Category: SOCCER
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FA Cup Fifth Round Draw
Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhinnney could possibly be foisting their Welsh football revolution on one of the supposedly biggest clubs in England, on foot of last night’s FA Cup Fifth Round draw. Now read on… Should football’s most unlikely owners see their side advance past Sheffield United in next Wednesday’s replay at Bramall […]
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Boys of summer shortening the winter
Manchester United… 3 Reading… 1 One night what is a scarily long time ago, yours truly was making his way home from the one and only house party I’ve ever been at. It was the time of the night/next morning that my main concern was trying not to bump into my brother on his way […]
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Ten Hag edging closer to ending trophy drought
My earliest memories of the League Cup in England – which it is, after all despite its numerous other names – are of disappointment. One when Tottenham Hotspur beat Nottingham Forest. Brian Clough’s team having a 20-year-old R. Keane in their midfield. Directly confronting a certain Mr Gascoigne. Sadly that was something which possibly never […]
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I suppose I better take Arsenal seriously!!
The most venerated and senior bastion of the local press pack ground a particular axe for so long there must be nothing but the handle left. Now read on… It related to the wholly devoted adoration people in this country have to soccer teams across the water. Which mostly means England or Glasgow Celtic. Though […]
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The glass is still half full
Manchester Utd… 1 Crystal Palace… 1 If you’d told Erik ten Hag or anybody connected to or interested in Manchester United they’d take four points from their two games this week, chances are they’d have taken your hand off for it. Albeit expectation most likely would’ve been that they would have taken three points tonight […]
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Man charged with Aaron Ramsdale assault
The Metropolitan Police in the UK announced on Tuesday night that an arrest had been made following the fracas at the end of Sunday’s North London Derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. Joseph Watts (35) of Hackney, London, was charged with “Assault by beating, going on to an area adjacent to a playing area and […]
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Statements in Manchester and Munster, now it’s over to Meath
Before the cat jumps all the way out of the bag of its own accord, let’s provide the last nudge. I have returned to meaningful involvement with my local GAA club after a 15-year-hiatus. Part of which was enforced, another element thereof is old ground which doesn’t need to be ploughed up again. There may […]
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Losing the plot over Potter misses the point
When Andy Cole took what felt like an eternity to score his first goal for Manchester United, you can be sure there were plenty wondering had Fergie lost his marbles shelling out what was a whopping £7M on the then Newcastle United striker. The wily old Scot seldom got decisions wrong. And, eventually, Cole would […]
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Carabao Cup semi final draw
Manchester United will come up against their former midfielder Jesse Lingard at the penultimate hurdle in the Carabao Cup after being drawn against Steve Cooper’s Nottingham Forest. Which of course means that the transformed Newcastle United will take on Southampton in the other last four encounter. The struggling men from the south coast of England […]
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Pauw free to plot historic journey as American probe ends
Republic Of Ireland Ladies manager Vera Pauw is free to concentrate on plotting her team’s historic journey to the World Cup after the conclusion of a mammoth investigation into abuse cases in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in America. Donegal’s Amber Barrett having drilled home the historic winner against Scotland in Hampden Park only […]