You know what I hate? Stupid, ill-informed, disrespectful comments about any team when it’s unfounded, especially a team who was one of five to go through their qualifying group unbeaten. Rant over.

…because their situation is truly rubbish.

A dead rubber it might be, but an entirely worthwhile one, given the circumstances.

…it’s still hurting quite a lot today.

Ah, comments in the heat of the moment. Lovely stuff.

…I would apologise for not putting anything up recently, but any complaints should be directed towards the University of Sussex, Mark Mazower and Eric Hobsbawn. Not my fault, guv….

We played Tuesday night. Won, too, marking our first consecutive wins in two and a half years.

Ouch

…yeah, the name itself inspires some fear, irritation and many more feelings amongst us lot. It’s one of those countries up there with Israel, Liechtenstein and Macedonia, famed by the Irish for being the opposition on some of the darker recent nights in our qualifying history. Truth be told, our recent record against the Cypriots [...]

Hello again everyone, I’ve managed to get some time free from University over the next couple of weeks, and decided that this period was too important for Irish football to let slide by without at least a mention or two. So I’ll try and keep you informed about what’s going on over the next few [...]