With Shelbourne FC chasing down their first league championship in 18 years, we wanted to document the historic occasion and tell the story of the run-in. When we witnessed this incredible story unfolding, we knew it was a moment worth capturing.
From Póg Mo Goal Issue 7. One of Ireland’s most gifted rugby players also graced the pitches of the League of Ireland.
US icon Megan Rapinoe taking on Donald Trump represented a new generation of sports stars prepared to address issues beyond the white lines of the football pitch. From Póg Mo Goal Issue 7.
When Ireland face Canada in their second Group B game at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Perth, they’ll be coming up against the player with the most goals in history. From Póg Mo Goal Issue 8.
As the Irish women’s football team prepares to take their bow on the global stage, one player has been blazing her own trail for club and country. Re-posting from Póg Mo Goal Issue 8 by former Irish international Seana Cooke.
Home-grown managers were largely ignored in Ireland until Brian Kerr guided underage teams to Europe’s summit earning a too short-lived stay at the top of the Irish football pyramid. From Póg Mo Goal Issue 7.
As a new documentary charts the extraordinary career of Liam Brady, here we post our profile from Issue 6 of one of the greatest Irish players ever to play the game.
USA defeating England at the 1950 World Cup is one of football’s all-time greatest upsets but the scorer of the goal, Haitian immigrant Joe Gaetjens, would meet a tragic end in his homeland. From Póg Mo Goal Issue 8.
Romania’s side of the 1990s was dubbed their ‘Golden Generation’ appearing at three consecutive World Cups in ‘90,’94, and ’98. But it was the team that lined out in France that stood out for more aesthetically hair-raising reasons. From Póg Mo Goal Issue 7.
With several countries declaring their captains will wear the One Love armband at the World Cup in Qatar, here’s a brief history of the symbol of solidarity and protest, from Póg Mo Goal Issue 7.