Tag: Live Darts
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Moments of perfection win the battle but not always the war
Ray Houghton’s goal against Italy in the Giant’s Stadium in New York was a remarkable thing. Never to be forgotten for myriad reasons. Not many would’ve had the audacity to try or capability to execute the lob essayed over Gianluca Pagluca – the best custodian on the planet at the time – which the man…
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Boring holes in your lip as the drama unfolds
It’s unlikely any incident in GAA history has been replayed as much or been the subject of as much debate and rancor as the bit of set dancing early on in the All Ireland SFC Final involving Meath and Mayo. Now read on… Reams of bovine dung were written and broadcast about the bit of…
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FERRET SPEEDS TO VICTORY AS THE ICEMAN HITS THE SKIDS – Podcast Episode
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World Grand Prix – Semi Final Podcast
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Variety keeps things interesting
I would be very much a creature of habit. Owing mostly to superstition. When life was as I wanted it to be – before personal circumstances and Covid-19 made a horlicks of same – that meant going for a few pints on a Sunday, Monday and Wednesday night and getting a Chinese takeaway on a…
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Being a Champion is harder than becoming one
On the three occasions St Peter’s, Dunboyne won Meath Senior Football Champions, in 1998, 2005 and 2018, the greatest regret thereafter was the sense that, on all three occasions, the groups failed to achieve what they might have done given the quality of players on the panels. Why exactly that is has been the subject…
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Rockstar drowned out in Machine-driven crescendo
When one’s life has revolved around sport as much as it has in this seat, tying down a single favourite sporting moment – or indeed a compilation thereof – would be akin to asking Elvis Presley which one of his Number One records were his favourite. Were pressure put on the occupant of this seat…
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Lack of a gallop leaves Anderson searching for fluidity and answers
March 2005, Cheltenham. Day one of the Festival. The race that’s not only the highlight of the day, but of that entire year for us that are hopelessly devoted to jump racing. Or maybe many years. Hardy Eustace, the venerable old Massey Ferguson 390T, the old dog for the hard road, turns for home with…
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Death, taxes and seeds falling in December
Anybody that knows me or has been following my output for long enough will know the indescribably important part Brady’s Pub in Dunboyne has and will forever play in my life. Thus, just when I was rebuilding some semblance of normality into my life after it was destroyed when my mother fell ill nearly six…