Quotes of the weekReporter: "Were you surprised about George Graham's sacking?"Mon Mar 26 2001 - 01:00
Hard to swallowYOU mightn't be aware of this, but the really big trial involving an English footballer charged with assault ended last week …Mon Mar 26 2001 - 01:00
Maldini's magicIf the cockles of your heart need warming, have a listen to this Belfast Telegraph storyMon Mar 26 2001 - 01:00
McCarthy's men abroadPlayer of the week? Roy Keane. Right, that's that sorted. Runner-up? Andy O'Brien (left). For lots of reasons:Mon Mar 26 2001 - 01:00
Literally bizarreFrom the Guardian's Football Knowledge Archive: "In light of Ugo Ehiogu scoring for England (against Spain), I was wondering …Mon Mar 26 2001 - 01:00
Enforced intermission produces mixed resultsAfter the most unforeseen of mid-season breaks, clubs in all four provinces will resume their pursuit of league points tomorrow…Fri Mar 23 2001 - 00:00
No sport is driving me up the wallscounter in my local DIY megastore last Saturday, with a tin of Passionate Paprika in one hand and Tantalizing Terracotta in the…Mon Mar 19 2001 - 00:00
No sport is driving me up the wallscounter in my local DIY megastore last Saturday, with a tin of Passionate Paprika in one hand and Tantalizing Terracotta in the…Sat Mar 17 2001 - 00:00
Football's fickle finger of fateWith a bit of luck Gordon Banks didn't read Thursday's London TimesSat Mar 10 2001 - 00:00
Ulster cup finals fall victim to farm crisisWhile Leinster intends to resume its league programme on March 24th, and may yet give the go-ahead for the Senior Cup final to…Fri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
Friends of Celine win brief ceasefireStrange, it's only a few days since I read with, frankly, swooning admiration of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban's decision…Sat Mar 03 2001 - 00:00
Matches off at all levelsThe Irish Hockey Association has advised its branches to cancel the entire weekend programme of matches and any fixtures planned…Fri Mar 02 2001 - 00:00
Clinical Ulster prevail once moreDisciplined, clinical performances gave Ulster three 1-0 wins at Grange Road over the weekend, enough to secure them their fourth…Mon Feb 26 2001 - 00:00
Symmons a super substituteLeinster recovered from going an early goal down to Munster to open their senior interprovincial campaign with a 5-2 win at Grange…Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
Leinster aim to take laurels from UlsterUlster have their sights firmly set on a four-in-a-row at the senior interprovincial tournament which gets under way at Grange…Fri Feb 23 2001 - 00:00
McCarthy's men abroadAn eventful few days for three of the players named in Don Givens' Republic of Ireland under-21 squad last weekMon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Loreto and Hermes set for double showdownIf they can maintain their winning ways in the league between now and March 24th, when they meet in the final game of the Senior…Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Quotes of the week"(Shamrock) Rovers remind me of my grandparents: they had a pretty good history but they died and aren't coming back."Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Julian for dinnerPub Quiz Question: Which English footballer appears in the bloody-thirsty blockbuster Hannibal? Answer: Aston Villa's Julian …Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Crash test dummyThere was a bit of a to-do at Belgian club Charleroi recently when the players insisted on being supplied with better cars - …Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Silly prankerArbroath wouldn't reveal how much they received from Brechin last week for defender Kevin FotheringhamMon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
At the coal face"I'M proposing a mind-body concept. That is to say, the possibility of harmonising thoughts and actionMon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Football on TVTomorrow: Manchester United v Valencia (Champions League), TV3, 7.45.Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
An e-mail virus can be catchingMonday. Brendan e-mails me triffic website Football 365's "Ten Ways In Which Man Utd Are Already Like A Baseball Team"Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
New league format has desired effectWith the newly formatted All-Ireland Senior League due to get under way on March 24th with a preliminary match between the Connacht…Fri Feb 16 2001 - 00:00
Ulster hands will lift cupFor the first time since 1992 the Sharwood's Irish Senior Cup final will be an all-Ulster affair after last season's beaten semi…Mon Feb 12 2001 - 00:00
United's Pilgrims' progressAnd there was you thinking the merchandising deal between Manchester United and that well-to-do American rounders team had a …Sat Feb 10 2001 - 00:00
Belfast set for battle royalTempting as it might be there's no need to indulge in hype ahead of tomorrow's Sharwood's Irish Senior Cup semi-final in Belfast…Fri Feb 09 2001 - 00:00
UCD women triumphUCD got the better of the gale force winds and their old rivals, Trinity College, to win the annual Colours match by 1-0 at Belfield…Wed Feb 07 2001 - 00:00
McCarthy's men abroadSome previous players of the week? Arsenal's Graham Barrett? Now suffering from glandular fever and is expected to be out for…Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
A fool and his money . .Could you do with a few extra bob? Well, last week the Star had a story that seemed to us to be a sure-fire, no-small-print-honest…Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Pembroke rue postponementA week ahead of their Irish Senior Cup semi-final away to Ballymoney, Pembroke Wanderers could have done with a game to finely…Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
High spirits dampenedRoss County chairman Roy MacGregor could hardly contain his glee when his club was drawn at home to Rangers in the Scottish Cup…Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Little headway up frontSwedish coach Tommy Soderberg decided last week it was time to address his team's scoring difficulties, which have led to a bit…Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Game, set and matchRemember that Shamrock Rovers v Bohemians game the Sunday before last? Rovers led 4-1, before losing 6-4? Many thanks to Harold…Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Quotes of the week"Maybe it is better to weep in a Rolls Royce than on the bus."Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Busts and outburstsYou might have read last week of the Italian police's busting of a "sex ring" that provided prostitutes through an internet web…Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Grant aid leads to Czech mate"Baton twirling," he hyperventilates down the phone in a three-fifths enraged and two-fifths "as a minority sport administrator…Sat Feb 03 2001 - 00:00
Loreto find students hard on their nervesAfter leaving it to the final minute of last week's game against Trinity to get their winning goal, Fred McDarby will hope his…Fri Feb 02 2001 - 00:00
The great white hopeWe read with interest in Saturday's London Independent about English football's latest young sensation, a player tipped by all…Mon Jan 29 2001 - 00:00
Quotes of the week"I want the West Ham fans to know that before I finish my career we are going to win something - otherwise I'll kill myself."Mon Jan 29 2001 - 00:00
The beautiful gameThere's no love lost between Chelsea chairman Ken Bates and the UK Minister for Sport Kate Hoey since she put the boot in to …Mon Jan 29 2001 - 00:00
A poor substituteCatalan regional police charged a man last week after he confessed that he had planned to kidnap a Barcelona player and demand…Mon Jan 29 2001 - 00:00
McCarthy's men abroadLast week Swindon youth coach Shaun Reid politely asked his big Sunderland-managing brother Peter if there'd be any chance of…Mon Jan 29 2001 - 00:00
On the move?Our man in Turin tells us that Alessandro del Piero is contemplating allowing someone other than Juventus pay him £80,000-a-week…Mon Jan 29 2001 - 00:00
Trinity finally succumbFor 69 minutes and eight seconds Trinity kept Loreto scoreless on Saturday, with goalkeeper Barbara Sheehy-Skeffington proving…Mon Jan 29 2001 - 00:00
