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# Looking Back

All time
Quitting the Irish team at 27 to set up a business and the 'obsession' required to be an elite footballer
30 Jan 2021
5.5k
0
Crawley boss opens up about Bournemouth ‘betrayal’
26 Jan 2021
13.7k
0
Winning the '4 in a row,' getting capped by Ireland and escaping a 2016 terrorist attack
17 Jan 2021
43.2k
3
'I certainly know what this disaster means to people' - Steven Gerrard on 50th anniversary of Ibrox tragedy
1 Jan 2021
6.5k
0
'You'll think it's the end of your business - but it won't be': Two sisters write a letter to their pre-pandemic selves
Masindi Phiriga and Denga Phiriga
28 Dec 2020
10.6k
1
'He had turned down Aston Villa but decided Cardiff was the correct choice'
27 Dec 2020
37.7k
9
'He felt good about Ireland without thinking about the consequences. He was very poorly at the time'
27 Dec 2020
45.7k
6
‘I had to take unpaid leave to play in the Champions League’ – The life of an Irish female footballer
25 Dec 2020
21.2k
6
'As I walked into the room, Paisley says, ‘Grobble-de-jack, would you like to play for Liverpool?’'
24 Dec 2020
13.8k
3
'We had just been in close contact with the Atlético players and probably 60 others'
22 Dec 2020
9.5k
2
'He said, 'The Curragh was off today but then again, horses are valuable'' - preparing for Christmas in Croker
29 Nov 2020
7.3k
1
'When things weren’t working out for him at Liverpool, he showed his real character'
14 Nov 2020
14.6k
0
'How was I meant to know where someone who tested positive was sat?' - Aaron Connolly on plane drama
9 Nov 2020
40.2k
9
Lewis Hamilton recalls the death of Ayrton Senna ahead of first F1 race at Imola
31 Oct 2020
7.4k
3
'You've a bit of imposter syndrome beside Cian Healy or Johnny Sexton, guys you've been watching for years'
8 Oct 2020
10.7k
2
Joining Manchester United at 16, glory in Ireland and the 'rollercoaster' of management
20 Sep 2020
49.6k
6
'It came on BBC News: 'In Ireland today, a team of postmen, butchers and bakers drew 0-0 with AC Milan''
17 Sep 2020
72.2k
12
'They were just like: "You can’t make the team. You have to be an Irish citizen’"
5 Sep 2020
67.2k
29
'As I got older, I felt English, I felt like I could get into the England team' - Jack Grealish
4 Sep 2020
12.6k
17
Alexis Sanchez says he asked about an Arsenal return after first Man United training session
4 Sep 2020
13.7k
20
‘When the word lesbian was iterated on the podium, I heard laughter in the audience’
23 Aug 2020
12.5k
1
'This is a goal that probably changes the history of Irish football'
Updated 21 Aug 2020
26.4k
5
I needed Jose Mourinho’s help to escape Tottenham ‘torture’, reveals Luka Modric
18 Aug 2020
17.4k
5
'As soon as I made that choice for America, my ambition to wear the Irish shirt was taken off me'
16 Aug 2020
72.3k
8
Dylan Hartley: ‘I’d had enough of being governed by Eddie Jones’
14 Aug 2020
19.6k
7
Quiz: How well do you recall the 2012-13 Premier League season?
10 Aug 2020
29.4k
13
'Stephen Kenny was always available to call into an 80th-birthday party... Down-to-earth things like that'
7 Aug 2020
5.8k
0
'As time goes by, a lot of Dunfermline fans are thinking: "We should have given him more time'"
31 Jul 2020
40.4k
12
Best moment? Worst signing? Our writers review the 2019-20 Premier League season
Updated 26 Jul 2020
29.6k
17
The story of the bitter civil war that divided Irish cycling and impacted the 1972 Olympics
24 Jul 2020
3.8k
0
‘I put the phone down three times’: Crazy Gang at Wimbledon, Big Jack and Phelan's Ireland break
Updated 17 Jul 2020
50.7k
12
Hirings, firings and boardroom rows: The rise and fall of Ireland's version of The Apprentice
15 Jul 2020
19.7k
12
'When I found rugby, I found my self-esteem, my sense of worth'
8 Jul 2020
5.0k
2
'Now let's go live to the Mullingar one-legged race': Whatever happened to the RTÉ People in Need Telethon?
10 Jun 2020
18.7k
11
'It was a tough time trying to decide: Do I give up my work for the love of representing my country?'
24 May 2020
10.2k
0
'We lost because we were so dazzled by the wonder of their kit that we couldn’t possibly concentrate'
19 May 2020
6.4k
3
'I needed a f****** nuclear meltdown, and I got it' - Armstrong remains defiant in ESPN documentary
18 May 2020
6.8k
24
5 big picture takeaways from the 2013 All-Ireland Final between Dublin and Mayo
17 May 2020
9.7k
28
Rory McIlroy 'probably wouldn't' golf again with Trump
15 May 2020
43.3k
91
'The rush home after school to read Ceefax pages 302–312... This was my generation’s internet'
12 May 2020
4.6k
0
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