the NIFL Premiership.

In the final podcast of the year Mark McGuiggan joins the podcast top look back at a barnstorming Boxing Day set of games.

Newsletter sports writer Johnny McNabb is in the festive pod hotseat this week.

He shares his view of what every Irish League side wants and hopes for in the January transfer window.

He also helps recap the pre-Christmas string of games and previews the biggest gameweek of the year, Boxing Day!

Jonny Dunlop joins the podcast this week as there’s big wins for the teams at the top. Currently Portadown are one of those sides flirting with the top 6 rather the bottom half. Jonny attempts to share the secrets behind the mid-Ulster men’s ascension this season.

Plus, the player widely rated as the league’s best – Joel Cooper – is heavily linked to a move a way to Coleraine. How close is a potential deal? And what kind of statement does it make for Coleraine as they attempt to flex their financial muscles in their new full time era.