Sadly the I watched the entirety of that Poland game live
It was a dirge
I missed the 3-0 All-Irish game in October '89 which effectively clinched World Cup qualification for Eire
The evening Gary Mackay scored the goal for Scotland in Bulgaria I was out at recorder practice
I saw about the first half an hour and missed the rest of it and came back to be greeted with the news that we had qualified
I think it was a 5:30 or 6pm kick off
This fella killian m had a long running twitter feud with Ewan that they were threatening lawn on each other regularly
I cant recall exactly what it was about but was something to do with that young LOI soccer player who got deported last week
They must be after shaking hands
Jesus the backpass was some farce of a rule
Yes
Here’s Doyler in action in his punditry pomp
Cork fair rattled galatasary. Dave Barry’s mistake for the goal. Was a fine soccer player.
I was at that, the City kit is one of the worst of all time
Davie was some size by then, a brilliant player, Anthony Buckley was top class as well.
Funny to think that Billa was completely unable to pronounce Galatasaray at tat stage, must have been before they came to prominence, that was just after the era of the ‘crack’ Eastern European sides
They reached the European Cup semi-final in 1989
My mother knew mick’s family . She was disgusted by the smutty nature of the book . She read a bit that was serialized in the Sindo
What were the seeds of the feud . Did one threaten to grass on the other .
That’s beautiful mate, I hope it isn’t missed in the long grass
he seemed to be an absolute ogre of a man
@Sidney did Franno ever write about the goings on with Doyle during the 87 WC?
Half the squad picked up injuries but none as severe as the one picked up by our aspiring centre three-quarter. Mick Doyle had spent the session chasing Keith Crossan, Mick Kiernan and Brendan Mullin around the paddock. We had heard later that he had become ill. Sure enough, we were told that he had suffered a heart attack; it would affect him and the squad for the rest of the tournament. Doyle was seriously overweight and as he lay on his bed with his Ned Kelly hanging out Donal Lenihan and Brendan Mullin popped in to the hospital to see him. “Well Doyler, is it a boy or a girl?” the lads asked. After the delivery, Doyle suffered from a severe dose of the baby blues and was not the same man who had coached a Triple Crown-winning side in 1985.
That was unrale banter .
Professionalism ruined rugby
Franno at his best also - some opening paragraph
Glorious, franno at his best.
Almost like being there
Did Martin Delaney ever play senior
He did, immediately out of minor and he came back from San Fran for a couple of years around 03. He was on the panel when they won Leinster in 2003 and played for Portlaoise the year they lost the All Ireland Club Final to Ballina