Vexed issues in need of FAI's attentionANY fly that happens to survive the verbal salvos which rebound off the walls of 80 Merrion Square today will be able to command…Wed Feb 21 1996 - 00:00
Stormy FAI meeting expected tomorrowALTHOUGH the horse may already have bolted FAI officers are desperately trying to conduct a damage limitation exercise this week…Tue Feb 20 1996 - 00:00
Another young player to get excited aboutA STAR is Born, hailed RTE on Sunday night, and the evidence was pretty compelling.Tue Feb 20 1996 - 00:00
Share or the spoils on a sombre dayANOTHER point towards Premier Division survival for UCD and a point towards respectability for the faltering champions.Mon Feb 19 1996 - 00:00
Panel was at loggerheads over managerWHEN is a secret not a secret? When it belongs to the FAI's selection panel for a new Irish managerFri Feb 16 1996 - 00:00
A player worth getting excited aboutAT TIMES you'd wonder if Tony Sheridan is on the same planet but there's no doubting he plays on a different planeTue Feb 13 1996 - 00:00
All Blacks fall to canny CreggsON A normal Sunday, the locals say, Creggs is a town in the middle of nowhere going no where. Eight miles' beyond RoscommonMon Feb 12 1996 - 00:00
Shelbourne are in a different classUNFORTUNATELY for Drogheda this was one of those occasions when all Shelbourne's multi talented parts clicked together nicely…Sat Feb 10 1996 - 00:00
Strike threat over transfersTHE ever present threat of a players' strike in the National League this season has moved a significant step closerFri Feb 09 1996 - 00:00
Great promise at United ParkTHERE will hardly be a more atmospheric occasion all seasonFri Feb 09 1996 - 00:00
Hogan and Elwood forced to miss Leinster finalTHE re-arranged Leinster championship final between Lansdowne and Terenure holds centre stage in an otherwise muted weekend the…Wed Feb 07 1996 - 00:00
Call for Kilcoyne's resignationIN THE fall-out from Louis Kilcoyne's startling admission on Monday night that he was "disappointed" his first preference as …Wed Feb 07 1996 - 00:00
Young Irish on showA SIGN, perhaps of the promising times ahead, and a measure of the increasingly numerous Irish presence in the English game should…Wed Feb 07 1996 - 00:00
Heads roll as French react with usual speedTHE French selectors, in time-honoured tradition, have reacted swiftly and ruthlessly to last Saturday's defeat at Murrayfieid…Wed Feb 07 1996 - 00:00
Kilcoyne admits McCarthy was not his first choice as managerTHE president of the FAI, Louis Kilcoyne, last night appeared to break ranks with his fellow officials by declaring that Mick…Tue Feb 06 1996 - 00:00
Familiarity the most important factorAS transitions go, the appointment of Mick McCarthy to succeed Jack Charlton ought to make it a reasonably seamless oneTue Feb 06 1996 - 00:00
McCarthy is League's best friendONE organisation, largely unloved and ignored this past decade, will herald the coming of Mick McCarthy, and that is the National…Tue Feb 06 1996 - 00:00
St Patrick's stand firm as new era starts tamelyTHEY CAME to herald Cork's second incarnation of the season - and about their 2,002nd all told - but for all their huffing and…Mon Feb 05 1996 - 00:00
Opportunity knocks but stays unansweredTHE turning point in the often muddled Jack Charlton succession stakes appeared to come as they entered the final straight: Thursday…Sat Feb 03 1996 - 00:00
Shelbourne keep it tight, cut it fineTHEY'RE cutting it fine, but having toiled for an hour, Shelbourne cranked up a gear and finally wore down Felix Healy's remoulded…Sat Feb 03 1996 - 00:00
Moran ghosts in to become live contenderKEVIN MORAN has emerged as a strong contender to succeed Jack Charlton as Republic of Ireland managerFri Feb 02 1996 - 00:00
Dully on the move northsidePADRAIG DULLY, signed only three months ago by Ray Treacy from Shelbourne, is set to move from Shamrock Rovers to Bohemians before…Wed Jan 31 1996 - 00:00
Tottenham for TalkaTOTTENHAM HOTSPUR will provide the opposition for the first of a series of under-21 games between the National League and various…Wed Jan 31 1996 - 00:00
Referee with the ability to reach playersVIEWERS of Sunday Sport may have been taken aback to hear a losing manager praise the referee, all the more so given the deciding…Tue Jan 30 1996 - 00:00
Champions mauled by pretendersTWO THIRDS gone and they're going to take some stopping nowMon Jan 29 1996 - 00:00
Bohemians blossom in blizzardPERFECT conditions prevailed at Dalymount Park last night for a Christmas postcard, that isSat Jan 27 1996 - 00:00
FAI to meet liquidator in effort to rescue Cork CityTHE future for National League football in Cork is in doubt following the decision yesterday by the company which operates Cork…Tue Jan 23 1996 - 00:00
End of Treacy reign expectedTHE National League is set to lose one of its most charismatic figures after a meeting of the Shamrock Rovers board of directors…Tue Jan 23 1996 - 00:00
Rovers call time on a most colourful eraARE Shamrock Rovers and Cork City in some way twinned? Why do they travel in harness so often? Inseparable as the top clubs in…Tue Jan 23 1996 - 00:00
Link man with right connectionsIT'S NEITHER a misty eyed story of an Anglo Irish player discovering his roots, or an account of a rugby player discovering an…Sat Jan 20 1996 - 00:00
Twin track approach serves Gormley wellA SHRILL blast from the referee is the cueTue Jan 16 1996 - 00:00
Fanad produce Cup shockA MUDDY, mucky out day in the FAI Harp Lager Cup at the end of which the out look was only marginally less murkyMon Jan 15 1996 - 00:00
Workers the losers in class struggleLIVING up to their name of `Workers', last night's Leinster Senior League visitors to a sodden Richmond Park toiled gamely and…Sat Jan 13 1996 - 00:00
Cup mix contains multiple attractionsIT'S JUST like the old days, before the advent of floodlights and saturation TV coverageSat Jan 13 1996 - 00:00
Dundalk fail to close up shop after taking leadDUNDALK don't normally do things like thisFri Jan 12 1996 - 00:00
Coyle is now Shelbourne's prime targetLIAM COYLE, last season's Players' Player of the Year and the Soccer Writers' Personality of the Year, has replaced Pat Morley…Wed Jan 10 1996 - 00:00
Australian tone stays at AngleseaOLD BELVEDERE have again indulged their penchant for employing high-profile coachesWed Jan 10 1996 - 00:00
Cup holders draw LansdowneTHE holders, St Mary's, have been drawn at home to Lansdowne in the premier tie of the Aluset Leinster Senior Cup first round…Tue Jan 09 1996 - 00:00
Rovers must avoid early cup exitTHE best season in years was trundling along nicelyTue Jan 09 1996 - 00:00
Shelbourne labour to a disappointing drawMORE sickly than slick, Shelbourne laboured to another disappointing Tolka,Mon Jan 08 1996 - 00:00
Full time manager necessaryAND so the Great Debate rages. Should the new man be full time or part time?Sat Jan 06 1996 - 00:00
St Patrick's still five clear despite Swan hat trickANOTHER three all thriller! YawnSat Jan 06 1996 - 00:00
Goalkeepers suspendedBECAUSE of the inactivity of the senior clubs' Disciplinary Committee over the holiday period, the current St Patrick's Athletic…Thu Jan 04 1996 - 00:00
From shy hero to Jason of arroganceAS the Irish sporting phenomenon of 1995 he's up there to be knocked nowTue Jan 02 1996 - 00:00
Penalty steals it for ShelbourneIF Shelbourne's New Year resolution was to stop drawing matches they should be winning and start winning matches they should …Tue Jan 02 1996 - 00:00
