Frank Lampard may equal Bobby Tambling’s Chelsea scoring record today, but the bond between the Stamford Bridge legends will always be stronger than stats. Kieran Shannon spoke to the Cork-based striker about Lampard, Jimmy Greaves and the swinging sixties in West London.

He still gets blamed for Paris nearly as much as Thierry Henry, just because Roy Keane once said he should never have let that ball bounce in the penalty area.

It had to be Joe.

They’re wrong when they say your career should be measured on medals.

In the early days he was mostly known as Frank McGuigan’s son.

Though we hadn’t enjoyed watching an Irish soccer team so much since 2002, rarely was it more frustrating watching their manager stumble and stutter on than the last couple of weeks.

They got so much right.

One point.

Before the Off the Ball team went off the air, Jerry Kiernan went off the wall on the show.

An eight-year-old schoolgirl is in class, looking out the window, miffed.