There are certain side effects to my disability which rarely if ever make it into discourse here. Today, however, will be an exception. And, yes, it will be a case of going from the frying pan into the fire. But it will be brief and reason for doing so will become obvious as this particular… Read More One book to absolutely not judge by the cover
It appears delusional Tottenham Hotspur supporters will have to wind their necks in and, more than likely, be made to look very silly. With almost pompous arrogance, fans of the underwhelming North London club were bleating that Ange Postecoglou wasn’t “good enough” to manage their club and that they “deserved better”. Who do they think… Read More Spurs appear to have Post delivered
These are strange times in the sporting world. We have GAA Championships being played at a ludicrous time of the year, new fangled pundits giving it a No Country For Old Men feel, telling us the most basic and best way of playing Gaelic football is wrong, and old men taking on jobs when they… Read More The good and the shaky of Derry
Galway… 2-08 Derry… 1-06 At the throw in here, let it be known categorically that the headline is not aimed at the victors. It is not in the Galway DNA to play unattractive football. On the contrary, the Tribesmen play a most pleasing variant from a viewing perspective. An emphasis on high fielding and kicking.… Read More One last serving of dodgy cuisine as Pat bow’s out.
Ole Gunnar Solksjaer has been sacked. The latest chapter in the half sporting tragedy, half farce that has been life at Old Trafford came to its sad but inevitable conclusion as the former forward was brought to book in the wake of yesterday’s latest humiliation, against Watford at Vicarage Road. The sporting tragedy here is… Read More The wheels came off the wagon long before Ole lost control
Bastions of the bandwagon are one of the few sporting phenomena yours truly cannot stomach. Fair weather followers is another acronym attributed to the same lot. It usually is followers, you see. There’s usually obvious telltale signs, they’ll be over the top if the need arises to decorate, will become expert ‘analysts’ overnight and everything… Read More Gerrard playing the long game with percentage call
1.15: PIRATE JENNY (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 1.50: MARKIEVICZ – EW – (ROBBIE COLGAN/SHEILA LAVERY) 2.25: GOLDEN DAYS – EW – (CIAN MACREDMOND (5)/TRACEY COLLINS) 3.00: ROXETTE (RONAN WHELAN/MICK HALFORD) 3.35: NOTRE BELLE (CHRIS HAYES/DARREN BUNYAN) 4.05: OODNADATTA – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.35: RIVER DERWENT (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.10: GATSBY CAP – EW –… Read More Selections for Cork – Sept. 28th 2021
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… Read More A harrowing, emotional illustration of why there’s always hope
When Cork eventually beat Kerry in the Munster Senior Football Championship of 1987, though it was undoubtedly the end of an era, the result scarcely represented a monumental shock given the mileage which those vanquished had clocked up on their legs. In contrast, when Clare conquered The Kingdom in 1992 and Leitrim broke out of… Read More An uneven 50/50 split as noisy neighbours roar back