Tag: Bryan Mbeuno

  • The annual six week obsession

    The annual six week obsession

    The sporting calendar is, I suppose, identical to the ‘normal’ one, in that, it’s a matter of ticking off milestones on the annual schedule. Instead of Christmas think Cheltenham, for Easter see Fairyhouse, Listowel Writers Week = Listowel Harvest Racing Festival. Similarly, for me, the commencement of a new soccer season in Britain is also…

  • Misfiring meddlers still the gift that keep on giving

    Misfiring meddlers still the gift that keep on giving

    Yours truly is old enough to remember a day when Bernard Flynn had the ball 90% over the bar in a Leinster SFC encounter with Wicklow when the referee decided to blow for full time and thus the ‘score’ was declared null and void. Luckily for Meath (and the referee) our lads negotiated the replay…