Crest Love #18 – Club Tijuana
One of World Football’s greatest mascots and club badges are featured in this edition of Crest Love. Continue reading → One of World Football’s greatest mascots and club badges are featured in this edition of Crest Love. Continue reading → My First Football Shirt: Jason McAteer
The Your First Football Shirt collection is a book by the Football Shirt Collective of 30 interviews and illustrations with footballers such as Alan Shearer and Bob Wilson and fans like BBC’s Dan walker and comedian Josh Widdicombe. Here Ireland star Jason McAteer talks about his first ever shirt, along with his most famous goal in the green jersey. Continue reading → World Cup 2018 Flag Kits
Dublin designer Philip Slattery has created these stunning national flag-inspired football kits in time for the great festival of football in Russia.
Continue reading → World Cup Love Poem
Poet John Cummins sets the scene for the 2018 World Cup on RTE’s The Sport Show Continue reading → Slavery, Racism and Homophobia – The Future of the World Cup
A country of massive population, strong football tradition most notably in its former guise as the UUSR, all the relevant facilities, but still one with numerous question marks over its merits as hosts. Continue reading → Richard Swarbrick’s World Cup 2014 Highlights
With World Cup 2018 getting underway, relive the highlights from four years ago in animator Richard Swarbrick’s unique style. Continue reading → World Cup Failure Won’t Easily Coexist With Russia’s Sense of Self
Epic failure in front of 7.4 billion sets of eyes does not jibe with the traditional Russian sense of self, and just how those two will coexist is one of the most intriguing questions heading into the 2018 World Cup. Continue reading → Sons of Erin: Football and Expressions of Irishness
As Ireland face USA in a friendly in Dublin, New Yorker Eugene O’Driscoll ponders questions of football and national identity. Continue reading → Dreams and songs to sing: Fan and music culture live on at Liverpool
Conor Thompson explores the efforts being made by fan groups to keep the atmosphere and traditions of Liverpool FC alive. Continue reading → Politics & Football: How the World Cup Changed the World
Featured article from Póg Mo Goal Issue 4. From the miracle of Bern lifting West Germany out of the shadow of the war to Didier Drogba’s Ivory Coast bringing conflict to an end, the World Cup has powers politics cannot imitate. Continue reading → Football Shirt Collective Present Your First Football Shirt
Football Shirt Collective present “Your First Football Shirt” – an illustrated collection of stories about first football shirts. Continue reading → Bhoys in the USA
Featured article from Póg Mo Goal Issue 4. The first British team to win the European Cup and their 1966 American tour. Continue reading → Hope and Optimism in Bavaria
Ever heard of Regensburg? Ever heard of the city’s football team? Conor Thompson knew neither the city nor the football team before he went and studied there for a year, and learnt about football in Munich’s shadow. Continue reading → Three Castles Burning: The Failure of Dublin City FC
Featured article from Póg Mo Goal Magazine, Issue 4. Donal Fallon examines Why did defunct League of Ireland club Dublin City FC fail? Continue reading → A Night to Celebrate Ringsend & Dublin’s Football History
An evening to celebrate the history of football in Dublin & Ringsend in The Yacht Tavern on 22nd March at 7.45pm. With speakers on the night; Eoghan Rice, Donal Fallon and Fergus Dowd. As well as a screening of an extended trailer for the upcoming feature-length documentary “Patrick O’Connell – The Man Who saved Barcelona” and A 1975 documentary about Shelbourne FC, “In My Book, You Should Be Ahead.” Continue reading → Don Patricio, the Film
A new film, three years in the making, about Irish footballer Patrick O’Connell who saved FC Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War will premiere in Dublin in April, while also being screened throughout Europe. Continue reading → MLS 2018 Kits
With a new season comes new kits, and MLS has dropped some beauties. A league-wide deal with Adidas means all clubs are supplied by the brand with the three stripes, an agreement which has been extended to 2024. Continue reading → Derry City #backtobrandy
As we are getting back into the swing of things in the 2018 SSE Airtricity League, Derry City have released a brilliant promo video to herald their return to a newly refurbished Brandywell. Continue reading → The Anatomy of Cork City FC
Cian Manning charts the journey from Cork City’s inception and introduction to the League of Ireland to their historic double winning campaign traced in six matches that include fixtures in the league, FAI Cup, UEFA Cup and even the Champions League. Continue reading → Football We Love You
Art of Football have produced their own love letter to football just in time for Valentines Day. Made up of 1600 individual hand drawings, they even managed to get Martin Tyler to commentate, and have been working on the production for around a year and a half. Continue reading → Póg Mo Goal Magazine Issue 4: Out Now
Issue 4 is out now. Featuring 40 pages of excellent feature writing and beautiful photography and illustrations from contributors across the globe. Póg Mo Goal issue 4 is now available to order. Continue reading → If You Like Phibsborough You’ll Love Paris…
On a trip to Paris, Kevin Brannigan takes in a Red Star game, who provide an alternative to the commercialism on show at Parc Des Princes, for locals and tourists alike. Continue reading → Póg Mo Goal World Cup 2018 Playoffs Posters – Ireland V Denmark
It’s do or die in a two legged playoff with Denmark for a place in the World Cup in Russia next summer and Oscar Torrans has produced this beautiful design in the latest of our ongoing Póg Mo Goal Match-day poster series. Continue reading → Capturing the League of Ireland 2017
Dublin-based photographer Tom Beary’s unique take on the 2017 SSE Airtricity League season viewed through his camera lens. Continue reading → Derby of the Eternal Enemies
Photographer of football culture Przemek Niciejewski was with the fans of Olympiakos and Panathinaikos to capture the atmosphere of the Athens Derby. Continue reading → Póg Mo Goal World Cup 2018 Qualifiers Posters – Wales V Ireland
It’s do or die for the Boys in Green tonight as they face off against Wales in the Cardiff City Stadium, in the final game of the World Cup Qualification campaign. In the last of our ongoing match-day poster series we have a classy design from The Sporting Press in the United States. Continue reading → Póg Mo Goal World Cup 2018 Qualifiers Posters – Ireland V Moldova
Ireland host Moldova in the Aviva stadium on Friday night in a crucial World Cup Qualifier. Continue reading → Póg Mo Goal World Cup 2018 Qualifiers Posters – Ireland V Serbia
Designed by Ruben Lyon, a graphic designer from Bremen in Germany who claims Irish roots, we bring you the next installment of the Póg Mo Goal Match-day Poster series for Ireland V Serbia. Continue reading → “The Irish Jersey Means Everything to Me”
The latest video in Three’s #TheCallUp series focuses on Irish super fan Eddie O’Mahony and his incredible national team football jersey collection including one of the most famous Irish football shirts ever. Continue reading → Póg Mo Goal World Cup 2018 Qualifiers Posters – Georgia V Ireland
Donegal Designer Brian MacRory has designed a stunning effort in the latest Póg Mo Goal Matchday Poster series for the upcoming away fixture against Georgia. Continue reading → Taxi for Carey, Everton’s Irish
Merseyside’s blue half has always been a home for Irish footballers. Continue reading → O’Mahony to Maguire – Kilkenny’s Soccer Pioneers
With Sean Maguire named in the provisional Republic of Ireland squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers, if the young Kilkenny man sees game time, he’ll represent a major milestone for the game in his native county. Here, Cian Manning tells the tale of Matt O’Mahoney, Kilkenny’s original footballing flag-bearer. Continue reading → A different kind of Juventus
Why would a team called Juventus sport the colours of their fierce rivals, and what have they got to do with the most beautiful goal from the game’s greatest ever player? Brazilian journalist Bruno Rodrigues takes a trip to Sao Paulo. Continue reading → Photo Blog: Capturing the World Cup, Ireland vs Austria
Photographer Denis Vahey brilliantly captures the matchday atmosphere at Ireland’s World Cup qualifier against Austria in Dublin. Continue reading → Lucas Pratto, a man of (strange) faith
Brazilian side São Paulo’s Lucas Pratto would look more at home on a rugby pitch than a football field but on a journey that’s taken him from South America to Italy and back again, he’s developed some odd superstitions, writes Brazilian journalist Bruno Rodrigues. Continue reading → Póg Mo Goal World Cup 2018 Qualifiers Posters – Ireland V Austria
Graphic Designer Adam Caul brings us a wonderful Subbuteo-inspired graphic for the next in our Póg Mo Goal Matchday Poster Series as the Austrians roll into town for a crucial World Cup Qualifer against Ireland. Continue reading → The Nation Holds Its Breath: Watch the Full Film
On the day of the most important football match in Irish history, an expectant father is torn between witnessing the miracle of childbirth and the miracle of reaching the quarter finals of the World Cup. Now you can watch the new Irish short film, produced by the famous Weinstein Company, in full. Continue reading → Why the Madrid Derby is Bigger than El Clasico
One half of the city of Madrid is preparing for the Champions League final this weekend. In their latest Derby Days, Copa90 travelled to the Spanish capital to witness the last ever fixture between Atletico and Real at the Vicente Calderon. Continue reading → You Boroughs In Green: Football in Irish-America
Ireland’s latest American adventure sees them take on Mexico this week. So, who are these supporters that continually show up in New York when the Irish arrive? What is the status of soccer in the Irish-American community? And when will we see a player born and raised in the United States line out for the Boys in Green? asks Irish New Yorker Eugene O’Driscoll. Continue reading → Crest Love: #17 – Pumas UNAM
Crest Love takes a look at the story of one of World Football’s most unique jerseys and the crest that adorns it. Pumas Unam from Mexico City. Continue reading → Commemorating Superga and Il Grande Torino
ON 4th May, 1949, members of the Grande Torino football squad were among the 31 people who died in the Superga air disaster. Here, Italian football website The Gentlemen Ultra commemorates the tragedy with an extract from the book ‘Erbstein: the triumph and tragedy of football’s forgotten pioneer’, by Dominic Bliss.
Continue reading → Mental Health in Football – The Unseen Battle
Copa90 recently headed to Wembley to talk to members of the newly formed Mental Health Charter about the growing problem of issues with mental health in modern football. Continue reading → From the Dick, Kerr’s Ladies to Suffragettes FC
The history of the women’s game on the island of Ireland is comparatively short, though it has had its moments of controversy, and brilliance, not least in the form of a young Inchicore player who became an Italian sensation, writes Donal Fallon. Continue reading → Northern Exposure: Will the Proposed Canadian Premier League Thrive or Fail?
As Canada announces its intentions to bid for the World Cup with the USA and Mexico, from Póg Mo Goal Magazine Issue 3, Devon Rowcliffe examines the pitfalls that face the upcoming Canadian Premier League. Continue reading → Póg Mo Goal World Cup 2018 Qualifiers Posters – Ireland V Wales
Ireland host Wales in a crucial World Cup qualifier in the Aviva Stadium on Friday night, and American designer Andy Beller has produced this brilliant design for the next installment in our match-day poster series.
Continue reading → If Rock Bands Became Football Clubs
Brazilian art director Fabrício Fajardo put his imagination to work and created team shirts for famous bands.
Continue reading → Put Em Under Pressure 2017 Remix
Ahead of Ireland’s monumental World Cup qualifier with Wales, DJ Alli B has released a 2017 remix of iconic Irish football anthem Put Em Under Pressure with a video featuring freestyle football artist Philip Clarke. Continue reading → Revolution in Blue: Waterford 2.0
New name, new crest, but a rich history to build on, Cian Manning tells the story of a proud League of Ireland tradition in Waterford. Continue reading → An Appropriate Sense of Irishness
The Opel Jersey’s Feargal Brennan examines the Irish fans’ connection to the current crop of international players, and the different aura around Martin O’Neill’s team today. Continue reading → Be Here Now: Martin McGuinness and Manchester United
In 1996, the IRA exploded a bomb in the centre of Manchester. Years later, former commander of that organisation-turned politician, Martin McGuinness sat down with a Manchester United fanzine to discuss his love for the club. It was a peculiarity probably confined to the north of England and Irish mentality, writes Kevin Brannigan. Continue reading →