Robbie Keane began the new MLS season as he finished the last by hitting the back of the net. Keano hit the ground running scoring in a 4-0 win over Chicago Fire in the season opener at the Home Depot Center, Continue reading → 
Bohemian’s excellent poster advertising the new Airtricity League season, their new-look website and social media details. Continue reading → 
Robbie Keane has been named the new captain of LA Galaxy as previous skipper Landon Donovan continues his self-imposed exile. Proof of Keano’s increase in profile also came as he was pictured at another NBA game this week, and this time they knew exactly who he was. Continue reading → 
Supporters of Derry City have recently started a new fans group going under the name ‘Red Partisans’. With links to Derry Anti-Fascist-Action, the group seeks to improve the atmosphere at matches whilst injecting a strong rejection of racism and the far right into the terraces. James Wright from football is radical caught up with one of their members, doherty-c, to discuss the formation of the group. Continue reading → 
Paris Saint Germain have revealed the design of their new crest which will be officially launched at the beginning of next season. The French giant, under President Nasser Al-Khelaif, continues to reposition itself among football’s major players with the signing of ‘Brand Beckham’ and now the launch of a new logo the latest steps in maximising global exposure. Continue reading → 
Robbie Keane continued his hot streak in an LA Galaxy shirt with a super finish in his side’s 6-2 pre-season win over Club Tijuana at the Home Depot Center. Continue reading → 
Robbie Keane’s days as a 90-minute man for Ireland look numbered while Ciaran Clark’s excellent display last week raises questions over Darren O’Dea’s future involvement. Their footballing fortunes now look likely to be focused on the American domestic season. US soccer observer and Chicago Fire columnist Stephen Piggot takes a look at the performances of MLS’ Irish contingent of Keane, O’Dea, and Andy O’Brien, reviewing last season’s exploits and looking ahead to the new campaign. Continue reading → 
It’s bad enough having to suffer defeat in the Sao Paulo championship but superstar Neymar’s not happy about having to to work while all of Brazil throws a party. Continue reading → 
It is one of Ireland’s most famous footballing nurseries producing some of the country’s greatest internationals such as Johnny Carey, Liam Whelan, Liam Brady, Ronnie Whelan, and Richard Dunne. Now Dublin’s Home Farm FC is the focus of Premier Ambitions, a behind-the-scenes documentary series airing on Setanta Sports. Continue reading → 
For a lot of fans, football is a religion. To Hernan and Alejandro Veron, Argentine player Diego Maradona is the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. As founders of the Church of Maradona, Alejandro and Hernan have reinvented the idea of a fan club, creating instead a full-fledged religion around their idol. Pay a visit to […] Continue reading → 
Once upon a time in Dublin, getting a score from Old Wes meant something entirely different, but it was shift of a different kind at another south Dublin venue that has Irish football fans all hot and bothered. Wes Hoolahan’s cameo against Poland has put a pep in the step of the Irish soccer team and its under-fire manager. Continue reading → 
The day after he turned 21, all eyes at Wembley will be on Brazil’s latest superstar Neymar but the followers of the Selecao will also be hailing the return of another hero, the grinning teeth and smiling feet of the one they call Ronaldinho Gaúcho. Continue reading → Eyebrows were raised when Giovanni Trapattoni named three Derby County players in the Irish squad to face Poland. Among them is a 20-year-old midfielder who’s been rocking Ireland’s under-age sides and whose stock is rising at Pride Park. So who is Jeff Hendrick? Continue reading → 
Alex Ferguson led the tributes at the funeral of Celtic legend, and Irish international, Sean Fallon this week.
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Giovanni Trapattoni has sprung a surprise by including Derby’s Jeff Hendrick, Richard Keogh and Conor Sammon alongside the Norwich duo of Wes Hoolahan and Anthony Pilkington in the Irish squad to face Poland.
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In a week when Northern Ireland’s Jonny Evans said he hopes to spend the rest of his career at Manchester United, one wonders if former Old Trafford team-mate Darron Gibson might be looking on enviously. Continue reading → 
The furore over Rory McIlroy’s decision on who to represent at the 2016 Olympics has prompted Diarmuid o hAinle to explore an issue which has existed for footballers on this island for decades. Continue reading → 
The list of nominees have been announced for the FAI International Awards but it’s likely to be a short ceremony. There won’t be many highlights to play back reviewing a year to forget for the senior team. Continue reading → 
Robbie Keane will remain at LA Galaxy for the foreseeable future after the Irish skipper signed a new ‘multi-year’ deal at the MLS club. Continue reading → New Scotland manager Gordon Strachan wants to emulate Giovanni Trapattoni by bringing the Tartan Army back to a major finals and hopes the Irish will join them. The former Celtic boss, unveiled as the new national team manager at Hampden Park, wants to restore the glory days when the Scots were regularly qualifying for the […] Continue reading → 
“I think Given looked overweight and was clearly unfit during the European Championships. I don’t think that’s a forgivable crime. I wouldn’t have him” Continue reading → 
Shay Given has answered Ireland’s call and made himself available once more for international selection but Giovanni Trapattoni has issued a cautious welcome in another sign that the Italian may be embracing change. Continue reading → In a week when Richard Dunne was linked with two clubs in the MLS, including a reunion with Robbie Keane in LA, Póg Mo Goal looks at the recent leaps in the American game and asks if the USA will become the future training ground for more Irish footballers? Continue reading → David Meyler and Robbie Brady have signed for Hull City after successful loans spells at the Championship high-flyers. Steve Bruce moved to secure the signings of the players, who both made their international débuts in 2012, as the Tigers seek to maintain their promotion push. Continue reading → 
In a year when the national team performed dismally at a European Championship, there’s a lot of reflecting going on amongst the Irish football team and fans alike but for Seamus Coleman at least, the end of 2012 marked some notable highs. Continue reading → 
Does Ireland have the world’s coolest footballing-loving President?
“Something collective is happening and the people of the country will be behind them” – His words should be as true today as they were last summer. Continue reading → 
This time last year, there were high hopes of transfer movement for Irish stars struggling at club level. A European Championship loomed on the horizon, a competition Marco Tardelli said could serve as a shop window for the Republic squad. The demand for our stars failed to materialise and Poland saw the shop bankrupt. This time however, it’s form players and old reliables that are attracting attention. Continue reading → 
Sat disconsolate, arms barely propping himself up on the Stade de France turf, Richard Dunne was joined by the villain of the piece, Thierry Henry. ‘The Cheat of St Denis,’ as dubbed by George Hamilton, offered his hand to the Irish colossus, a recognition of the heartbreak he and his countrymen had visited upon the gallant Irish in Paris in 2009. As fate would have it, are the two to be reunited as team-mates at New York Red Bulls? Continue reading → Whatever your thoughts about musicians taking part in talent shows, James Arthur has the X-Factor when it comes to class. The 24-year-old has called for ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,’ the Hillsborough victims tribute single, to reach the Christmas number one spot at the expense of his own song. Respect Mr. Arthur. Continue reading → Robbie Keane jumps in on a surprise Skype call to an Irish family in Australia who can’t make it home for Christmas. Continue reading → 
There’ll be no repeat of the scenes in Poland last summer on the cobbled streets of Temple Bar. Unless Dublin is included in Michel Platini’s Euro vision. Ireland’s joint bid with Wales and Scotland to host the 2020 European Championship is dead before it got off the ground. UEFA have granted Platini’s wish to spread […] Continue reading → It was David Beckham’s last game in America but it was team-mate Robbie Keane who finished his spectacular season on a high scoring the clincher in the MLS Cup final. Keane sealed the cup for LA Galaxy winning and converting a penalty to claim a 3-1 win over the Houston Dynamos. Continue reading → Shane Long could be set to follow in the footsteps of John Aldridge by becoming the darling of the Anfield Kop. Ireland’s forward is a target for Liverpool in the January transfer window, according to newspaper reports. The in-form striker has scored seven goals this season to push West Brom to an unlikely fourth in the Premier League. Continue reading → 
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. Continue reading → 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. Continue reading → 
As Irish soccer fans settle in for the next nail-biting UEFA Champions League installment, Póg Mo Goal are once again teaming up with Heineken Star Player to invite supporters to be part of every single piece of the action on screen.
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You can leave the outcry for others. For now, Trapattoni is going nowhere and the silence from John Delaney has been deafening. No one can contemplate another disaster against the Faroes Islands, but it seems many no longer care. The question you might ask is, do our players? Continue reading → 
Join the debate on Twitter with Ireland’s football blogs straight after the Faroes game. Tuesday, 16th October, 9:30pm by using the hashtag #blogsunited. Continue reading → 
If we were singing different tunes before kick-off, Irish football followers are on the same hymn-sheet now. The calls for the head of Trapattoni are reaching a crescendo. We are falling over ourselves to scream loudest: “Trap out.” And the Germans have noticed it too. Continue reading → 
Irish fans may be deflated after Friday’s lung-sapping destruction at the hands of Germany but the bagpipe anthems seem to have gone down well, particularly with our visitors. Sadly, the Lansdowne Roar was silenced by the home team’s performance and the pipes are now calling for the end of Trap’s reign. Continue reading → 
It’s ten years since Robbie Keane danced through the German defence and blasted a last gasp equaliser past Oliver Khan. Miroslav Klose, the man who scored Germany’s opener that day, is still leading the attack but Robbie won’t be doing cartwheels after being ruled out of Friday’s clash between the sides. The interest of a pessimistic Irish public, however, has also gone head over heels. Continue reading → 
Robbie Keane was on target again for LA Galaxy last weekend, grabbing his fifteenth of the season, just in time for the visit of Germany to Dublin. It was Di Canio-esque, and worthy of a remix. D.I.S.C.O. K.E.A.N.O.
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Patrick O’Connell was born in Dublin and, in a storied football career, captained Manchester United before moving to Spain and managing Barcelona. Earlier this month, TG4 broadcast a documentary on the life of ‘Paddy Don Patricio.’ Continue reading → 
UEFA President Michel Platini is determined to foist his mad-cap Euro vision on the rest of us by staging the 2020 championship in multiple cities across the continent. England have plumped for the final and, in the process, both threaten to scupper Ireland’s bid to host the tournament.
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The high priest of Ireland’s football religion won’t be converted but Giovanni Trapattoni has a few new disciples. Announcing his squad for the upcoming qualifiers, Robbie Brady is on standby while the manager says Ireland needs a miracle to have Richard Dunne available. Now the Germans are coming to hammer the first nail in our World Cup hopes. Continue reading → 
Radio presenter Adrian Durham met his match this week in the shape of former Irish striker Clinton Morrison. The talkSport host blamed Colchester manager John Ward’s sacking on his signing of Morrison prompting Bling Bling to phone in and rip Durham a new ring ring.
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The Germans are coming and the Boys in Green mean business. The new home kit will be worn for the first time for the visit of Joachim Loew’s men to Lansdowne Road. Shane Long, Sean St. Ledger, Keiren Westwood, and Simon Cox got suited and booted to launch the jersey. Continue reading →