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Urban Game
Director Lukas Chmiel’s evocative short featuring the freestyle Skills of Soccer Art ball-juggler Kamil Drzewucki. Music by Felkon. awesomer
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Oi!
What choo lookin’ at? Images from the last Ireland England friendly, February, 15, 1995. We were going to win and all… Ireland To Play England Friendly In May (Irish Times) (Photocall Ireland)
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Binoccer
A skit from a Japanese show filmed last year wherein the beautiful game is enhanced by stripey onesies, a bunny ref and players fitted with binoculars that make the ball appear closer than it really...
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No Foam Hats
And only one lady fan. The be-hatted and be-capped watching Ireland play Hungary in the Mardyke Arena, Cork, 1939. Good times. Via The League Magazine
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Killybegs native Seamus Coleman has been named Everton’s player of the month for March! Well done Seamie twitter.com/dgldemocrat/st… — donegal democrat (@dgldemocrat) April 18, 2013 Seamie Coleman...
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Fleet Feet Feats
21 year-old World Freestyle Football champ, Londoner Andrew Henderson shows off his not inconsiderable skills on the streets of his home town. awesomer/STRskillschool
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Are You Smarter Than An Above Average Footballer?
FIGHT! Gavin Coffey writes: Ahead of this evening’s match [Vs Sweden at Lansdowne Road, Dublin] Three, primary sponsor of the Irish football team, took Richard Dunne, David Forde and Conor Sammon...
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Everyone Plays Centre
A Politicians XI to a play a Journalists XI at Lansdowne Road, Dublin for charidee. It’s Like Escape to Victory (1980). Without the Nazis and the ball skills of Osvaldo Ardiles. Via Fergal Keane RTE
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Come On You Boys In Green
Seeing as we aren’t in it. Hugh Curran of Atomic writes: So basically being Irish this summer means having to cheer for a for a foreign team. Not the most craic during a world cup as ideally we want...
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The Dirty South
Anyone feel like donating to this schoolboy football club who've been fined for taking stand against racist abuse? http://t.co/zltcafgxdY — Anna Carey (@urchinette) July 1, 2014 Eoin English of the...
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‘Ugly Bus Of Death’
Vicky Langan tweetz: Fresh pro-life flier dropped through my letterbox! This is probably the best one I’ve ever seen.
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Bring Your Olé
Free this afternoon? The Republic of Ireland take on their Spanish counterparts at the Tallaght Stadium, Dublin in a ‘do or die’ Euro 2017 qualifier. Kick off is 2pm and the match will be broadcast...
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Anything Good In The Economist?
Double hop! Neil Houlihan writes: Article in the Economist about how China is trying to take over soccer has a picture of the chairman kick balls in Croke Park! I’m not sure if this is an off-side or...
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In Fairness
Blimey. Joel Cooper, winger for Glenavon,takes apart Glentoran. G’wan wee lad. via BBC Irish Premiership
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Brexit Early Doors
This year’s Football Manager game (TAFKA Championship Manager, lapsed fans) will simulate Brexit in the transfer market. Providing players with three perspective scenarios as time rolls on, the...
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Sports grants double for Tennis and Golf what they are for Boxing and Soccer. I crunched the awards to almost a 1000 clubs and they show a distinct bias in favour of middle class sports. More on...
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