Tag: Liverpool
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Gap between the great and the good glaringly exposed
Rotor Volgograd – no, I’d never heard of them before (or since) either. Peter Schmeichel scored what this corner reckons was his only goal for Manchester United against the Russian outfit, in the UEFA Cup. Drawing the encounter on the night and indeed over the two legs. But the minnows went through via the away…
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Selections for The Curragh – Sept. 12th 2021
1.45: HIGHTIMEYOUWON – EW – (RYAN MOORE/DERMOT WELD) 2.20: LOVE (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.55: MOONIESTA – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/JACK DAVISON) 3.30: HOMELESS SONGS (OISIN ORR/DERMOT WELD) 4.05: DUKE DE SESSA – W/O FAV – (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 4.40: SONNYBOYLISTON (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.15: THREEBAGSFULL – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.45: MOSALA – EW…
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Boylan Talks Sport Weekly Brain Workout – No. 12
A delightful dozen weeks have elapsed since our quiz series began. This week, there is a strong flavour of GAA off proceedings but a nice bit of variety too. On yer bike!
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Football needs to sing the world’s most powerful song
Two songs repeatedly reverbarated in the mind when commencing construction of this offering. When will I See You Again and Sing A Powerful Song. The latter being one of a number of emotion-stirring hits for the incomparable Saw Doctors which will forever strike an emotive chord in this seat. Now read on… Manchester United fans,…
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Boylan Talks Sport Weekly Brain Workout – No. 8
A real mixed bag this week, with plenty of topical subjects relating to what’s been going in the sporting world of late.
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Smashing the glass ceiling with the passing of the baton
The first jumps meeting of the season at Fairyhouse, usually in early October, is generally when the racing radar in this seat really becomes hyper sensitive. That isn’t to say one wouldn’t be attuned to goings on prior to that date. Just that the fixture in question is generally the cue for things to ratchet…
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Two red corners on very different paths
Easter Saturday, 1993. The talented but luckless David Hirst gives Sheffield Wednesday a very early lead at Old Trafford. On a day that, if Manchester United won, they would virtually have one hand on their first League title in over a quarter of a century. Having blown a similarly promising position previously against Leeds United,…
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A harrowing, emotional illustration of why there’s always hope
Not all that long ago, mention was afforded in this space to the time my dear mother was the winner of a draw run by the local soccer club for which the first prize was two tickets to see Liverpool vs. Manchester United at Anfield. As was referenced in the previous piece, with there being…
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Will it always be sunny at the Racecourse Ground?
Several times in recent months mention has been given to the fact new avenues have to be unearthed and explored in a sometimes vain attempt to maintain some degree of emotional strength and hope. Horizons have had to be broadened. With farming out of the equation by circumstances beyond my control and NPHET/the ‘Government’ making…
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Weird window leaves many questions
A few years ago, on Deadline Day of the winter transfer window, I wrote a piece headlined “Almost time to take down the tent”. Inference being that the concept and the time around it resemble a circus. At the time, that manifested itself in the insane fees clubs were paying for players and the manner…