Life And Sport From An Armchair View
Neil Lennon's second spell as Glasgow Celtic manager has come to an end after the former Armagh Gaelic footballer vacated the Hoops' hot seat. The fiery redhead, who enjoyed a decorated playing career at both Leicester City and Celtic, has paid the price after his erstwhile charges have become tailed off behind Steven Gerrard's rampant... Continue Reading →
Tiger Woods has been taken to hospital after being involved in a car crash in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. The golfer was driving on his own near Rancho Palos Verdes when his vehicle flipped over, with firefighters later freeing him from the car using the jaws of life. No other vehicle is said to... Continue Reading →
You're very welcome to the first of what will hopefully be a regular quiz series for the foreseeable future. For this initial outing, it will be entirely sports based but as we go on the intention would be to include a variety of topics
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,... Continue Reading →
1.55: SHOWBUSINESS (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.30: DREAMSAREMADEOFTHIS (A. N. OTHER/ENDAp BOLGER) 3.00: NORWIGI (MARK WALSH/ENDA BOLGER) 3.30: COOL ARCADE - EW - (BRIAN HAYES/JOHN CLIFFORD) Rachael and Brian could both be among the winners today 4.00: FOLCANO (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.30: FULL TIME SCORE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.00: DOM OF MARY - EW -... Continue Reading →
1.05: COKO BEACH (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) Thyestes Chase winner Coko Beach 1.40: ENVOL PERJI (SIMON TORRENS (5)/LIZ DOYLE) 2.15: GLOBAL EQUITY (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 2.47: DARASSO - EW - (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 3.25: MINELLA ESCAPE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.00: LUCKY TENNER (KEVIN SEXTON/PETER FAHEY) 4.35: RAJUN CAJUN (PAUL TOWNEND/MATT SMITH) 5.10: GINTO (JAMIE CODD/GORDON... Continue Reading →
If you click into the 'Categories' tab, head for GAA and go through my Football Team of the Year (posted December 26th) there's not a whole pile of differences between what appeared here and the 'official' lineup announced on Friday. But differences there were. In the old world, where we had at least some control... Continue Reading →
6.00: PILLAR (CIAN MCREDMOND (7)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 4.30: SNEAKY GETAWAY (COLIN KEANE/EMMET MULLINS) 5.00: NO PATIENCE (BEN COEN/ANDY SLATTERY) 5.30: WAR HERO (CIAN MCREDMOND (7)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 6.00: BURGOO ALLEY (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.30: LADY ANDAZ (TOM MADDEN/KIERAN COTTER) 7.00: DARKEST HOUR - EW - (MARK ENRIGHT/EDDIE LYNAM) Mark Enright during his time as a National Hunt... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
This afternoon's intended fixture at Clonmel has been abandonned after the Co Tipperary venue having failed an early morning inspection. With the River Suir running quite close to the track, it's not unusual for Powerstow Park to run into weather trouble at this time of year. Venetia Williams Thankfully, all three National Hunt fixtures in... Continue Reading →