TROY is the story of Irish superstar Troy Parrott, and the people and places which made him.
The Real Betis striker was born just months before the last time Ireland’s men competed in a World Cup - and since those 2002 glory days Irish soccer has been in freefall.
This 6-part podcast delves into that tailspin, while charting the emergence of a young man who would be held up as a saviour of Irish football from the age of 14.
It explores the extraordinary uniqueness of Dublin’s north inner city, a place dealing with poverty and deprivation, and the lure of criminality, where concrete football pitches have so often saved lives.
Troy Parrott emerged from these streets to go from great hope, to forgotten man - before seemingly out of nowhere making a football nation dream again.
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