Tag: Blackburn Rovers
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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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Fergusons were always a good engine for getting things done
Rep. Of Ireland…3 Latvia…2 Anyone of an agricultural persuasion is no doubt retorting to the above headline that Harry Ferguson’s ground breaking invention of the most famous piece of agricultural machinery ever made was in fact powered by the equally iconic Perkins engine. On the football landscape at the moment, both in the Premier League…
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Selections for Naas – Dec. 20th 2022
12.05: MY IMMORTAL – EW – (MIKEY O’SULLIVAN (5)/BARRY CONNELL) 12.35: HARD RAIN – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/JAMES DULLEA) 1.05: THREE CARD BRAG (ADRIAN HESKIN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.35: IMPARE ET PASSE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.05: YEAH MAN (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.35: LAW ELLA (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.06: SAGA ARAVIS – EW – (ROB JAMES/PAUL NOLAN) 3.40:…
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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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Back, out or sideways?
At some stage in our lives, we’ve probably all been told two topics never to enter discourse about in a pub were politics and religion. The latter is not something yours truly would be bothered about anyway. Simply because, if there really was a God, what is currently transpiring in the world wouldn’t be, would…
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Selections for Thurles – Feb. 10th 2022
1.45: GENTLEMAN DE MEE (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.20: NELLY’S MONEY (JACK FOLEY (5)/ROBERT TYNER) 2.55: ADAMANTLY CHOSEN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.30: ASH TREE MEADOW (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.00: RAJSALAD – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/CONOR O’DWYER) 4.30: SOMETHING SWEET – EW – (IAN POWER/ROGER MCGRATH) 5.00: O’MOORE PARK (CHARLIE MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selections for Gowran Park – Jan. 27th 2022
1.00: UNCLE GERHARD – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/CONOR O’DWYER) 1.35: GLENGOOLY (JODY TOWNEND (5)/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.05: KLASSICAL DREAM (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.35: AUCKLAND – EW – (RICHIE DEEGAN/TONY MULLINS) 3.05: ESCARIA TEN – EW – (ADRIAN HESKIN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.35: COUER SUBLIME (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.07: MERCUREY (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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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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Selections for Clonmel – Jan. 6th 2022
12.20: MI LIGHTHOUSE – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.50: LIEUTENANT HIGHWAY – EW – (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.20: MY BOY BOB (KEVIN SEXTON/TONY MARTIN) 1.50: CLASSIC GETAWAY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: SWEET WILL – EW – (LUKE DEMPSEY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.00: FOX LA BEI. (JODY MCGARVEY/LIZ DOYLE) 3.30: IS A REAL CHAMP (JIMMY SCALLAN (7)/SEAN…
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Selections for Limerick – Dec. 28th 2021
12.20: FOR TALKS SAKE – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PAUL NOLAN) 12.55: FAMEAFTERTHEGLORY (LUKE DEMPSEY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 1.30: CONCERTISTA (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.05: BIRDIE BLITZ – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/AIDAN HOWARD) 2.40: TEN TEN (LUKE DEMPSEY/PHILIP DEMPSEY) 3.10: FIRAMI – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD (3)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.40: DATA BREACH (JODY TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS)