Après Match is an Irish comedy show normally screened after competitive Irish soccer matches on RTÉ. It is performed by Barry Murphy, Risteárd Cooper and Gary Cooke. It grew out of Barry Murphy and Risteárd Cooper's Frank's Euro Ting sketches which first enlivened RTÉ's coverage of Euro '96 for which Rep. of Ireland had failed to qualify. "Après Match" proper was born when Gary Cooke joined the duo and soon became a fixture following each of Ireland's qualifying games for the 1998 World Cup. The show mocks famous, mostly Irish, soccerstars and pundits including Bill O'Herlihy, Eamon Dunphy, Johnny Giles, Liam Brady, Frank Stapleton, Colm Murray, and Graeme Souness, as well as pundits from the British channels, including Richard Keys, Andy Gray, Jamie Redknapp, Gary Lineker and Alan Hansen.
Acting
Three lads becoming twenty different pundits flawlessly.
Writing
Inside jokes so Irish they require a cultural decoder ring.
Production
Budget so small the passion carries every frame.
Creators
Risteard Cooper, Barry Murphy, Gary Cooke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show became so beloved that real pundits began doing impressions of the impressions, creating an infinite mirror of Irish soccer media.
The sketches originated from Euro '96 when Ireland failed to qualify, meaning the comedy was literally born from national sporting grief.
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