Result never in doubt as French carve the openingsTHE theory goes that hosting the French in a January opener is the best time to play themSat Jan 18 1997 - 00:00
Black Panther is ready to pounceCOMPARISONS were inevitable if not entirely odiousSat Jan 18 1997 - 00:00
Administrators determined to expand into disasterSO they plough on, the good men and true of the National LeagueTue Jan 14 1997 - 00:00
Cork exorcise and old ghostAS REVENGE missions go this was something of a bloodless affairMon Jan 13 1997 - 00:00
Refreshing irreverence on show at Temple HillSO alike in so many ways, Constitution and St Mary's are living proof that there is life after the mass defections to the English…Mon Jan 13 1997 - 00:00
Negative tactics less likelyTHIS column isn't noted for sending bouquets of praise in the direction of Merrion Square, but credit where credit is dueTue Jan 07 1997 - 00:00
World Cup hopes set for rollercoaster ride. 1996 was a tumultuous year for Irish football, what with Big Jack's departure, followed by all sorts of bloodletting in Merrion…Thu Jan 02 1997 - 00:00
Argument for summer football heightenedWHAT with Derry City's onward march, another Bohemians blip, Shamrock Rovers' continuing travail and the departure of Brian Kerr…Tue Dec 31 1996 - 00:00
Man who did it his way has no regretsLOUIS KILCOYNE would be entitled to regard 1996 as his annus horibilisSat Dec 28 1996 - 00:00
Boycotts have no part to play in improving refereeing standardsIF THE events of last Sunday at the Brandywell were eminently regrettable then, arguably, what has followed is equally lamentable…Tue Dec 24 1996 - 00:00
Bohemians give Coll full supportTHERE was an inevitable fall out yesterday after last Sunday's regrettable incidents during the Derry Bohemians game at the Brandywell…Tue Dec 24 1996 - 00:00
Rebel gang of four steers Belvedere homeA COUPLE of reactions to the full-time whistle provided a telling insight into what went beforeMon Dec 23 1996 - 00:00
Healy does League few favours at BrandywellIT'S meant to be the season of goodwill to all menMon Dec 23 1996 - 00:00
Brandywell clash will be a bit special for DoolinNO bitterness, no grudges, no points to prove; Paul Doolin, returns to Derry City for the first time since his surprise early…Sat Dec 21 1996 - 00:00
Galway must cash in on finalNEWS OF Galway United's financial travail is depressingTue Dec 17 1996 - 00:00
Cork City off again on north-west passageGIVEN CORK has spawned a number of club names from Hibernians, Celtic, Alberts, United to, in its current guise, City, a temporary…Tue Dec 17 1996 - 00:00
Tolka Park thriller that ended too soonTO BEGIN with a minor crib, referee Paddy Dempsey curiously brought proceedings at Tolka Park yesterday to a premature end - …Mon Dec 16 1996 - 00:00
Elwood the master for LansdowneMUCH HAS been made of Lansdowne's prohibitive four trips to Limerick in this season's First DivisionMon Dec 16 1996 - 00:00
No logic to these crazy days of DecemberTHESE crazy days of December? Suddenly teams are banging in four or five goals here, there and everywhere, culminating in the…Tue Dec 10 1996 - 00:00
Brewer's Blackrock already look the partFIRST there was the tricky question of putting this season's club activity (inactivity?) into contextMon Dec 09 1996 - 00:00
Skilful Shelbourne sweep Sligo asideREPETITIVE? Yes. Boring? No. Watching Shelbourne these days is always goodMon Dec 09 1996 - 00:00
Shock win is icing on Kerr's cakeIT takes some reading alright, and it took some doingSat Dec 07 1996 - 00:00
Football's small part in life's big pictureSOME Irish people may look down their noses at the National League, and some National League supporters might regularly have …Tue Dec 03 1996 - 00:00
Bohemians fail to build on early goalA GOOD old battle, and a curious old mishmash of a game, not without its good spells or longeurs, and not helped by wintery conditions…Mon Dec 02 1996 - 00:00
Dalymount derby should be a crackerBOHEMIANS and Shelbourne, fittingly, will have tomorrow all to themselves, for this is more than just match of the day - this…Sat Nov 30 1996 - 00:00
League's oldest rivalry more than "just another game"TWO north west derbies over the last couple of weekends, another couple of Dublin derbies this weekendTue Nov 26 1996 - 00:00
Just like the old days - out of dateWATCHING Saturday's latest Irish Permanent international, the thought occurred that there is something very permanent about Irish…Mon Nov 25 1996 - 00:00
Front men supreme in draw at UCDA MONTH ago Theo Dunne was fond of saying "this was the type of game we would have lost last season"Mon Nov 25 1996 - 00:00
Hail the blueprint for the new rugby manGOD has been good to John Eales, it seemsSat Nov 23 1996 - 00:00
Games to set league alightIT'S been pleasantly unpredictable and interesting enough so far, but this could be the weekend that truly ignites the FAI Harp…Sat Nov 23 1996 - 00:00
Morley on mark in Shelbourne strollTHERE are 2-6 wins and there are 2-0 wins but this was as about as convincing as you can getSat Nov 23 1996 - 00:00
Dundalk sign Markey on loanDUNDALK have signed the Republic of Ireland under-21 international and former Bohemians striker, Brendan Markey, on loan from…Wed Nov 20 1996 - 00:00
Local people should back DundalkQUESTION: Which club has been the most successful in the National League over the last decade? Answer: DundalkTue Nov 19 1996 - 00:00
Keely stunned by listless displayTHERE HAVE, unusually, been a few back to back wins this weekend in the National League, but whatever chance you have of putting…Mon Nov 18 1996 - 00:00
Tactical reshuffle needed to spark Irish to victoryIT WASN'T a classic and the Irish laboured for more than an hour to put away a far from vintage New Zealand Rugby News youths…Mon Nov 18 1996 - 00:00
Media get mixed up with the real storyIT'S all starting to get faintly ridiculous reallySat Nov 16 1996 - 00:00
Iceland freeze out RepublicTHAT was pretty bad. The crowd knew it, everybody knew it and, most of all, the players knew it. Damn it.Mon Nov 11 1996 - 00:00
Students gets lesson about that crucial first goalFIN THE overall scheme of things, this result could be fairly importantMon Nov 11 1996 - 00:00
Breen's stepping stones to successFOUR years ago, Maidstone went bust and Gary Breen became available to any interested clubsSat Nov 09 1996 - 00:00
Shelbourne get past useful DundalkSHELBOURNE got there in the end thanks to another back to basics, solid performance but, my, how Dundalk made them work for it…Sat Nov 09 1996 - 00:00
Put money into facilities says CotterillWITH more time on his hands for reflection these days, the former Sligo Rovers manager Steve Cotterill returned from his daily…Tue Nov 05 1996 - 00:00
Sligo talk to O'RiordainMAINTAINING their policy of bringing in ambitious young managers from across the Irish Sea, the Sligo Rovers board of directors…Tue Nov 05 1996 - 00:00
Leinster victory comes with regretsSO IT was that an Irish side required four games to deliver their most complete performance of the competitionMon Nov 04 1996 - 00:00
Sligo send bohemians spinning in second halfHOW the mighty fall. In truth, Bohemians' flyer of a start was probably no more misleading than the current run of one point …Sat Nov 02 1996 - 00:00
Part time mentality still abounds in National LeagueSOME things change and somehow everything stays the sameTue Oct 29 1996 - 00:00
A sleeping giant walking up fastNOT SO long ago, the Leinster interprovincial party were staying in a Limerick hotelSat Oct 26 1996 - 01:00
