St Mary's win thrillerTHIS one will remain in St Mary's folklore for ever moreThu Mar 20 1997 - 00:00
Domestic game seeks international blissIS THERE any chance that a National League player might be included in the Republic of Ireland squad to be announced tomorrow…Tue Mar 18 1997 - 00:00
Derry turn on style of championsONE SMALL step in the National League, one giant step for Derry City - now they are the champions in waitingMon Mar 17 1997 - 00:00
Something for all teams in Cup drawSO THEY meet again. Somehow, in the weekend that was in it fate decreed that yesterday's draw for the FAI Harp Lager Cup semifinals…Sat Mar 15 1997 - 00:00
Bohemians gird loins for game of the seasonTHE match programme will declare peace and goodwill between the two clubs, and both managers yesterday played down any sense …Sat Mar 15 1997 - 00:00
Bohemians Derry clash hits enough needle to fill a haystackBOHEMIANS will have been looking forward to this one ever since their long, bitter journey home from the Brandywell on December…Tue Mar 11 1997 - 00:00
Vintage Shannon brush Old Belvedere asideA PIVOTAL day in the destination of the league title? It sure felt that way and not just because of events at Lansdowne RoadMon Mar 10 1997 - 00:00
Holders toil but get their just rewardWHO would have thought it? A relatively bloodless win in a Cup quarter final by visitors to the Carlisle GroundsMon Mar 10 1997 - 00:00
Bohemians' turn to wreck arch rivals' seasonTHE almost predictable irony of it all saw last week's league encounter turned on its head by this FAI Harp Lager Cup quarter…Sat Mar 08 1997 - 00:00
Fire brigade policy over as Sligo plan for futureA REPORTER disembarks from a train in Sligo for his first visit thereTue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00
UCD show true coloursIT'S been a long time and maybe it was in the tea-leaves, but UCD finally showed a degree of their true colours at Belfleld Park…Mon Mar 03 1997 - 00:00
Bohemians' hopes dealt a fatal blowTHE night the league was decided? Bohemians do Shelbourne last week, St Patrick's Athletic do Bohemians this weekSat Mar 01 1997 - 00:00
Taking a risk on a rare talentTHE theory goes that Brian Ashton and the Irish selectors have taken a bit of a gamble with David Humphreys this afternoonSat Mar 01 1997 - 00:00
More bad decisions made by bureaucratsTONIGHT, the National League's finest play the pick of the Vauxhall Conference, as well as the ICIS, Unibond and Dr Martens League…Tue Feb 25 1997 - 00:00
St Patrick's show battling qualitiesA CURIOUS thing happened at Richmond Park yesterdayMon Feb 24 1997 - 00:00
Setback for St Mary's as Ballymena fight backBALLYMENA are something of a litmus test for title aspirants, especially at Eaton ParkMon Feb 24 1997 - 00:00
Mooney goal keeps Bohemians' title hopes aliveBOHEMIANS maintained their own title hopes and almost certainly extinguished Shelbourne's by virtue of a well-taken 78th minute…Sat Feb 22 1997 - 00:00
Crucial Dublin derby at TolkaAS Derry City chuckle away heartily, Shelbourne and Bohemians take their title ambitions down to the wire at Tolka Park this …Fri Feb 21 1997 - 00:00
No matching Derry's unflinching consistencyCUE then, to the last act in the Shelbourne Bohemians trilogy next Friday night, and suddenly there's a hint of desperation in…Tue Feb 18 1997 - 00:00
It's all work and playISN'T it ironic? Here he is, the rebel of just a few years ago, who argued cogently for a more professional Irish rugby set-up…Sat Feb 15 1997 - 00:00
Shelbourne need a good month to challenge DerrySOME managers, like Brian Kerr the former St Patrick's manager, place great store by performances over a third of the seasonTue Feb 11 1997 - 00:00
The night the bandwagon started rollingBY ANY criteria it was a pretty seismic daySat Feb 08 1997 - 00:00
Waterford strike first to frustrate RoversA BIT of an epic in its way and a classic FAI Cup upsetSat Feb 08 1997 - 00:00
Lack of consultation affecting domestic gameONE of the underlying flaws in the administration of the domestic game is a lack of consultationTue Feb 04 1997 - 00:00
Crucial test for RoversWITH Friday's trip to Waterford in the Cup ahead of them, tonight's home match with Finn Harps is the second of a crucial three…Tue Feb 04 1997 - 00:00
UCD show a hunger for successNOT the beautiful game we've come to expect from these twoMon Feb 03 1997 - 00:00
Young tiger sharpens his claws for battleTHESE are crazy times following the dawn of the professional eraSat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00
Gaynor, Buckley hit the deadlineTRANSFER deadline day came and went yesterday with scarcely a flickerSat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00
Coyles vintage strike earns Derry pointTHEY are rarer than they should be but they're worth waiting forSat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00
Derry City can expect warm welcomeA NEW competitive spirit having broken out off the pitch between St Patrick's Athletic and Shelbourne, the former have tonight…Fri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00
Club survey shows fans' true feelings on expansionTHE hub of the National League's decision making process is the management committee, to which all 22 clubs (allowing for absentees…Tue Jan 28 1997 - 00:00
Shannon show both sides of characterCHAMPIONS at the double; toil and trouble? Two times league winners Shannon revealed both sides of their character at Eaton Park…Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
All square at the BrandywellA REPEAT scoreline of the sides' earlier meeting this season; in some respects very similar, in others not a patchMon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
Shelbourne the masters, St Patrick's the braveST PATRICK'S indomitable spirit served them well at a pulsating Richmond Park (does it ever do anything else?)Wed Jan 22 1997 - 00:00
Campbell's coming homeFOOTBALLERS, by the nature of the game, require thick skins, especially when visiting former clubsTue Jan 21 1997 - 00:00
Same old story for new coachA NEW championship, new coach, new dawn, but the same old dog eared script.Mon Jan 20 1997 - 00:00
A lot of work to be done says SkrelaTHEY wore a contented look, hardly ecstatic, well pleased and almost a little boredMon Jan 20 1997 - 00:00
Bohemians let it slip againANOTHER match-winning situation, but another two points conceded at the death. Bohemians are making a costly habit of thisMon Jan 20 1997 - 00:00
Black Panther is ready to pounceCOMPARISONS were inevitable if not entirely odiousSat Jan 18 1997 - 00:00
Shelbourne maintain title chargeTHIS was never going to be pretty, an ultra negative Bray Wanderers made sure of that from the first whistleSat Jan 18 1997 - 00:00
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
Administrators determined to expand into disasterSO they plough on, the good men and true of the National LeagueTue Jan 14 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
Cork exorcise and old ghostAS REVENGE missions go this was something of a bloodless affairMon 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
