Tag: Belvedere FC
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Meath men on the move
The wheel of the sporting year turns again as one segment closes off with the playing of the All Ireland SHC Final, and those in men’s and Ladies football and Camogie imminently awaited, while in other sports things haven’t even kicked off. Quite literally. In recent week’s we’ve seen the brightest star in Irish Basketball,…
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Lenihan revives Dunboyne Riverside connection
Republic Of Ireland defender Darragh Lenihan has completed his transfer from Blackburn Rovers to fellow Championship hopefuls Middlesbrough. While the 28-year-old’s decision to leave Ewood Park – where he had been club Captain – might raise a few eyebrows, it’s clear Rovers didn’t appreciate the asset they had on their books. Plenty of others did,…
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Dunboyne’s Keeley Premier League Bound
Just a few short years ago, Darragh Lenihan became the first Meath man to be capped by the Republic Of Ireland at Senior level. Thereafter, a bit like the scenario with the busses, quickly enough thereafter Jamie McGrath from Athboy became the second. The chances of there being a third surely improved this week after…
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Trim youngster going places with students
Trim lad Ian Byrne made his debut with SSE Airtricity League Of Ireland side UCD in a pre-season friendly last week against Cork City. The former Boyne CS student (17) joined the Bellfield club during the off-season having spent the last couple of campaigns with St Patrick’s Athletic. Byrne, who is adept at either left…
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Pride in whatever shade it is
No secret has ever been made of the fact that being able to write about sport is the nearest I will ever get to filling the void left by not being able to partake therein. Especially in more recent years when being involved in team management was no longer an option. Now read on… The…
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DriveThru Sports Weekly – Ep. 12
This week’s episode looks back on the latest player to make a big breakthrough in darts, Jonny Clayton of Wales. I also look back at what happened regarding Irish players in the recently closed transfer window, while a look is taken as well at the addition of Paul O’Connell to the Irish rugby backroom team.
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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…
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Dunboyne’s twin towers ready for next career chapter
On a particularly warm Saturday in April 2015, around midday, Meath defeated Offaly in a Leinster Minor Football League game in a practically deserted Pairc Tailteann. There were two Dunboyne clubmen in green and gold that day – David McEntee and Conor Keeley. The latter marking his first – and sadly only – outing in…