Bragging in the playground, bragging in the pub. Bragging in the workplace who’s the better club. Teams with wealthy chairmen will come out on top. Little teams are struggling. Where’s it going to stop? Terraces need weeding, turnstiles turn to rust. Locals cheer United as their team goes bust. In the global village, what will […]

To be content with life is your perdition – there must be something wrong within your make-up. Staying with one club shows no ambition. To strive for glory has to be your mission – the call goes out. Behold the massive take up. To be content with life is your perdition. The race for riches […]

What can we do if Longford keep on winning, save try and get three points to stay in touch? I’m sure the City Calling cats are grinning – I doubt they’ve ever seen them score as much. They’re playing like the Germans and the Dutch – we’re flies caught in the tangled web they’re spinning. […]

Way, way back in the eighties, when we commented on praties and mullets were the fashion of the day, the fixture we loved best, one step up from all the rest was travelling up to play Finn Harps away. We could not go through the north, so our minibus set forth mid-morning-ish upon the Saturday. […]

The World Cup Final – for both teams the goal of years of work. We hoped it would be played in good spirits. Would Messi have a role? Could the continental hoodoo be laid to rest? In front of Brazil and the whole world, the choice of champions would be made. We were surprised that […]