IRISH FANS desperately trying to find a silver lining to being embarrassed and outclassed by Wales, in no small part due to a gulf in class and clueless tactics, have surmised that the Irish senior men’s football team can always aim for the 2060 European Championships if Euro 2020 and every other tournament before 2060… Read more »
THE capital headed to bed early last night following the Dublin senior team’s fourth consecutive All-Ireland GAA victory, with most fans admitting there was no real cause to stay out celebrating due to the novelty of being champions wearing off. The Dubs comfortably scooped the game’s top prize by beating Tyrone 2:17 to 1:14, in… Read more »
IN A BID to give the upcoming All-Ireland senior football final the false sense that Dublin could be usurped in some way by Tyrone, the Dublin panel have agreed to give Tyrone a 12-point head start to ‘make things fair’. “I feel numb,” confirmed one Dublin star, who was weighed down by a variety of… Read more »
A 5-A-SIDE footballer who has gone to the trouble of partaking in an elaborate stretching routine must be an ex-professional who plied his trade in several of Europe’s top leagues, amateur players playing alongside him have concluded. Gavin Drennan, “Kev’s mate from work”, was a last minute call up when several people cried off earlier… Read more »
After 64 games, 169 goals, 1 England going home and 14,578 Neymar dives the World Cup came to a close with France beating Croatia 4-2 as the football Gods refused to punish the French for the Hand of Frog. Kickoff to the World Cup final was delayed by 14 hours as Will Smith and some… Read more »
The Croatian team, comprised of many men who had to flee their homes as war broke out in the Balkans when they were children, turning them into refugees with football an escape from the violence are an inspiration to the football watching world. A story of triumph, courage, sacrifice and perseverance that could never fail… Read more »
ITALIAN football giants Juventus have pulled off what is like the transfer of the decade by nabbing now former Real Madrid ace, Cristiano Ronaldo on a four year deal. However, it comes with a big price on top of the reported €100 million transfer fee and £500,000 a week contract as the Turin club had… Read more »
England have booked their place in the semi finals of the World Cup after a 2-0 win against Sweden and we’re never going to hear the end of this, are we? The Swedish team, who gave England very few problems, were said to be devastated at full time after the referee informed them that in… Read more »
With a veritable cornucopia of bastards in their squad, Uruguay surprised fans by never fully resorting to underhanded tactics in a way that benefited them against France, choosing instead to go out of the World Cup with a whimper. France took the lead with a Varane header and his teammate, keeper Hugo Lloris went on… Read more »
A LOCAL DUBLIN man who has revealed he is above trivial pursuits such as acknowledging the existence of the football World Cup, is, according to experts, some kind of once in a generation intellectual behemoth. Cormac Cranny has informed everyone he has come into contact with in recent weeks that he either ‘didn’t know there… Read more »