Mersey mercyLast week the Guardian's Football Unlimited website cleared up a longstanding mystery over the fate of one Sandy Young, who scored…Mon Oct 30 2000 - 00:00
World Cup qualifier boosts Irish squadWhile officially the word from the International Hockey Federation is that Ireland will have to wait until March, after the Americas…Mon Oct 30 2000 - 00:00
On the move?In recent weeks we've noted that the MidasSoccer website's transfer tittle-tattle section is proving very nearly as reliable …Mon Oct 30 2000 - 00:00
McCarthy's men abroadHaving experienced a couple of relatively goal-shy weeks recently McCarthy's Men Abroad were scoring from all angles over the…Mon Oct 30 2000 - 00:00
Why elite sport's not as good as it getsRemember the story? Patrice Dockery won the Dublin women's mini-marathonSat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
O'Brien and McDonough get senior squad call-upCiara O'Brien's impressive start to the season for UCD, allied to her earlier performances as Irish under-21 captain, has been…Fri Oct 27 2000 - 01:00
McCarthy's men abroadA week to forget for Mark Kennedy and Keith O'Neill, both of whom made Four Four Two's top five of "the worst passers of a ball…Mon Oct 23 2000 - 01:00
Dramatic decline for top clubsIt was only in 1997 that the then top two clubs in the country, Muckross, coached by Ian Steepe, and Graham Quincey's Randalstown…Mon Oct 23 2000 - 01:00
There will always be England for a laughFunerals, as a rule, tend not to be chuckle-raising occasions but, by all accounts, if there hadn't been a giggle here and a …Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
Loreto play with fireAfter losing further ground on the top three in the Leinster Senior A table last week, when they drew 0-0 with UCD, defending…Fri Oct 20 2000 - 01:00
Trinity take maximum pointsTrinity College moved to joint second in the Leinster Senior A table after picking up maximum points from their two games over…Mon Oct 16 2000 - 01:00
Youse is only a crowd of losersLovely to see that a sensible, positive, rational, constructive debate on the shape of Irish sport, after events at Sydney, has…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
UCD face big gunsAfter suffering a 5-0 defeat at the hands of Old Alexandra in their first game of the season, UCD recovered last weekend to give…Fri Oct 13 2000 - 01:00
McCarthy's men abroadAn Ipswich Town supporting Navan man by the name of Tom emailed us a few times last season, trying to convince us that Matt Holland…Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
Football on TVWednesday: Republic of Ireland v Estonia, Network Two, 7.0, Sky Sports 1, 7.30; Northern Ireland v Iceland, BBC2, 8.0.Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
On the move?There's lots to love about Barcelona, but we're particularly fond of their willingness to spend money like there's no tomorrow…Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
Fractured fairytaleYour starter for 10: who said this, what was he talking about and which planet was he on at the time? "It is like one of those…Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
Matt finish for wall-to-wall coverageIf you'd any compassion at all you'd feel sorry for sports loathers after the telly weekend we've just had but, then again, that…Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
Quotes of the week"Manchester City manager Joe Royle has ruled himself out of the England job sensationally vacated by his close friend Kevin Keegan…Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
TransportedBlackburn Rovers' Irish under-18 international Ben Burgess has moved on loan to Australian club Northern Spirit for a year, one…Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
High-flying Hermes will take stoppingOnly three games gone but judging by their form so far this season, Hermes' quest to regain the Leinster Senior A title they …Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
Dirty tricksShocking news from Romania on Saturday where the mighty Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt have been banned from European competition for …Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
Hilliard still a defiant figureWhen they last met in the Leinster League, six months ago, Old Alexandra and Hermes played out a scoreless but thrilling draw…Fri Oct 06 2000 - 01:00
Devaney strikes againWe're a bit tempted to make Cardiff's David Greene our player of the week, if only as a token effort to bring some light in to…Mon Oct 02 2000 - 01:00
World Cup boost for IrelandThe final placings in the women's Olympic hockey tournament have boosted Ireland's hopes of making it in to the line-up for next…Mon Oct 02 2000 - 01:00
It's the end of the world as we've known itCrikey, what now? No sooner had the Olympic candle, that has shone brightly on top of the telly these past 17 days, been extinguished…Mon Oct 02 2000 - 01:00
Pembroke to give Loreto sterner testAfter getting his Loreto coaching career off to the best of possible starts last weekend, when the defending Leinster champions…Fri Sept 29 2000 - 01:00
See, jogging isn't good for you after allJust when you thought it was safe to have an early night along comes the women's 20km walk at four in the morning, a big gang…Fri Sept 29 2000 - 01:00
Trying to be as positive as you possibly canBarely awake from a fitful few hours sleep, interrupted by miscarriage of justice nightmares that had CJ Hunter going down for…Wed Sept 27 2000 - 01:00
Going a bit overboard at the lakeAh yes, but are they happy? Is Britain not suffering from a bit of auld medal fatigue at this stage? I mean, between ourselves…Mon Sept 25 2000 - 01:00
Champions off to winning startsLeinster and Munster champions Loreto and Harlequins got their respective seasons under way with emphatic victories on Saturday…Mon Sept 25 2000 - 01:00
McCarthy's men abroadTwo more Irish debuts in English football this week, the first for Derek Geary who played at right back for Sheffield Wednesday…Mon Sept 25 2000 - 01:00
Breakfast telly upsets tummyBreakfast with Sonia. Barely able to swallow your cornflakes because you worry about her, right? Worry that something might go…Sat Sept 23 2000 - 01:00
Bouncers no longer Randy"That's the nice thing about the Olympics," said the BBC's Clare Balding, "you get to see sports you've never seen before mainly…Fri Sept 22 2000 - 01:00
Relief as `swimmer' doesn't sinkIt brought back painful memories of those swimming lessons when you'd thrash and flail and flap your arms, legs, knees, elbows…Wed Sept 20 2000 - 01:00
Death knell for jolly hockey sticksYep, those all-in-one bodysuits really can help you knock a few seconds off your PB (that's "personal best" to you non-athletes…Tue Sept 19 2000 - 01:00
McCarthy's men abroadIn the end it came down to three contenders, although much as we'd love to offer the winner £70,000 he'll have to make do with…Mon Sept 18 2000 - 01:00
Turner returns to the foldPegasus open the defence of their Ulster League title this weekend with a familiar face back in the fold following Jeanette Turner…Fri Sept 15 2000 - 01:00
Insomniacs of the world uniteSo where will you be at four in the morning on September 17th? In front of your telly watching the clash of Hungary and Angola…Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
Olympic spirit is alive and well, yeah right"Our country is in ruins and destroyed. You can't imagine how meaningful it will be for me to put our flag in SydneySat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
Linesman gets birdWe read with interest of Antoon Soetens' claim last week that his latest invention will make disputed offside decisions a thing…Mon Sept 04 2000 - 01:00
Dead bad moveWe don't regard ourselves as being particularly squeamish here at Planet Football but we have to say this little tale left us…Mon Sept 04 2000 - 01:00
On the move?Just when transfer yarns concerning the Irish abroad were beginning to run thin and we thought we'd have to make a few up (again…Mon Sept 04 2000 - 01:00
McCarthy's men abroadIn 50 or 60 years' time, we reckon, Barry Roche will sit his grandchildren on his knee and ask them "did I ever tell you about…Mon Sept 04 2000 - 01:00
Quotes of the week"I would say France have the home advantage because they are at homeMon Sept 04 2000 - 01:00
Armed strikerNice to see our old friend Faustino Asprilla hasn't mellowed with ageMon Sept 04 2000 - 01:00
