Oh what a beautiful sight. Pep Guardiola can ruin the Premier League all he wants but he can do sweet nothin’ about the glorious international game. The EURO group stages are a sacred space. They’re less Bernardo Silva and more Wout Weghorst, less Kevin De Bruyne and more Niclas Fullkrug. While we are seeing some […]

1 year ago

“I definitely would have gone for Ireland.” Former England international Trevor Sinclair has admitted that he wished he had played for the Republic of Ireland instead. Sinclair had played 12 times for England, but could have qualified for Ireland as his mother was born in county Sligo, and has stated that if the Boys in […]

3 years ago

Anything above 17 is a great score. Can you get 100% in this quiz about dual-nationality footballers? In recent years, several elite-level players – such as Declan Rice, Diego Costa, and Thiago Motta – have played senior international football for two countries. This quiz features 20 questions about some players who have switched international allegiance. […]

4 years ago

Just the baddest man in Irish football. Majestic man-mountain Shane Duffy can do it all. Having kept Ireland in the game with a succession of bone-jarring reducers and full-blooded blocks, inevitably it would be his phenomenal forehead that would rescue a point for Mick McCarthy and his improving Irish team. This wasn’t a great Irish […]

7 years ago

England 1-1 Ireland. Positive news coming out of the FAI headquarters this morning as attacking midfielder, Dan Crowley, has done the opposite to Declan Rice and pledged his international allegiance to the Republic of Ireland, leaving England in the process. The 21-year-old has taken advantage of the ‘granny-rule’ and has decided to follow the same […]

7 years ago

Understanding the UEFA Nations League is a lot like an orange. First you have the skin… okay that analogy doesn’t work as well with the UEFA Nations League as it does for marriage, but the point remains that this new competition – one which has been decried as complicated and convoluted – is actually very, […]

8 years ago