IRELAND INTERNATIONAL JONNY Hayes has been recognised after an excellent season at club level. The Aberdeen winger has been a stand-out player this term — scoring eight goals and creating 22 assists in all competitions. That has helped the Dons to second in the table behind champions Celtic, while the two clubs meet in Scottish …
Bohemians 2 Finn Harps 0 Aaron Gallagher reports from Dalymount Park BOHEMIANS SECURED A first league victory in five weeks tonight, with Damien McNulty’s own goal and an Oscar Brennan strike from distance inflicting a fourth defeat from five on Finn Harps, leaving Ollie Horgan’s side hovering above the relegation zone as the Premier Division’s …
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FROM LILLE TO Vienna, Tallinn to Gelsenkirchen, the past decade has produced many memorable occasions for Irish football fans to revel in. There have been plenty of lows too, of course — Euro 2012, the hammering at the hands of Denmark, the entirety of 2018. Robbie Keane and Richard Dunne celebrate after Ireland defeated Estonia …
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PLENTY OF FOOTBALLERS would have been content with the position Gavan Holohan found himself in at the end of last season. The midfielder had played in Europe in the frenzied atmosphere of Turner’s Cross. He had been part of a Cork squad that, for a long period, genuinely threatened to upset a Dundalk side that …
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MAN UNITED COACH Kieran McKenna admits that more business is going to be required in the transfer market if the Red Devils are to get back to where they believe they belong. A rather humbling fall from grace has been endured at Old Trafford since Sir Alex Ferguson headed into retirement back in 2013. David …
THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE is an extract from Pep’s City: The Making of a Superteam by Lu Martín and Pol Ballús. Another day at the CFA. Physios, medics and support staff are the first to arrive, followed by the players who troop in one by one. Music booms out of the dressing room as they get changed for …
MANCHESTER UNITED MAY be better off selling Paul Pogba despite his quality on the pitch, according to Ryan Giggs. The France international has been heavily linked with a move away from Old Trafford, though both manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and agent Mino Raiola have said he will not be sold this month. Giggs says he …
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RANGERS ENDED A nine-year wait to beat Celtic away from home as goals from Ryan Kent and Nikola Katic earned a 2-1 win at Celtic Park to take control of the Scottish Premiership title race. Click Here: men football tracksuits Nikola Katic celebrates scoring the second goal for Rangers. Source: Andrew Milligan Steven Gerrard’s men …
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LIMERICK UNITED have officially been accepted into the U13, U15, U17 & U19 national soccer leagues, with the club set to replace Limerick FC. The county is also set to maintain its presence in the senior Women’s National League as ‘Limerick United’. Following the folding of Limerick FC, after it had accrued debts of approximately €490,000, …
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ODION IGHALO HAS revealed that he took a pay-cut to join Manchester United on loan from Shanghai Shenhua on deadline day. Ighalo joined up with the Red Devils on a short-term deal set to run until the end of the season last Friday, becoming the fifth signing of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s reign at Old Trafford. …
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