Ireland drew 1-1 with Austria at the Aviva on Sunday, but will feel that they should have claimed all three points, despite a poor performance. Jon Walters volleyed home an excellent equalizer five minutes from time after Martin Hinteregger’s tidy finish from a David Alaba corner gave Austria a deserved first half lead. Shane Duffy had […] More
Shane Duffy has been ruled out of Ireland’s crucial upcoming World Cup qualifier against Wales on March 24th. The 25 year broke his metatarsal in Brighton’s 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, and the centre half is expected to be unavailable for at least six weeks. “He’s fractured his fifth metatarsal and will have an […] More
The FAI have confirmed that Ireland’s crucial World Cup Qualifier against Wales has officially sold out. Ireland will host their Group D rivals on Friday, March 24th at the Aviva Stadium. Tickets went on sale on November 21st, and according to the FAI, the DUO Package – which also included a ticket for March’s upcoming […] More
FIFA have voted in favour of expanding the World Cup to a 48 team format. The decision to expand was taken at a meeting in Zurich this morning, and the new format will take effect from the 2026 World Cup onwards. There will now be 80 tournament matches (rather than 64), but the eventual finalists […] More
Barnsley midfielder Conor Hourihane and Falkirk keeper Danny Rogers have both been called up to the Republic of Ireland squad. Martin O’Neill has included the duo in his provisional squad for the upcoming qualifiers against Georgia and Moldova, while Kevin Doyle (Colorado Rapids), Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) and Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham) have all been recalled to […] More
We were counting down the minutes to one of Irish football’s most memorable results in recent times. Could we hold out for a credible 0-0 draw against the world champions? One long punt up the park from Darren Randolph to the lively Shane Long would throw that dream right out the window – for victory […] More
DUH DU DU DU DU DE DE DE DA! DUH DU DU DU DU DE DE DE DA! The monotonic ringtone of Put ’em Under Pressure that I’d downloaded onto my trusty Nokia 3210 the previous week crashed into my head like an ice pick as I awoke in a severely disorientated state. The clock […] More
