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Dundalk F.C. vs C.S. Grevenmacher
It was a gala occasion in Dundalk this week as competitive European football returned to the town after more than 20 years with Dundalk F.C. playing CS Grevenmacher of Luxembourg in the Europa League....
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Pronunciation: TYAIR-ree ahn-REE
Ireland’s greatest foe since Cromwell, comedy sports panto villain, Best Player Ever To Have Played In The Premiership(tm) and All-Round Arsenal Legend, Thierry Henry, has signed a contract with US...
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Dundalk F.C. 5 – 1 Shamrock Rovers
A master of the art of war has said, ‘I do not dare to be the host (to commence the war); I prefer to be the guest (to act on the defensive). I do not dare to advance an inch; I prefer to retire a...
View ArticleScorched Earth as Football Tactic.
If there’s two things I love its the Guardian Live Football Blog, and over-the-top historical football metaphors, and tonight’s Barcelona demolition of Bayer Leverkusen was a great example of both: “In...
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How things can be between men on this Earth
I was reading this morning about the relationship between Jesse Owens, the African-American who famously ran to victory at the 1936 Olympics under the nose of Adolf Hitler and his Aryan ideals, and his...
View ArticleOn Buddhism, reincarnation, and Dundalk F.C.
Various strands of thought are floating around in me at the moment, chiefly Dundalk F.C. and Buddhist philosophy, and they wove together last night as I drifted off to sleep. Bare with me. It’s...
View ArticleThe problem with Irish soccer
During the Republic of Ireland’s disastrous European Championship campaign this summer, there was no shortage of opinion on the causes of the problems in Irish international soccer. Whilst the manager...
View ArticleArsène Wenger and the Spirit of Conquest
Despite being both a fan of Arsène Wenger, and his stubborn pursuit of some mad footballing vision only he can see, and a life-long Japanophile, i’ve never really investigated his erstwhile years...
View ArticleAlan Watts on the 1970 Brazil World Cup team
If you happened to witness, in 1970, the World Cup championship of soccer, you would have seen that the winning team from Brazil played soccer in the most extraordinary way. They played it like...
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