Whenever someone mentions Manchester United’s history, Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson are mentioned, along with players like Bobby Charlton, George Best, and Cristiano Ronaldo. But that one name that has more or less filtered into the background of the club’s success is Bob Bishop. The Belfast native’s inquisitive eyes for top-tier talent discovered…
F.C United of Manchester is a club founded by defiance. It was created in protest to bring football fans together, to avoid making the rich richer.
Sporting Fingal was a club that only had 965 days of activity but left their mark in outstanding fashion. The club were formed, won an FAI Cup as a First Division side, got promoted to the Premier Division, mounted a title charge, and made their European debut all in the space of their three-season existence….
Football fans often remember moments not for what happens on the pitch but for the drama that sometimes unfolds around it. That’s certainly true for Charlie Morgan, the Swansea City ball boy famously kicked by Chelsea’s Eden Hazard during a League Cup semi-final clash in 2013. What seemed at first to be an unfortunate, one-off…
In 2006, a small group of Romanian friends in London formed FC Romania with little more than a football and a shared dream. What started as a weekend hobby soon grew into something bigger—a beacon of pride for the Romanian community in the UK, a lifeline to their homeland, and an unexpected journey up the…
Paul Gascoigne, one of England’s most enigmatic and gifted footballers, has always been a magnet for drama, controversy, KFC and the unexpected. His career, full of dizzying highs and painful lows, took many unpredictable turns. But few were more bizarre than his short-lived and surreal stint in the remote province of Gansu, China. Yes, the…
There is often a phrase that does the rounds in the press or in the media “There is no loyalty in football anymore” However, I wanted to change the perspective on that: what is loyalty in football? Loyalty or Best Mates? When a manager seemingly picks the same player repeatedly irrespective of performances (often due…
Shay Brennan is a prominent personality who represents the close relationship between Manchester United and Ireland. After I previously discussed the club’s historical and cultural ties to the Emerald Isle, it seems appropriate to turn our attention to Shay Brennan, a player whose services to the team both on and off the field further cemented…
At Munich-Reim airport ,Liam Whelan replied, “Well, if this is the time, then I’m ready,” as the significant aircraft attempted to take off once more. (Harry’s game) Liam, the fourth of John Whelan’s seven kids, was born on April 1, 1935, at 28 St. Attracta’s Road, Cabra, Dublin. John and Elizabeth Whelan were labourers. Although…
During EURO 2004, Greece did the impossible. They beat the host nation to lift the European Championship for the first time, in a major upset.
