Articles tagged with "ireland"
When Roy Keane Attacks: Five Survival Strategies
By Laurie | November 21st, 2009First, a confession: I kind of love Ipswich Town manager and former Ireland captain Roy Keane. (Even though he terrifies me.) But ...
Raise a pint for the Irish, they deserve it.
By Jack | November 18th, 2009"Those that doubted football's cruelty ought to have been on hand here in Paris." -David Hytner of the Guardian, following Ireland's 1-1 draw (2-1 aggregate loss) ...
French Football Dose: 11/15/09
By Thomas | November 15th, 2009Hoda Lattaf puts Montpellier past Bayern in the Women's Champions League round of 16... 1) A Day in the Life of Raymond Domenech (Dirty Tackle) 2) How ...
Daily Dose: September 29th, 2009
By Daryl | September 29th, 2009Something to read while you enjoy Pablo Hernandez's juggletastic goal for Valencia vs Atletico Madrid this weekend: The Irish national team's new stadium. Eventually. (Pitch Invasion) Should ...
Is it time to take Manchester City seriously yet?
By Rob | September 12th, 2009Big result in the Premier League today as Manchester City beat Arsenal 4-2. This not only provides them with their first ...
Daily Dose 05.08.09
By Laurie | May 8th, 2009Some news to read as you enjoy this "Drogba raps" video (which Daryl already posted today, but which deserves a second viewing. Also, if ...
Maybe a Man United player will win player of the year?
By Rob | April 14th, 2009The nominations for the PFA footballer of the year are out, and the shortlist (of six) contains five Manchester United players, as well as Liverpool ...
International Round up!
By Drew | April 2nd, 2009I'll make this one quick, because I'm sure most of you have checked the scores and read the stories... England, as I'm sure everyone knows, Did ...
Chelsea's Peter Kenyon Prank Called by Steve Staunton Impersonator
By Daryl | February 17th, 2009There was a fantastic little wind up last week, when a prankster from Irish radio station FM104 called Chelsea Football Club to declare Steve Staunton's ...
Daily Dose: 9th Feb. 2009
By Daryl | February 9th, 2009Something to read while David Bentley wins a £15k watch off his agent... Luckily, the agent got 10% of his watch back. The shiny new Lansdowne Road ...
Daily Dose: Jan 21st, 2009
By Daryl | January 21st, 2009Something to read while the new President of LegoLand is sworn in... When football meets violins (The Best Eleven) Football's answer to Günter Parche (Lufkin Daily News) European ...
Footballer Dads: Robbie Savage and Shay Given
By Lotte Cox | January 21st, 2009It's easy to forget that Robbie Savage is still a going concern in the football world (and there are a lot of people who actually ...
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 ...
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