Posted in Ex Members of Fall, RTE, FAI, football on Mar 1st, 2009 3 Comments »
I must have watched this a hundred times back in 2002-03, as RTE used it to close the night’s broadcast, in lieu of the national anthem. It´d be on about 3am, but was always worth the wait.
Enjoy.
Posted in Comedy, FAI, football on May 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
RTÉ have been kind enough to bung up an Après Match sketch depicting Trap-a-tony’s bedding in period with the FAI. Judging by their own account of the recent U-23 encounter with Norn Iron (which ‘Trap’ attended) : Norn Iron 0 - Sodden Iron 1 the sketch may not be far from the truth […]
Posted in memory, FAI, football on Mar 11th, 2008 17 Comments »
Photo c. Inpho Website
News, or rather confirmation, came last week that Liam Brady was to take on a role as assistant to Trappatoni for Ireland RTE Story - Brady appointment Good news pours forth in abundance for Irish football this weather, at least until the next time 11 boys in […]
Posted in FAI, football on Feb 14th, 2008 9 Comments »
The process may have been tortuous but the result is inspiring. While Trappatoni’s name is obviously on the tongue of every football lover in the Emerald Isle, the name of FAI Chief Executive John Delaney also deserves to be uttered with respect.
Rightly pilloried over the Staunton debacle, Delaney has shown that he learns quickly.
He […]
Posted in FAI, football on Jan 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
[ ‘Bringing down a blimp - Serving suggestion for journalists’ ]
The last football-related post on this site was, I believe, in the wake of the draw that paired Ireland with Italy and a few other teams just about our level for the qualifiers for the next World Cup [ World Cup Draw ]. Since then, […]
Posted in Irish social history, Irish working Class Culture, FAI, football on Jul 3rd, 2007 5 Comments »
Irish soccer knows nothing but boundaries.
Back in January, our Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, called for a united Irish soccer team. “The decision to establish the FAI [football Association of Ireland] in 1921 and its split from the IFA [Irish Football Association] which was founded in 1880 was one made at a time of […]
Posted in FAI, football on Mar 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
Jack Charlton once said of international management that the key is to keep things nice and simple for the players. One can’t help feeling when you look at a Steve Staunton XI that he did not take this message on board when he used to play under Big Jack for Ireland.
Charlton’s contention was that because […]
Posted in FAI, football on Feb 8th, 2007 2 Comments »
Update: The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) Are a bunch of F**king useless c**ts, or so says Wikipedia.
Staunton should go, don’t you think? Surely now, after yesterday’s miserable display, which would have made the mothers of Bray Wanderer players, if they’d been guilty of such disjointed display in an end of season friendly, never mind […]
