It was only one year ago this month that Claudio Ranieri’s Greece were humiliated by the Faroe Islands at home in a Euro 2016 qualifying match. The collapse of the Greek national team has been even more spectacular than that of the Greek economy and Ranieri facilitated that decline. They have gone from a team that made it…
This week’s predictions for the Saturday’s Premier League fixtures come courtesy of David Smith. Every week we will be taking turns to predict upcoming games and use these predictions to play Sky’s Super 6. Aston Villa 2-2 Watford Sauce loving, jive turkey Jack Grealish has been left out this weekend, so even if this prediction…
“The first 30 or 35 minutes was as good as anything I can remember.” This was Jamie Carragher’s glowing review after Liverpool dismantled Man City 4-1 at the Etihad. Gary Neville was similarly impressed. “The game plan was executed brilliantly. Klopp will be delighted as he’d have worked on it all week and his…
This week’s podcast catches up on a fantastic week of sport, including Jamie Vardy’s record-equalling run, Anthony Crolla’s rise to the top, the current GAA management saga, and more… Thank you for listening and enjoy! The Season Ticket Team
This week I watched the tennis ATP Tour Finals. Tennis is essentially a live-action version of Wii Sports, only rather than you and the younger cousin you have to humour, the players are intense, sweaty men with headbands. The game was between Roger Federer, and Tomas Berdych, two men so sinewy that they look like bags…
This week’s predictions for the Saturday’s Premier League fixtures come courtesy of Ronan Mullen. Every week we will be taking turns to predict upcoming games and use these predictions to play Sky’s Super 6. Chelsea 2-0 Norwich It’s about time the Blues got back to winning ways. Expect Hazard to turn a corner and bag at…
There are two types of successful marriage. In the first and most ideal case, there is mutual love…mutual admiration…mutual devotion. This is rare. The other type is that which sees one partner so entranced with the other that they are willing to put aside all of the bullshit that they are put through. This is…
When Ireland emerged from the Bosnian fog with a hard-fought 1-1 draw last Friday night, many supporters felt positive and excited looking towards the return leg in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. Ireland’s home turf in Ballsbridge has become a fortress of sorts with the team going undefeated on home soil throughout the entire campaign. The campaign has been a…
Do you know The Smiths? They were this indie band from Salford in the 80s and, while they were still playing, everybody knew that they were pretty damn good. However, once they were finished, people began revering them as an almost infallible deity, so much so that today their inability to reach mainstream accessibility is…
There exists a moral rule in sport that supporters should not sell match tickets above face value, nor should they pay over the odds for a ticket, no matter how big the occasion. Unfortunately, Irish football fans continuously pay extortionate prices for tickets to Premiership games by purchasing them through third party travel agencies. So…
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