Players are "reasonably" pleasedAFTER the welcome initial flurry of goals at the EsehenMauren Sportspark on Saturday evening, the Irish players conceded that…Mon Sept 02 1996 - 01:00
McCarthy's revolution begins hereAT LAST. The phoney war is over. Little Liechtenstein, of all places, is fast becoming a landmark in Irish footballSat Aug 31 1996 - 01:00
Timing of the latest Wimbledon story unusualPERHAPS the most interesting revelation in the latest Wimbledon Coming To Dublin saga is the timingTue Aug 27 1996 - 01:00
St Patrick's superior as Shelbourne lack paceIN THE greater scheme of things, this League Cup group decider at a sodden Tolka Park yesterday will not go down as one of the…Mon Aug 26 1996 - 01:00
Football should thrive despite administrationANOTHER club is evicted from the league, an unseemly make it up as we go along process ensues to replace them and a new Premier…Mon Aug 26 1996 - 01:00
Shelbourne bow out as Brann hold their groundTHE last rites were duly observed on Shelbourne's participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup on a balmy evening in Bergen…Fri Aug 23 1996 - 01:00
Shelbourne seek to bury sad legacyTO BORROW a phrase from Lennie Lawrence, it seems as if the last time a National League club won away from home in Europe Christ…Thu Aug 22 1996 - 01:00
Looking to Sky to let in some lightAT a rough guess, Fabrizio Ravanelli's weekly wages exceeds those of the National League's entire playing staffTue Aug 20 1996 - 01:00
Paying a price for the thrills and spillsAt a time when Kevin Keegan's outlay on Alan Shearer could buy up the whole of the third division and a chunk of the second, …Sat Aug 17 1996 - 01:00
Costello's dismissal tarnishes fine gameA NEW season dawned at a sun splashed Tolka Park last night and a few old truisms were rapidly reinforcedThu Aug 15 1996 - 01:00
Shelbourne face RoversTONIGHT Shelbourne are the away "landlords" to their new tenants, Shamrock Rovers, in the first competitive domestic game of …Wed Aug 14 1996 - 01:00
League season should finish in June says KerrMORE with a whimper than a bang, the domestic competitive season begins tomorrow with the re arranged Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne…Tue Aug 13 1996 - 01:00
Early August exits a grim scenario for domestic gameEARLY August and early exits in European fare thereby confine "National League clubs interests to purely domestic matters, save…Sat Aug 10 1996 - 01:00
Edgy start leads to same old story for ShelbourneANOTHER European night of what might have been left Shelbourne acutely frustratedFri Aug 09 1996 - 01:00
Shelbourne need win to mend some of the hurtTHE season has scarcely started, but this one is important, this mattersThu Aug 08 1996 - 01:00
Shelbourne can learn from Brann, and beat them tooTHE magnitude of the task facing any National League club in European fare nowadays is amply demonstrated by even a cursory examination…Wed Aug 07 1996 - 01:00
Shelbourne must do it for the future of the leagueOBSCENE it is really. The peak of the holiday season, and come Thursday at Tolka the National League will already be drinking…Tue Aug 06 1996 - 01:00
Football interferes with Czechs' holidaysONE of the more hazardous aspects of covering overseas finals for journalists the world over is planning ensuing holidaysSat Jun 29 1996 - 01:00
Well prepared Germans can pass tough testLIKE MUCH else in life, the last European Championship finals of the century have prompted some poignant harping back to times…Sat Jun 29 1996 - 01:00
England squad started and ended it togetherFOR ENGLAND, it ended as it startedFri Jun 28 1996 - 01:00
Poor finishing caused Euro 96 strike outGERMANY versus the Czech Republic. Pulses racing? Blood rushing? Let's be honest, hardlyFri Jun 28 1996 - 01:00
Venables praises players and fansFOR Terry Venables, whose, stock has soared with the manner he has groomed this English side into arguably the most progressive…Thu Jun 27 1996 - 01:00
Germany's greater resolve may see them throughAFTER the phoney war, amid all its echoes of the second World War, the game itself can't come quick enoughWed Jun 26 1996 - 01:00
Czech journey rekindles memoriesDURING THEIR unexpected progress to the semi finals, the unfancied Czech Republic have invoked the spirit of eventual champions…Wed Jun 26 1996 - 01:00
The bane of modern sportNATIONALISM in its extreme guises has long since been the bane of sportWed Jun 26 1996 - 01:00
Backslappers have lot to answer forEURO 96 has been such a backslappers ball that UEFA's and the English FA's top brass run the risk of sustaining severe spinal…Tue Jun 25 1996 - 01:00
Injury and suspension hit hardSINCE curve balls have emerged as a standard ploy at these finals, at least by coaches if not always by free kick specialists…Tue Jun 25 1996 - 01:00
Venables comes up smelling ofIF Terra Vehables were to, how shall we say, water the garden, it would assuredly come up rosesMon Jun 24 1996 - 01:00
French teasers give little in way of satisfactionHOLLAND, it was assumed by people who should have known better when predicting them to win Euro 96, have had a disappointing …Mon Jun 24 1996 - 01:00
Clinical, cynical Germans grind out a winAS if pre ordained by some ulterior force, the Germans' are coming to Wembley, that is on Wednesday eveningMon Jun 24 1996 - 01:00
Germany still the barometer of greatnessTHEY'RE net always the easiest team to like, they're frequently the villains and they're forever the pragmatists who put out …Sat Jun 22 1996 - 01:00
Spain to test England's patience and staminaANOTHER Saturday and another Wembley afternoon kicks off another weekend in Euro 96Sat Jun 22 1996 - 01:00
Media reaction is over the topSOME of the British media were climbing all over each other to put the boot into the English team not more than a week agoSat Jun 22 1996 - 01:00
Negative tactics reason for many of the early departuresHALF WAY there, half have gone home and half remainFri Jun 21 1996 - 01:00
Shock as Italians bow outNEVER can there have be a 0-0 draw like it, never car so much have happened in 90 scoreless minutesThu Jun 20 1996 - 01:00
Sacchi and Italy walking on tightropeTHE meeting of the European superpowers Germany and Italy at Old Trafford tonight had all the makings of a lazy public park kickaround…Wed Jun 19 1996 - 01:00
England hit high notes against discordant DutchWAS this for real? A crazy, memorable night. The prematch script was gloriously shredded by a vibrant EnglandWed Jun 19 1996 - 01:00
A draw is on the cards when brain meets brawnIf it were a question of team spirit, morale and harmony, then England would rout Holland in tonight's distinctly curious Group…Tue Jun 18 1996 - 01:00
Hoping for a miracleWHERE there's life their hope but in their heart of hearts Scotland and Switzerland know they are almost certainly homeward bound…Tue Jun 18 1996 - 01:00
Dutch drifting in sea of dissensionOH those Dutch, they're at it again. One player expelled. Others in a huffTue Jun 18 1996 - 01:00
Klinsmann and Suker crank up a gear or twoEURO 96 awaits the first compelling team performance but individuals are gradually cranking the competition up a gear or twoMon Jun 17 1996 - 01:00
A triumph of hype over reasonRELIEF, joy, ecstasy, all round at Wembley on Saturday. Thank heavens that's over. Maybe we'll get some football nowMon Jun 17 1996 - 01:00
Brown a true canny ScotTAWDRY tales of television thrashing, tequila slamming and nightclubbing accompany one campaignSat Jun 15 1996 - 01:00
England may edge Scots into frantic contestEUROPE will look on at Wembley today much like tourists at a bull fight in awe, puzzlement, wonder, utter horror possibly or …Sat Jun 15 1996 - 01:00
All talk in first week is of drinkA GOOD start, not a great one maybe, but, enough to give promise of a great Euro `96 in the makingThu Jun 13 1996 - 01:00
Dutch may show just how good they areOUR old friends Holland may be about to reveal something important at Villa Park tonight to Euro `96 as a whole, to their Swiss…Thu Jun 13 1996 - 01:00
Casiraghi brace leaves Russia in dire straitsTHE big boys have come out to play now and Group C is where the heavyweights are concentratedWed Jun 12 1996 - 01:00
