Category: Featured
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The BEST Northern Irish Player
A winger for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team, George Best was a professional football player from Northern Ireland. George Best was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and George Best started his football career at Manchester United at the age of 17. His sometimes rebellious lifestyle and the fact that Northern Ireland star…
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Adaptation of modern football by FAI and their legend Robbie Keane
World football itself had arrived in Ireland a couple of years before when Scottish clubs Queens Park and the Caledonian played an exhibition at Ulsters cricket ground after John M. McAlery, first Secretary of the Football Association of Ireland, discovered the game while honeymooning in Edinburgh. On 18 November 1880, on an invitation from Ulster…
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Can Anybody Stop Derry City Ending 25 Years of Misery?
The 2022 League of Ireland Premier Division marks a rather unwanted silver anniversary for Derry City. It’s now been 25 years since the Red and White Army got their hands on the trophy, but after a period of relative mediocrity – and that controversial demotion in 2009 – they seem to be bouncing back to…
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Past of Shamrock Rovers F.C.
In 1949, Rovers established themselves as the most successful football team in the Republic of Ireland, winning forty-four major trophies: six Leinster Major League titles, eleven FAI Cups, seven League of Ireland Shields, six Senior Leinster Cups, two Dublin Cups. Four Intercity Cups and eight LFA Presidents’ Cups. Rovers had won three league titles and…
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The story of one-armed footballer: Jimmy Hasty
In 1960, Jim Malone the chairmen of Dundalk FC (Ireland) told the board that he has scouted an extremely talented player. He is tall, he is exciting and he is a centre forward. Just one minor detail, he has an arm less. Jim kept on pitching for the man he had scouted, trying his utmost…
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Danske Bank Premiership: Linfield start with win and Healy signs new contract
There were wins at the weekend for Larne, Warrenpoint, Linfield, Glentoran and Cliftonville on Saturday while Portadown and Glenavon drew 1-1 at Shamrock Park in the first round of fixtures in the 2021/2022 Danske Bank Premiership. I attended Linfield v Crusaders as a neutral on Saturday, my first time attending an Irish League game not…
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Danske Bank Premiership: 2021/2022 season kicks off with what should be a couple of crackers!
The Danske Bank Premiership 2021/2022 season gets underway tonight, there are some potential crackers lined up for the first game of the season and with supporters back into the ground it will hopefully be a great start to the season. David Healy’s Linfield side are going for a fourth league title in a row, the…
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League of Ireland: full fixture list returns after European ties
Last weekend in the SSE Aitricity Premier Division Waterford secured a big win against Finn Harps when they travelled to Finn Park. Quitirna Junior Armando scored what proved to be the only goal of the game to secure a 1-0 win for Marc Bircham’s side, the result moved them to within four points of their…
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European football: mixed results for Irish sides in Champions League and Europa League
Teams both sides of the Irish border kicked off their European campaigns in the Champions League and Europa League last week with mixed results for the sides taking part. One significant change in European football this season is that UEFA have approved the abolishment of the ‘away goals rule’, meaning that if the teams are…
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League of Ireland: crucial game for Waterford in relegation fight
It has gone from a three-way tie at the top of the Premier Division to a two-way one following last weeks result, Sligo and Shamrock Rovers picked up wins to keep themselves ahead of the pack, but St. Pat’s had a 3-2 defeat against Bohemians, which sees them slip three points behind. Here are the…