Media get mixed up with the real storyIT'S all starting to get faintly ridiculous reallySat Nov 16 1996 - 00:00
Iceland freeze out RepublicTHAT was pretty bad. The crowd knew it, everybody knew it and, most of all, the players knew it. Damn it.Mon Nov 11 1996 - 00:00
Students gets lesson about that crucial first goalFIN THE overall scheme of things, this result could be fairly importantMon Nov 11 1996 - 00:00
Breen's stepping stones to successFOUR years ago, Maidstone went bust and Gary Breen became available to any interested clubsSat Nov 09 1996 - 00:00
Shelbourne get past useful DundalkSHELBOURNE got there in the end thanks to another back to basics, solid performance but, my, how Dundalk made them work for it…Sat Nov 09 1996 - 00:00
Put money into facilities says CotterillWITH more time on his hands for reflection these days, the former Sligo Rovers manager Steve Cotterill returned from his daily…Tue Nov 05 1996 - 00:00
Sligo talk to O'RiordainMAINTAINING their policy of bringing in ambitious young managers from across the Irish Sea, the Sligo Rovers board of directors…Tue Nov 05 1996 - 00:00
Leinster victory comes with regretsSO IT was that an Irish side required four games to deliver their most complete performance of the competitionMon Nov 04 1996 - 00:00
Sligo send bohemians spinning in second halfHOW the mighty fall. In truth, Bohemians' flyer of a start was probably no more misleading than the current run of one point …Sat Nov 02 1996 - 00:00
Part time mentality still abounds in National LeagueSOME things change and somehow everything stays the sameTue Oct 29 1996 - 00:00
A sleeping giant walking up fastNOT SO long ago, the Leinster interprovincial party were staying in a Limerick hotelSat Oct 26 1996 - 01:00
Shelbourne let is slip at TolkaFOR 40 minute's at a rainswept Tolka Park last night, Shelbourne's season seemed to be up and runningSat Oct 26 1996 - 01:00
Keen edge in Galway tieWHILE all around them carry on as normal, Galway United and Athlone Town seem to be having their own private competition this…Tue Oct 22 1996 - 01:00
O'Neill cautiously optimistic as UCD threaten a second comingUCD may find themselves with the youngest team in the leagueTue Oct 22 1996 - 01:00
Geoghegan gets hat trick as Shelbourne go back to basicsTHE top four lose while, first, Shamrock Rovers, then St Patrick's Athletic and now Shelbourne all winMon Oct 21 1996 - 01:00
Bohemians fall to revived RoversSHAMROCK ROVERS have had a crippled look to them this season but one visit from leaders Bohemians was as good as any to a doctor…Sat Oct 19 1996 - 01:00
Leinster pay the highest price for spurned chancesA SCORELINE that tells so many lies, yet also tells a few home truthsThu Oct 17 1996 - 01:00
Backward step for domestic footballIN deciding, by 14 votes to six, to expand the National League Premier Division from 12 clubs to 16 from 1998-99, the great wise…Tue Oct 15 1996 - 01:00
Leinster stage classic second half collapseTHERE wasn't a hole big enough for Leinster to dive into after another shocking Saturday in Stradey Park, though they managed…Mon Oct 14 1996 - 01:00
St Patrick's are on the march againFITTINGLY, for a battle between two under achieving powers of the domestic game, one decisive blow decided itSat Oct 12 1996 - 01:00
FAI faces crisis over refereesPROMPTING what could be one of the biggest crises in Irish refereeing history, the FIFA qualified referee Joey Byrne yesterday…Thu Oct 10 1996 - 01:00
Famine gradually becomes a feast for McLoughlinTIME was when Alan McLoughlin might have heard a fellow member of the Irish squad bemoaning a propensity for acquiring splinters…Wed Oct 09 1996 - 01:00
What a refreshingly unpredictable seasonNORMALLY the die is pretty much cast by nowTue Oct 08 1996 - 01:00
Growing suspicions that Macedonia spells dangerALMOST anything east of the dismantled Iron Curtain these days constitutes an unknown quantity, and in so much as one can ascertain…Tue Oct 08 1996 - 01:00
Students teach Bray a lessonTHAT old chestnut about the students learning lessons was, for once, applicable yesterdayMon Oct 07 1996 - 01:00
Connacht's win spoiled by ultimate failureCONNACHT will be forgiven for thinking somebody there doesn't like themMon Oct 07 1996 - 01:00
Finn Harps stun luckless ShelbourneMURPHY'S LAW struck Shelbourne with a vengeance at Tolka Park last night pretty much everything that could go wrong did go wrong…Sat Oct 05 1996 - 01:00
Replacing Quinn main issueFOURTEEN of the Republic of Ireland's 20 man squad assembled in Dublin yesterday for what Mick McCarthy described as a refresher…Sat Oct 05 1996 - 01:00
Houghton is main worry for McCarthySHAY GIVEN, Andy Townsend and Ray Houghton will not be checking in with the rest of the republic of Ireland squad today, which…Fri Oct 04 1996 - 01:00
Further blow to Dublin moveTHE prospect of Wimbledon relocating to Dublin appeared to recede yesterday following the latest developments in this on going…Thu Oct 03 1996 - 01:00
Hamstrung Houghton faces race for fitnessRAY HOUGHTON'S prospects of playing for the Republic of Ireland in next Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against the former Yugoslav…Thu Oct 03 1996 - 01:00
Moody will appeal banTHE St Patrick's Athletic utility player Mick Moody will appeal his eight game suspension for violent conduct maintaining, as…Thu Oct 03 1996 - 01:00
McGrath welcomes granting of requestPAUL MCGRATH has warmly welcomed Brian Little's granting of his transfer request after a turbulent week in the deteriorating …Thu Oct 03 1996 - 01:00
Townsend injury is not seriousTHE prognosis regarding the Republic of Ireland captain Andy Townsend improved significantly yesterdayWed Oct 02 1996 - 01:00
Clubs must see the need for radical actionTHE National League's format for the outset of the 21st century, and with it the future direction of the domestic game (in the…Wed Oct 02 1996 - 01:00
Townsend latest worry for IrishANDY TOWNSEND became the latest injury scare for Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy last night when a back injury ruled…Tue Oct 01 1996 - 01:00
Irish football the loser if Cass report is rejectedYESTERDAY was the closing date for the newly created position of National League Executive SecretaryTue Oct 01 1996 - 01:00
Connacht let their self-doubt sink themFOR originality, this probably rates a zero, but there were two ways of looking at this Ravenhill interprovincial: Connacht lost…Mon Sept 30 1996 - 01:00
FIFA oppose relocationFIFA, the world's governing body, have re-affirmed their opposition to the proposal for Wimbledon to relocate to Dublin in the…Sat Sept 28 1996 - 01:00
Derry promise to go for goalsRARELY has one game so early in the season assumed such interest and importanceFri Sept 27 1996 - 01:00
Strikers a cause for concernNIALL QUINN was yesterday ruled out of contention for the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifier against the former Yugoslav…Wed Sept 25 1996 - 01:00
O'Rourke faces big banTHE chasm between officialdom and participants in the National League widened further yesterday, when John O'Rourke, the Shelbourne…Wed Sept 25 1996 - 01:00
McCarthy clings to Quinn recovery hopesON THE basis that no news is good news, Niall Quinn, and by extension the Republic of Ireland manager, Mick McCarthy, were last…Tue Sept 24 1996 - 01:00
Hard to hit on top marksmanDEFENCES, say the cognoscenti, win leagues and who are we to argue? A well balanced midfield helps too, of course, as does a …Tue Sept 24 1996 - 01:00
Quinn to have scanCONTRARY to initial fears, the knee injury sustained by Niall Quinn in Sunderland's 1-0 home win over Coventry on Saturday does…Mon Sept 23 1996 - 01:00
