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Bohemian FC won back-to-back Irish titles for the first time in their history, but Pat Fenlon's side were pushed all the way by Dublin rivals Shamrock Rovers FC, while Sporting Fingal FC took the cup.
JOHN DELANEY believes FIFA would have sanctioned a replay of Ireland’s World Cup play-off against France had the French Football Federation (FFF) joined the widespread calls for the match to take place.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary meeting of the world governing body's executive committee following the incidents which occurred during the World Cup play-offs. At the top of the list of topics to be...
Thierry Henry's handball against Ireland capped a miserable sporting year of shameless cheating It was another Frenchman, Jean‑Paul Sartre, who cooked up the phrase "by any means necessary" as a war cry to eradicate class in...
WHAT magnificent, pompous rot is being peddled around the globe as a consequence of Ireland’s misfortune against the French. If you ever doubted that the game of football had grown too big for itself, too self-important, here...
Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko will turn down Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea to sign for AC Milan and Alan Hutton is wanted by Everton. NEWS OF THE WORLD Manchester United will offer Wayne Rooney a £170,000-a-week deal...
By Dion Fanning Sunday November 22 2009 Raymond Domenech was the sole obstacle to Ireland's game against France being replayed, the Sunday Independent has learned. Domenech refused to allow the French Football Federation to...
A SON of Maurice Ahern, the former Fianna Fail councillor, died suddenly yesterday. Dylan Ahern, who canvassed for his father and for his uncle, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, in election campaigns, was a keen athlete and...
LAST week, Joan Burton's attitude towards the Labour party divulging its ideas for how we could save the economy on which we all depend was nothing short of extraordinary. "It is like asking Giovanni Trapattoni to show his...
Published Date: 22 November 2009 SFA must stop fluffing its lines and find a manager who commands total respect, argues Tom English LAST AUTUMN in his office at Hampden, George Burley was talking about the bruising few months...
