Articles tagged with "ireland"
Inverness gives Ugandan a Chance
By Ian Rose | August 21st, 2008Dan Wagaluka has come over 7000 km to play for Caley Thistle, and Craig Brewster thinks that merits giving him a shot. The Ugandan ...
Footballer Fired for Being Too Fat
By Daryl | July 23rd, 2008Fat footballers are part of the modern game. Whether it's players actually letting themselves go (see: Ronaldinho recently) or players who get lumped with the ...
Good luck to our Irish friends at Drogheda
By Ian Rose | July 23rd, 2008Not much going on in Scotland today football-wise. Some friendlies, the best of which is probably Motherwell-Wolves ... but we can take this opportunity ...
Video: Bohemian 5-1 Rhyl
By Ian Rose | June 27th, 2008The Intertoto Cup has begun, which means that the long hard off-season of European club football (aka late May-Early June) is finally over. And ...
Signings to Come?
By Dave Martinez | June 20th, 2008Big Apple Soccer had the chance to speak to Juan Carlos Osorio about the status of rumored signings. + The Bulls will not be ...
Chris Innes Goes Home, And We Have . . . ?
By Dave Martinez | April 14th, 2008He impressed the coaching staff in his short stay, but perhaps being a very large pond away from home couldn't be compensated for. Big Apple Soccer ...
Less Than Two Months Till Euro 2008!
By Laurie | April 11th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0If151pOaSc&eurl=http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/[/youtube] Euro 2008 on World Cup Blog. All you need to know. True Euro story: I was in Dublin, Ireland last week, and I asked ...
Gretna Collapse = Our Gain?
By Dave Martinez | March 31st, 2008Captain Chris Innes of Scottish side Gretna FC is a man without club. So are 22 others. Including players, coaching staff - even the ex ...
Paul McGrath, My Lord, Paul McGrath
By Daryl | March 17th, 2008Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone. Today seems a good excuse to pay tribute to one of my favourite players: Mr. Paul McGrath. Born to an ...
What's the Most Competitive League in the World?
By Daryl | February 26th, 2008Not sure if you read The Knowledge in The Guardian, but if you like fascinating little factoids then you could definitely do a lot worse. ...
Trap To Ireland, No One Wonders Why (Anymore)
By chris | February 18th, 2008I've got to admit, when I first heard the rumors that Giovanni Trapattoni was heading to Dublin to take over the Irish National Team I ...
Brazil 1 x 0 Ireland: Not Bad
By Bruno Romani | February 7th, 2008It wasn’t a great game. But it wasn’t bad either. Nowadays, breath taking performances are reserved only to when the other team is Argentina and ...
Aideninho is Brazilian Dreamin'
By JT | February 6th, 2008The US has so many sports to offer kids growing up, that the dreams youngsters have vary as much as the game they choose to ...
A Pick-Up Truck Pitch Invasion
By Bob | November 13th, 2007It is about time that someone taught those soccer parents and their selfish kids a lesson. Week after week, month after month, year after ...
International Break Wrap-Up
By Jan | October 19th, 2007I used the international break to play the lazy card and take the week off. Maybe I would have felt the urge to blog if ...
Irish Call-ups
By rich | October 2nd, 2007Stephan Carr and Shay Given have been called up to the Irish Squad to face Cyprus and Germany. Given has been Newcastle's deputy for a ...
Anfield Banter: Antwi injured, Heinze not coming, & some international previews
By Brian | August 21st, 2007* In what was looking like a great season to come for on-loan Godwin Antwi, a hamstring injury has forced the 19-year-old to sit out ...
Anfield Banter: Gerrard available for Chelsea but not McClown, Finnan & Agger to face off, McClown warns Crouch, & another keep signed? What the...?
By Brian | August 16th, 2007* Apparently, despite a slight hairline fracture of his toe, Stevie-G will be available for the Chelsea match come Sunday. Honestly, I don't think ...
Tough Win in Dublin
By Lucas | July 29th, 2007The Black Cats yesterday won the opening match of their Irish tour, 1-0 over Bohemians FC, though it was never an easy task. Stern ...
Anfield Banter: Finney inks new deal, A new kid in the scope, Babel defies Van Basten, & Apparently Rafa really wants that guy
By Brian | July 23rd, 2007* Steve Finnan, arguably the best right back in the Premiership last season, has been rewarded for his efforts with a three year contract. ...
Euro 2008 Qualifiers: 45 Minutes of Embarrassment, 45 Minutes of Goals
By Jan | June 2nd, 2007First Half: I guess most people expected one goal at least every ten minutes. Instead they got one meagre goal in the 44th minute by ...
Imagine the Wikipedia Entry if Ireland had Lost
By Bob | February 8th, 2007International football took center stage this week with a number of friendlies helping to remind us all that national teams still exist. The one ...
Will the final be played at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch?
By Craig | December 13th, 2006Like the man on the left, we haven't had a number one finish in ages. Indeed, for us Scots, any chance to qualify for a ...
Daily Dose 12.13
By Bob | December 13th, 2006Some stories to read while you reconsider your next hunting trip to Texas… The Duck does it! (Reuters) A look back at Freddy Adu's time at United ...
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