“ONE would think, amid all the by-clauses and backdoors and amendments and constitutional rewrites and donkey-and-cart era bylaws and exemptions sewn into the British legal system, that a Prime Minister would have found it easier than this to hobble or otherwise kill a mere sportsman” sighed PM Boris Johnson today, pinning a picture of Marcus… Read more »
UGLY scenes at a Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir last night and Millwall before that are set to become commonplace in football, and in life, if people don’t make at least some concessions to casual racist remarks, explains Waterford man Eric Devlin in this exclusive interview compiled from his outspoken views… Read more »
THE untimely passing of footballing genius Diego Armando Maradona has led to one respectful media outlet to take the high road and decline to mention his notorious substance abuse issues and wild partying. “Unlike most media vultures, our piece declined to mention how his nose had seen more lines than an Adidas factory,” explained Richard… Read more »
CAVAN native Maurice Devane is said to be over the moon with his county’s first Ulster title since 1997 but even more ecstatic that the unprecedented victory happened during a pandemic thus removing the prospect he’d have to pay for a ticket to the semi-final. “I could have gotten a lift to the game off… Read more »
ON WHAT feels like decades since the Irish men’s soccer team last scored a goal or won a game, WWN tracked down the last known eye witness to the rare sight of an Irish player guiding a ball into the opposition’s net. Now 106 years old, Noel Davins spoke with WWN about what it is… Read more »
AHEAD of Cork City supporters’ trust voting on a one euro takeover of the club a group of kind rival League of Ireland fans have attempted to warn a potential new owner of how overinflated the asking price is. “We’re not bitter, or jealous at all, all investment in Irish football is welcome but this… Read more »
APPARENTLY not reacting well to the news that Jonathan Hill has been named the new, permanent CEO of the FAI, a man, who is clearly John Delaney wearing a balaclava and delivering an official statement in a poorly decorated spare room, has announced the formation of the ‘Provisional FAI’. “We in the Provisional FAI cannot… Read more »
THE acronym commonly associated with the Irish soccer team is to be re-worked a little in light of another soul-sapping defeat, going from an exuberant expression of joy to a plea for something… just something, anything.’ “So we’re migrating from ‘Come on you boys in green’ to something more along the lines of ‘Come on,… Read more »
TRAGEDY has befallen one of the most iconic figures in the world of football, on what was supposed to be his first day of official retirement, WWN can sadly reveal. Arsenal fans, who expected to wake up feeling energised and excited by the signing of Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid, are instead in the depths… Read more »
ANY remaining fear that Liverpool would continue their troubling streak of victories was put to bed at the weekend as the Merseyside mid-tablers got back on regular footing with a 7-2 trouncing from Aston Villa. Liverpool had given fans and pundits cause for concern over the last number of years with a slew of out-of-form… Read more »