Monday, September 17, 2007 With the amount of sports on at the moment, I picked a bad two weeks to go to America. Hundreds of TV channels, including dozens of dedicated sports channels, and 90% of them show nothing but college football. In a country where 34.5 million people claim Irish heritage, I had expected it to be easier [...]
I have to apologise to the Cork football team for dismissing any chance of them reaching the final in this year’s championship. True, the route could have been more difficult, but as Dublin fans have often stressed in the past, you can only beat what’s in front of you. Now the big question is: would [...]
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And yes I do understand how unlikely the Cork double would be, since it will surely be third time lucky for Kerry, right? Just back from a drizzly Páirc an Chrócaigh where Cork defeated Waterford in a very close game. Hogan stand has a report here which agrees with Aertel’s score of 1-16 to 1-15… [...]
Wednesday, August 2, 2006 Cork City FC were knocked out of the Champions League this evening after a heavy 3-0 loss at the hands of Red Star Belgrade / Crvena Zvezda. The gulf between the sides was evident for the 90 minutes, and despite a shaky defence, Red Star were rarely threatened. The Serbians will now go on to [...]
Job done in Turner’s Cross this evening as Cork City drove the Cypriot team Apollon Limassol to their first defeat since May 2005 in this Champions League first round qualifier. I was shocked by the poor quality of football from Apollon at times, but it took a nice goal in the second half by Billy [...]
Germany v Italy Tuesday, 04 July 2006, 20:00 Traditionally, I like to see the Germans lose. I don’t know what they did to change my mind against Argentina last week, but before the 120 minutes were up, I was cheering for the home team. This was only re-enforced by the soap-opera ending with Kahn burying [...]
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Cork City will face Apollon Limassol of Cyprus in the first qualifying round of the Champions League. The winner will then go on to play Red Star Belgrade (aka FK Crvena Zvezda). All the qualifying round fixtures are here. I have never heard of Apollon Limassol but Heres where Wikipedia comes in handy: In 2006 [...]
There is a common misconception in Ireland and elsewhere that Americans don’t like soccer. The average American sports fan doesn’t have access to the media coverage and the soccer tradition that exists in Europe, but they can still tell Zidane from Ronaldo. I lived in Massachusetts for 7 years growing up, moved around a bit, [...]
Joe Gamble has been drafted into the Irish squad for the training camp in Portugal and friendly against Chile. This is the first time a Cork City player has been in the Ireland senior squad – although there have been times in the past when it was clearly deserved. Gamble, from Togher in Cork, was [...]
Tom’s Sporting Almanac has previewed the upcoming hurling championship, with a look at each of the contenders. A good article – until he says he thinks Kilkenny will just scrape it. Cork’s major worry will be about injuries. They do not have Kilkenny’s numbers, but their quality overrides any deficiency in quantity. However, injuries to [...]