Month: November 2012

David Who? Keano Can Rule the Galaxy

He was the butt of world-wide jokes when labelled an ‘unidentified fan’ alongside David Beckham at an NBA game. But Robbie Keane could be set for the last laugh. Becks plays his final match in the MLS this weekend, and Tallaghtfornia’s finest is perfectly placed to take up the mantle as the highest-profile player in American soccer.

180 Amsterdam’s Western Union Pass Posters

Amsterdam Graphic Design agency 180 have produced these magnificent posters for Western Union’s new Pass campaign. Through PASS, Western Union intends to harness the power of football to build awareness of the need for greater investment in education around the […]

Breen Hits Rock Bottom

Sadly, it was inevitable. They’d hovered at the bottom since early in the season and finally the Gary Breen XI have dropped to the foot of the Copa del Póg Mo Goal table. Perhaps there’s a reason Trapattoni won’t watch our players in the Premier League. They’re not very good.

Video: Pick That One Out

The three finalists have been announced for the FIFA Puskas Award for the “most beautiful goal of the year.” Radamel Falcao, Miroslav Stoch and Neymar are all in the running for the gong but which one gets your vote?

Limerick FC for Thomond Home

If it can happen at the Aviva Stadium, it can happen at Thomond Park. Limerick FC are set to play Airtricity League football at the home of Munster rugby next season.

Passage of Play: Stephen Hunt

“I was pissed off, 100pc. Angry, yes. Heartbroken, yes. But no, I never thought about not wanting to play…Trapattoni has his ways. He’s stubborn. But I do like him and I think he is the right man for the job and that’s coming from a person who didn’t play at the Euros”

It Started With a Handshake

Review: Mick McCarthy took over at Ipswich Town last week and confirmed he would have said yes to a return to the Ireland job. His arrival at Portman Road drew the inevitable links to Roy Keane’s time in charge of the Tractor Boys. For Irish people, one name usually follows the other and the word Saipan is never far from the lips. Diarmuid O hAinle’s stunning new book It Started With a Handshake takes us back to 2002 but asks what if it had all turned out differently?

Trap’s Long Ball Game

Having shaken off a hamstring strain, and after his heroics for West Brom at the weekend. Shane Long has been named in the revised squad list for the meeting with Greece. But who misses out?