Tag: Alan Shearer
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Danish Tasty evokes memories of battles past
MANCHESTER UNITED…1 NEWCASTLE UNITED…0 Several times over the years in this space, mention has been made of the fact that yours truly was in the very fortunate position of having Sky Sports in at home before it became commonplace for that to be the case. Prior to that, being carried up the stairs in Mulvany’s…
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Those crying ‘Woke’ at latest historic Ladies First need a good poke
Just because you may be braced for an incoming negative occurrence doesn’t make the impact thereof any easier to absorb when it does hit. Trust me, as somebody who fell with walking aids and out of wheelchairs more times than I care to painfully remember, you can think you are as ready as you like,…
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If it plays like a flop chances are it is a flop
Manchester United… 1 Arsenal… 3 How the mighty have fallen. And continue to fall. Make no mistake about it, they are still falling. Another transfer window, another episode of Manchester United being outfoxed and outwitted by their contemporaries. What do Matt Le Tissier, Alan Shearer, James Maddison, Cody Gakpo, Erling Haaland, Harry Kane and Ryan…
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Selections for Ballinrobe – Aug. 28th 2023
4.30: QUARRY ROCCO (JAMES O’SULLIVAN/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 5.05: SAMUI (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.35: SLEEP SOUND – EW – (JAKE COEN (5)/PETER FAHEY) 6.05: STORM MAHLER (CONOR MCNAMARA/ERIC MCNAMARA) 6.35: SARAH’S SOLDIER – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/PAT FAHY) 7.05: VISIONARIAN (KEITH DONOGHUE/PETER FAHEY) 7.35: MISTY’S GIFT – EW – (SHANE FITZGERALD/HARRY KELLY) 8.05: BABY KATE (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE…
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Running Ralf unlikely to change the reality
Manchester United 3, Southampton 6 in what I think was 1996. The game which will be forever remembered as the one in which Sir Alex Ferguson famously binned the ghastly grey strip during half time at The Dell. It had some bit of an impact as the three scores they did register came after the…
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Selections for Clonmel – Nov. 11th 2021
12.15: REBEL IVY – EW – (DENIS O’REGAN/JAMES MOTHERWAY) 12.45: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN (ADRIAN HESKIN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.20: BROOMFIELDS JEREMY (LUKE DEMPSEY/PHILIP DEMPSEY) 1.55: SAPHIRE LADY – W/O FAV – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: FAKIR DOUDAIRIES (MARK WALSH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.55: CRACK ON CORRIE – EW – (MARK MCDONAGH (7)/WILLIE AUSTIN) 3.25: BOLD GETAWAY (LISA O’NEILL/GORDON…
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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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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…