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Nelson Semedo is a name that is fast rising in the list of football wonder-kids. Even when there are the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Renato Sanches around, the 23-year-old Portuguese right back has made a name for himself as one of the top wonder-kids of the moment. Semedo has proven […]
NYC FC v Montreal In cold conditions, New York City and Montreal played out a 1-1 draw at the Yankee Stadium. It took until the 43rd minute for the deadlock to be broken and it was NYC who scored first after a scramble in the Montreal goal with Rodney Wallace squeezing the ball into the […]
The Champions League quarter-finals draw did not disappoint on Friday as the last eight teams in European football’s elite found out their fate. With some real footballing heavyweights going toe-to-toe next month, the battle to make the final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff looks set to be tightly contested. Here is a breakdown of […]
Venezuela vs Peru – Maturin (March 23rd) Peru will want to get back on track after losing at home to Brazil 2-0. Peru are 5 points behind 5th placed team Argentina, but will look to get the 6 points in this international break as the dream for Russia 2018 is far from over. However, Venezuela […]
Serie A’s top three extended their lead at the top over a weekend that saw Napoli achieve two club firsts while Gianluigi Buffon broke Juventus’ record for the most league minutes played. Lazio and Inter were forced to settle for draws away to Cagliari and Torino respectively, Atalanta and AC Milan returned to the winners […]
The new season in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division may only be a few weeks old but already there is a familiar pattern emerging as Cork City and Dundalk are again looking like the teams that will contest the title. Dundalk are looking to make it four in a row while Cork want to […]
Unbelievable! Before the April’s fools title-decider bout between Benfica and Porto both teams had matches they should be winning with more or less ease but the nerves seemed to be the tone for this contenders. The first in action was the three-time champions Benfica, looking for an historical fourth, in a difficult trip to Pacos […]
Hello, my name is Brian Bertie and as a Peruvian new writer on the site, it would be good to give an introduction on Peruvian football. The Torneo Descentralizado (the name of the league) was founded in 1966, although similar to the English Premier League, it has existed prior but under a different name. The […]
With only 34 matches in an Eredivisie season, we are starting to enter the make-or-break part of the season for many teams. While league leaders Feyenoord continued their brilliant performances this weekend, title rivals Ajax faltered after a mid-week Europa League victory in Copenhagen. There were lots of one-sided games to be seen in The […]
Away from the mania of English football, results in Italy and Germany ensured business as usual, while the Spanish and French leagues took another interesting turn. Juventus scraped past Sampdoria to keep them at the top of Serie A, while Roma and Napoli remain neck and neck after vital wins against lesser opposition. Dries Mertens […]
To me, one of the most interesting clubs in Europe is Hearts. You often don’t hear “interesting” and “Hearts” in the same sentence, but this recent iteration is worth following for a few reasons. The biggest is new manager Ian Cathro, one of the few top flight managers actually younger than me. He’s a well-regarded […]
Friday’s match day opener saw Dortmund host Ingolstadt at the Signal Iduna Park. Dortmund are struggling at the minute and this was another lacklustre performance from BVB. To be fair it was a real disappointing game with neither side showing too much class. The only shining light was in fact the only goal of the […]
Three peeps on the referee’s whistle signals the end of the Premier League weekend and beginning of the International break. England have two games coming over the next ten days. First up for the Three Lions is a home qualifier against group minnows Lithuania. Gareth Southgate will be hoping to ease through this fixture and […]
The 1950s was a decade that would ultimately change the face of European Football. In 1955-56 UEFA hosted the inaugural European Cup consisting of sixteen teams from around Europe selected by French football magazine L’Equipe. In Northern Ireland 1951-52 was the first team the Irish Football League title went outside Belfast for the trophy was […]
The Arsene Wenger saga is a farce on many levels, but it is sadly not an uncommon one. While the debate is open as to whether or how much Arsenal is underachieving, there is no debate that the status of Arsene Wenger is hampering the club. Players will come and go regardless of who the […]
Every time I switch on the news these days or read the newspapers, there is often some really scary story about North Korea, ranging from nuclear bombs being tested to members of the ruling leader Kim Jong Un’s family being killed with a deadly poison at an airport. But, there was a brief moment in […]
After yet another explosive week in the Bundesliga the time has come again for another round of fixtures in the Bundesliga! So here is this week’s preview of fixtures. Borussia Dortmund v FC Ingolstadt Two sides that have both failed to live up to the heights of last season, Dortmund’s away performances have kept letting […]
The greatest show on turf returns this week. Cheltenham? No, the NIFL Danske Bank Premiership! With two games remaining until the league splits the groupings have already been confirmed and the fixtures released for the remaining five league games post-split. The league features another live Sky Sports match from Seaview on Monday. Ballymena United v […]
FC Barcelona has MSN. Real Madrid has BBC. AS Monaco has BLM. As Mbappe, Lemar and Bernardo are far from the difference making that Messi and Ronaldo provide to their teams, they needed to add something. A tiger that has been injured but looks to have licked its wounds and is ready to roar again. […]
We all have to start somewhere when it comes to writing about our favourite team and for me I think the best place is to go back to start and the beginning of what has been a near 30-year relationship between myself and Sligo Rovers. Rovers or the Bit o’Red as they are known play […]
