The big names of Welsh football are best known for plying their trade in the English Premier League, One club trying to buck that trend is The New Saints or just TNS for short. The club have been crowned champions three years in a row and have now smashed through another glass ceiling
It isn’t often two champions from the same island clash in European competition, but that’s what happened tonight in the Conference League. The competition was designed to help smaller clubs pit the best against the best from either side of the border. Reigning League of Ireland champions Shamrock Rovers took a break from their gripping…
Matchday two of the UEFA Conference League brings us the most unlikely of fixtures this Thursday: an Irish derby in Europe. Larne vs. Shamrock Rovers. League of Ireland champions Shamrock Rovers are seasoned European competitors by Irish standards, but what about their opponents from the north? An unknown who’ve taken part in less than 20…
On Thursday Shamrock Rovers begin their Conference League journey at home to Cypriot champions APOEL. So what can Rovers expect at Tallaght Stadium?
The League of Ireland is having a mini-Renaissance. Attendance levels are up; we have a club in Europe; there is still no TV deal. Why?
Irish ties with Italy go deeper than your local chipper. Especially in football. Besides Giants Stadium at U.S.A. ’94 and Giovanni Trapatoni, there have been a number of Irish internationals who have plied their trade in the Bel Paese over the years. Recent years have seen an influx of Irish starlets to Italian clubs so…
Italian football scandals always seem to be lurking in the distance. But how can Italian football move on from the countless errors it has seen?
