Gallery: Liam Miller Tribute Match at Páirc Uí Chaoimh
A bumper crowd of 42,858 packed into Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork as a Manchester United legends side took on a Republic of Ireland and Glasgow Celtic combination as a tribute to the late Liam Miller....
View ArticleWhat kind of player can Hibernian expect to find in the returning Ryan Gauld?
He was touted as “the Scottish Messi” but after a big move to Portugal and multiple loans spells, things haven’t worked out for Gauld. Now, as he returns to Scottish football and links up with Neil...
View Article2019/20 Scottish football preview
The 2019/20 Scottish Premiership is underway and as usual, Celtic are the team to beat. The bookmakers have Neil Lennon’s team as odds on favourites to win the title for the ninth season in succession,...
View ArticleJourney to the Centre of the Europa League: Playoffs, first legs
The 2019/20 UEFA Europa League represents the 49th season of Europe’s secondary club football tournament and the 11th season since it was re-christened and reconfigured by now-fallen President Platini....
View ArticleTime for change at the top across Europe?
Whilst the Premier League had its first consecutive winner last season for the first time in a decade, the uncertainty over who will end the campaign on top has not been evident in other European...
View ArticleJourney to the Centre of the Europa League: group stage draw
Hot on the heels of the Europa League playoff round ties’ conclusion, assorted club bigwigs and gravy train-riders assembled for the group stage draw in Monaco’s Grimaldi Forum. As for the playoffs,...
View ArticleJourney to the centre of the UEFA Europa League – Matchday Two
September was a tricky month for UEFA. Those faceless mannequins at the governing body’s lavish HQ in Nyon – those mega-moneyed decision-makers who we love to hate – would have been relieved, like...
View ArticleJourney to the centre of the Europa League – Matchday 3
‘O Jogo Bonito’, as the besotted Brazilians would have it. To us: ‘The Beautiful Game’. We know, however, that football has a hideously ugly side too. No, this not another diatribe about VAR’s...
View ArticleJourney to the centre of the Europa League – Matchday 4
The late Graham Taylor – Watford, Aston Villa and ultimately England manager – once observed a footballing truism: “People always remember the second half.” However, he also once said: In football,...
View ArticleJourney to the centre of the Europa League – last 32, second legs
Coronavirus concerns – measures implemented in northern Italy to militate against the potentially deadly Covid-19 – mean that Europa League favourites Internazionale will play their last-32 second leg...
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