Tag: DRA

  • From the frying pan to the fire but not over the rainbow

    From the frying pan to the fire but not over the rainbow

    Another week, another mess for a GAA referee to deal with. Consequently more bad press for the Association. Obviously, nobody – you’d hope – would deliberately start a ruckus, but the main talking points this week seem to be how these incidents are (a) dealt with and (b) reported on. Let’s deal with the second…

  • It’s a fairly safe bet he didn’t watch Italia ’90!

    It’s a fairly safe bet he didn’t watch Italia ’90!

    Italia ’90 – even now, mention of the words together conjures so many memories. Pat Bonner’s grimace before that booming kickout against the Dutch, Genoa, Penalties, Bonner again, David O’Leary, the pub scene from The Snapper. Now read on… Another recollection from that glorious summer prompted what you are about to intake. A proclamation by…