Alan Judge and his club have responded strongly to the accusation made in the midweek hearing. Referee Darren Drysdale is free to officiate again having received a backdated ban for improper conduct for his clash with Ipswich Town’s Alan Judge last month. Drysdale came face to face with Judge during the closing minutes of Ipswich’s […]

5 years ago

‘Darren would like to apologise to Alan and the club for his actions’. The Professional Game Match Officials [PGMOL] has released a statement that includes an apology from referee Darren Drysdale after his confrontation with Irish midfielder Alan Judge, on Tuesday. Drysdale appeared to stick his head out towards Judge before players from both Ipswich […]

5 years ago

The referee in charge of Ipswich vs Northampton appeared to push his head into Alan Judge, before he cautioned the Ipswich midfielder

5 years ago

“He’s someone that can play wide left, wide right or in behind the striker.” Mick McCarthy has praised Alan Judge and tipped the Dubliner to potentially fill the creative void vacated by Wes Hoolahan in the Republic of Ireland team. Hoolahan announced his retirement from the national team at the start of 2018. The veteran […]

7 years ago

“At least it was a clean sheet while I was on.” John O’Shea was in top form following Ireland’s 2-1 win over the USA at Lansdowne Road. The Waterford native bowed out of international football and, as he remarked to RTE, he was pleased that the scoreline was 0-0 when, after 34 minutes, he left […]

8 years ago

It’s been a long road back for both of them. It was by no means the biggest story of the FA Cup third round – Virgil van Dijk will understandably steal most of the headlines – but it was great to see Irish duo Stephen Ireland and Alan Judge return to competitive action after their […]

8 years ago