Tag: Essendon Bombers
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Eating cake and having it do not compute
“You can’t stop young people having the opportunity to have a career in sport because there’s not many as sports here in Ireland where there’s that chance as there are in Australia”. Cora Staunton And there you have it. Somebody finally puts it in black and white. Even if the person in question loves talking out…
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Could Essendon’s loss by a very big gain for Meath?
BREAKING NEWS The Irish Independent are this afternoon reporting that former Meath underage star Cian McBride has been released by Australian Football League outfit the Essendon Bombers. St Ultan’s clubman McBride was part of a Royal County ensemble which won the Leinster MFC in 2018. The towering midfielder was allowed train with the Meath senior…
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Irish eyes smiling with longing happiness!
It’s almost impossible to quantify the magnitude of what Meath undertook in 1968 when – as ‘outgoing’ All Ireland Champions – the headed for Australia. To be honest, not a whole lot is known about the expedition but – and if the following is incorrect please advise – what is known (I think!) is that…
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No victory for Vikki but it’s only just begun
If you subtract the fact that, as I write this, Manchester United have just beaten Arsenal, recording their fourth consecutive victory after their abomination of a beginning to the season, in sporting terms, the last few days have been pretty horrendous for yours truly. At the outset here, it is imperative to state that, obviously,…
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Lampard a victim of his own relative success
There are certain jobs in the sporting world that everybody would want, yet nobody would queue up for at the same time. Some roles are a poisoned chalice. Who would want to take over from some of the greatest managers in any sport – Sean Boylan, Brian Cody, Sir Alex Ferguson, Phil Jackson, the list…
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Massive boost for Meath as McBride jets home
BREAKING NEWS Ahead of the resumption of the National Football League next weekend, Meath boss Andy McEntee has received a major fillip with the news that former underage star Cian McBride will be released by AFL outfit the Essendon Bombers to join the county senior panel during the off-season in the Australian Football League. The…