Tag: Crystal Palace

  • Boylan Talks Sport Weekly Brain Workout – No. 17

    Boylan Talks Sport Weekly Brain Workout – No. 17

    A slightly more focused edition this week with the European Championships still ongoing and the GAA Championships taking off in earnest. But there are a few curve balls hidden as well. Enjoy!

  • 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,…

  • Champions title defence hopes rocked by Van Dijk blow

    Liverpool’s ambitions of retaining the league title they sauntered to for the first time in three decades just a few months ago have been dealt a hammer blow with the news that rearguard general Virgil Van Dijk is facing a lengthy layoff due to a knee injury sustained following a horror tackle by Everton and…