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# Tractor Rows
Damien Delaney denies any training-ground fight with Roy Keane
Stories of a row between manager and player are ‘complete nonsense’, says Corkman.
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Dec 15th 2010, 2:59 PM
# Grassroots
Between hackers and hoggers: life in the AUL
Paul Ring thaws out as his side get back to action. Keep the champagne on ice though.
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Dec 15th 2010, 12:22 PM
# Prodigal Son
Stephen Ireland ponders texting Trap... again
Stephen Ireland has been to the shop for phone credit and is thinking about texting Trap as he considers an international return.
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Dec 15th 2010, 9:43 AM
# No row
Ipswich deny training-ground fight between Roy Keane and Damien Delaney
Tractor Boys seek legal advice after some newspapers say manager and player came to blows.
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Dec 14th 2010, 10:07 AM
# Exit
Big Sam leaves Rovers in shock move
Blackburn part ways with Sam Allardyce this afternoon.
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Dec 13th 2010, 5:09 PM
# Greenscene
Irish Eye: Roy Keane on the brink of Ipswich Town exit after latest defeat
No Irish names on the Championship’s score-sheets again this week.
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Dec 13th 2010, 12:15 PM
# Greenscene
Irish Eye: all quiet on the Premier League front
It was a low-key weekend for the Boys in Green in the Premier League as even Dickie Dunne was benched.
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Dec 13th 2010, 9:53 AM
# Ta-ra Tevez
Wantaway Tevez has City transfer request turned down
The famously homesick striker wants to leave Eastlands and move back to Argentina – but City won’t let him go.
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Dec 12th 2010, 9:46 AM
# Good Neighbours?
FAI confirms talks over England Aviva friendly
The FAI admits it’s looking to bring England to Dublin for the first time since the infamous abandoned game in 1995.
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Dec 11th 2010, 11:43 AM
# Unfair Advantage
Fantasy Football: stay away from the big boys
He’s a head case but Mario Balotelli would make a good captain. Our Fantasy Footballs experts look forward to a weekend where’s there’s plenty of points on offer.
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Dec 10th 2010, 12:54 PM
# Rivals
The Magnificent Seven: Arsenal versus Manchester United
Arsenal’s trip to Old Trafford on Monday evening will be the latest installment of a rivalry which has been fierce and often excessive, but always entertaining.
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Dec 10th 2010, 10:28 AM
# Auld Enemy
Guess who's coming to visit...
The FAI are lining up a high-profile and lucrative meeting with England next summer in Dublin. That’d be fun.
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Dec 10th 2010, 9:54 AM
# Suspended sentence
Paul Gascoigne avoids jail for drink driving
Former England midfielder handed a suspended sentence and banned from driving for three years.
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Dec 9th 2010, 11:45 AM
# Magpies
Pardew not any more experienced than Hughton, says Kerr
Former Ireland boss can’t see sense in decision to replace Hughton with Pardew. But Matt Holland says give the new man a chance.
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Dec 9th 2010, 11:07 AM
# Euro Vision
Watch: Spurs keep the goals coming in Europe
It was another fun night on the road with Tottenham.
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Dec 8th 2010, 2:14 PM
# Grassroots
Between hackers and hoggers, life in the AUL
Paul Ring rolls with the punches as another game is victim to the weather. And we get to hear about THAT goal at last.
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Dec 8th 2010, 9:41 AM
# Job hunt
Is this the next Newcastle United manager?
Mike Ashley is a man in a hurry as he tries to find the right man for the Magpies hot-seat.
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Dec 7th 2010, 1:29 PM
# Greenscene
Irish eye: Seamus Coleman makes his case for the defence in the Premier League action
Michael Maher wraps up another weekend for the Irish in the Premier League as Seamus Coleman gets a gallop on Ashley Cole
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Dec 6th 2010, 5:32 PM
# Greenscene
Irish eye: Andy Keogh steals the show for Cardiff in championship action
Dubliner came off the bench to nod in a late, late equaliser in a quiet weekend for Irish stars.
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Dec 6th 2010, 4:35 PM
# Sack Race
Sacked Chris Hughton bids farewell to Newcastle job
Chris Hughton loses his job as the club say they need a boss with more experience.
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Dec 6th 2010, 3:32 PM
# Lonely Furrow
Keane on the brink of Tractor Boys exit
It’s like Groundhog Day admits under-pressure Corkman. But Keane takes full responsibility for worst league run in Ipswich Town’s history.
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Dec 6th 2010, 12:06 PM
# Political Football
There may be trouble ahead: World Cup host choices bring plenty of challenges
Emmet Ryan explains what we can expect after this week’s controversial decisions in Zurich.
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Dec 4th 2010, 5:07 PM
# Fergie Time?
Lessons for Roy to take on the road
Paul Ring explains why Keane should look to his former boss Alex Ferguson for inspiration.
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Dec 4th 2010, 11:37 AM
# Fantasy Football
Fantasy Football Friday: Don’t fear the weatherman
Will the weather play as much havoc with your team as it will with Carlos Tevez’ neckwear?
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Dec 3rd 2010, 3:31 PM
# World Cup Shocker
Golden boy Lineker: ‘I pooed on the pitch against Ireland’
First losing 2018 to Russia, now a second World Cup shocker grips England: the famously mild-mannered star crapped mid-match.
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Dec 3rd 2010, 9:35 AM
# FIFA World Cup
World Cup decision: the Twitter reaction
The decision to award the tournaments to Russia and Qatar has set a million keyboards tapping.
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Dec 2nd 2010, 4:53 PM
# Stadium Porn
Maybe this is why Qatar won: five incredible stadiums
OK, so it might be 50°C there all day, every day. But just look at where the matches will be!
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Dec 2nd 2010, 4:15 PM
# World Cup
Heartbreak for England as Russia wins 2018 World Cup
Football isn’t coming home – Russia gets football’s biggest tournament in 2018, and Qatar will host it in 2022.
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Dec 2nd 2010, 3:54 PM
# Dutch Gold
Guus is a believer...
Watch the best video from this morning’s World cup presentations. Football evangelist Guus Hiddink packs his bags.
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Dec 2nd 2010, 3:09 PM
# Comment
Ireland and Manchester United: painful recent pasts and fuzzy futures
American blogger Elliott says there are real parallels between Ireland’s economic ‘situation’ and goings-on at Old Trafford. And it has nothing to do with the whole Wayne Rooney-Ivor Callely thing.
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Dec 1st 2010, 1:18 PM
# Grassroots
Between hackers and hoggers: life in the AUL
There’s no under-soil heating beneath theses pitches. As Paul Ring learned this weekend.
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Dec 1st 2010, 9:35 AM
# Glasgow Kiss
'No regrets' says Limerick man despite ban for Wayne Rooney goal celebration
Corbally United striker misses cup game on Shannonside because of Glasgow court appearance.
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Nov 30th 2010, 2:49 PM
# World Cup
Three FIFA World Cup officials took bribes, says BBC
Investigative report claims officials involved in voting for hosts of 2018 and 2022 World Cups took bribes.
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Nov 29th 2010, 10:11 PM
# Old Farm Derby
Irish eyes: pressure grows on Keane as Delaney sees red in derby rout
Roy Keane is left ploughing a lonely furrow as his Tractor Boys stall – after fellow Leesider Damien Delaney is sent off.
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Nov 29th 2010, 11:21 AM
# Boys in Green
Irish eyes: Ciaran Clark takes the headlines after top-flight double
It was a good weekend for the Boys in Green in England and Scotland’s top flights.
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Nov 29th 2010, 9:36 AM
# The Morning Score
The Morning Score: Monday
Brian O’Driscoll may miss Clermont games, De La Salle seal a historic win and Aiden McGeady has a spectacular end to his first Russian season.
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Nov 29th 2010, 9:10 AM
# Friends Reunited
El Clasico preview: Jose back to haunt Barca
The biggest game in club football is on a Monday this time around. It promises to be manic, writes Paul Ring.
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Nov 28th 2010, 9:00 AM
# Different Class
Maynooth students to represent Ireland in Turkey at Football Tennis world championships after ‘drunken email’
Ireland will be represented by an unlikely gang in Turkey next week.
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Nov 27th 2010, 10:20 AM
# Unfair Advantage
Fantasy Football Friday: give Drogba the armband
There’s plenty points up for grabs as usual. Here’s how to claim them.
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Nov 26th 2010, 9:30 AM
# Keyboard warrior
Ireland hints at return to international fold - or is just bored on Twitter
Exiled midfielder looks to Trap to give him a game as Houllier thinks he’s rubbish
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Nov 25th 2010, 12:51 PM
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