Ireland v Sweden: Monday 13 June, Stade de France, Paris Paris. Always great craic, even better in June. June 13th to be exact. Here’s what you need to know about Ireland’s first match against Sweden and how to get there. At a glance Eiffel Tower, The Louvre, Arc de Triomphe… there isn’t enough room here […] More
The Irish squad has finally been named. Despite carrying a calf injury, Robbie Keane takes his place on the plane to France but there is no place for David Forde with Keiren Westwood getting the nod alongside Shay Given and Darren Randolph. Harry Arter – who was forced to withdraw from the squad prior to the […] More
All roads lead to the Euros and thanks to Shane Long and Jonathan Walters that’s where we will be this summer. It’s in France, so no better excuse for an epic summer road trip. Lads, it’s time to start planning. Group E games Ireland v Sweden, Monday, June 13, Stade de France, Paris Ireland v Belgium, Saturday, June 18, […] More
By Joe McCarthy @Irish_abroad The highlight of the weekend from an Irish point of view was undoubtedly Anthony Stokes who grabbed two goals in Hibs’ Scottish Cup final win over Rangers. Tuesday, 17 May 2016 Championship Play Off Semi Final Hull City 0-2 Derby County Jeff Hendrick returned to the Derby County starting XI for […] More
By Cian Manning (PogMoGoal.com) The second largest port in Europe, Antwerp situated on the River Scheldt with a population of 510,610 typifies the scale of global trade. In essence it’s a remnant of the Belgian Colonial Empire made up largely of the territory of the present day Democratic Republic of Congo which was 76 times the […] More
Sponsored by Life Style Sports Once qualification for France was secured, the inevitable avalanche of flags with slogans engulfed social media. In the past we have had some classics and for this summer, YBIG wants you to decide the best of the branded tri colours. More
The YBIG community have delivered again. Thanks to one of our forum users, we have teamed up with Ronald McDonald House to give our readers a prize to beat all prizes – golden tickets for each of Ireland’s group games at Euro 2016 in France. HOW DOES THE RAFFLE WORK? There will be three draws […] More
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Joe McCarthy casts his eye over the Irish players across the water. http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/, follow him on twitter @irish_abroad James McClean – Picture by AwayTheLads.com Friday, 13 May 2016 Championship Play-Off Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Richie Towell made his league debut for Brighton, this was his first appearance since starting for the Seagulls […] More
By James Carew, Editor of Pog Mo Goal “I have to ask you this, Tony, Why were you running along the corridor with a black sheet on your back going ‘I’m a bat’? I just never got round to ask you that one†– Ronnie Whelan quizzes Tony Galvin at a Euro ’88 reunion in […] More
Callum O’Dowda is the big winner following Martin O’Neill’s squad announcement for the final friendlies – against Holland and Belarus – before the Boys In Green fly to France for Euro 2016. The Oxford midfielder gets the nod while Darron Gibson will also be given his chance to prove he is worthy of a place in the […] More
When Paul McGrath gives you advice, your first instinct would be to listen and soak it all in – particularly when the subject is the beautiful game of football. McGrath was a player idolised by a certain Roy Keane as the Corkman tried to earn international recognition and break what he saw as a Dublin […] More
I had been moody at home in Wilmslow. Something was bugging me. Theresa was giving me a wide berth. She knows not to come near me when I am in these moods, which to be fair isn’t that often. The other 1% of the time I’m grand. I was watching a League 1 game live […] More
