Every Day, Back Then, Was Sunday

Every Day, Back Then, Was Sunday

"Hey there kidder, sit yorsel' down and let Uncle Jackie smooth ya trubbles away." Simple Little Things: "Smile...and the world smiles with you, you cry and you cry alone, the world's got alot to give you, so you are never going to be alone. You put one and one together, and maybe it comes to three, just try making love

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Give It A Lash Ireland

Give It A Lash Ireland

...A temporary halt to the Brazil week (now fortnight) to bring you this one... The webstats are telling me that in the run up to last Saturday many people were looking for an appropriate song to get themselves in the mood before the 1st leg of the WC qualifier at Croke Park.   The most popular search was for a song originally released for

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Good Times For Ireland ?

Good Times For Ireland ?

Doin' it fer the kids The next two World Cup Qualifiers are crucial ones for some teams. By the summer of next year we may or may not see Argentina and Portugal. We most probably will not see Maradona (who is actually promising threatening to quit anyway) and Carlos Queiroz this time next week even if they somehow scrape through. In Group 8

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Roy Keane You Magnificent Bastard

Roy Keane You Magnificent Bastard

Never leave football again* Never. Selected quotes taken after the Coventry v Ipswich match - which ended in defeat for the Tractor Boys. : "I'll be down tonight but the day my appetite isn't affected by defeat I'll be out of the game. I am trying to learn from my experiences at Sunderland and not get too downhearted but I will not get home

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Sir Bobby Robson: Farewell But Not Goodbye

The title of this post (and image) is from his autobiography. I mentioned in a previous article that Sir Bobby Robson was on borrowed time. That was August last year. He defied all the odds and continued to fight, but finally as everyone I'm sure now knows... I loved that man, so easily likable, approachable and friendly. Which I supposed i

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Republic of Dermot

Republic of Dermot

Saw this headline which gave me a laugh: "Brady believes Italy are worried." Italy. Are worried. Italy. Playing at home, (down south in Bari instead of up north in Rome, because as Liam speculates in the above article, when they are worried they move the match 233 miles - and not because they want to give the southern Italian fans a chance t

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