…because anyone who truly expected to finish ahead of Italy was at best an optimist, at worst a lunatic.

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 [...]

The term ‘by the skin of their teeth’ comes to mind before anything else.
Tonight’s match against Georgia was supposed to be a chance for the Irish national team to show that they’re real candidates for automatic qualification to South Africa 2010, as well as giving a wee pick me up to the people of our [...]

The Irish national team’s new stadium is well underway and nearing completion. Irish readers will know well about the new Lansdowne Road. Our old stadium, the original Lansdowne Road was home to some great moments in Irish sporting history from Shelbourne holding Deportivo La Coruna to a 0-0 draw in the Champions League 3rd Round [...]

I’ll keep this one short and sweet folks

One way of summing up the year ahead.

….but hey, it’s not the first time you’ve walked away from a bunch of Irishmen, eh Roy?