Arsenal legend Martin Keown’s son Niall has been earning plaudits for the Reading U21 side and with reports that he has already declared for Ireland, could the Boys in Green recruit the defender, having missed out on his old man?
Ireland and Scotland will meet in the upcoming Euro 2016 qualifiers, rekindling memories of Jack Charlton’s first campaign. Andrew Muirhead of Scotzine gives us the low-down on our Celtic cousins.
President Higgins has called on Irish international fans to support domestic soccer ahead of the inaugural President’s Cup this Sunday.
On this day in 1900, members of a Munich gymnast club broke away to form a football team, one that would become among the biggest in the world.
Chelsea have announced a sponsorship deal with The Simpsons to create a range of club-branded merchandise. Centre-back John Terry said the cartoon is still his favourite programme.
They’re the newest nation in UEFA and in a first qualifying campaign have drawn the might of the Germans, along with the Irish, Scots, Poles and Georgians. Daniel Griffin from footballgibraltar gives us the reaction to what stands between the Rock and a Euro place.
Celtic’s Fraser Forster finally conceded a goal after 1255 minutes of football and it took a superb strike from Dubliner Jonny Hayes to do it. To add to the Bhoy’s misery, a second goal from in-form Irish striker Adam Rooney saw them slump to a first defeat.
Mick McCarthy was on Sky Sport’s Fantasy Football Club last week to pick his best eleven of players he’s lined out with. Proving that the former Irish boss bleeds green, his selection is dominated by team-mates from his time as player and captain of the Boys in Green.
The jersey launch war between Nike and Adidas shows no signs of abating in the run up to the World Cup. Nike recently revealed the Brazil third strip of very dark green.
The draw for Euro 2016 has paired Ireland and Scotland together for the first time since 1986, and while the Irish are placed in Group D as second seeds, with Germany already installed as favourites for the tournament, and Poland and the Scots involved, new boss Martin O’Neill would have wished for a far easier road to France.