Derry pundit on the ridiculousness of Covid crowd ban

Teams that are performing to the ability of their counties are sustained by big spending benefactors

Each of these great teams had a pig as its leader – a captain with abnormal drive who didn’t care about publicity or the fans or the media.

IT was the summer of 2005. I was walking through the tunnel beneath Croke Park, past the dressing rooms and out through the coach exit, when there he was, standing big in the evening sun, bleached blonde hair, looking left and right. It was Owen Mulligan and the big man was restless. He saw me […]

AND Moses said unto the people “Prepare for tomorrow and abstain from sexual relations.” And on the next morning, the third morning, Moses led the people out to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain and trembled as they waited. And God gave unto Moses, when he had made an […]

IT was 2004 when I stopped watching soccer and abandoned any pretence at fandom. What did it for me was the serialisation of Ashley Cole’s autobiography (how can they call them autobiographies when someone else writes them?) “In My Defence.” That was the year when Cole was in negotiations with Arsenal about a new contract […]