“My slaps are for real.” Former Charlton and Standard Liege manager Guy Luzon definitely went older than old-school at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday, with a harsh motivational gee-up to one of his players. Luzon’s Israel U21 side were pushed to the very brink by Ireland in their Uefa Championships playoff, before goalkeeper […]

3 years ago

ISRAEL U21 0-0 IRELAND U21 (Israel win 3-1 on pens) Ireland U21 missed out on qualifying for the European Championships after losing a playoff shoot-out to Israel and their inspired goalkeeper. Daniel Peretz saved three Irish penalties and scored one himself as Israel won the shootout 3-1, following a scoreless game played out over 120 […]

3 years ago

“It’s the best feeling ever.” Ollie O’Neill was way beyond cloud nine when RTÉ’s Darragh Maloney caught up with him for a chat. He was up there in double figures. The Fulham midfielder showed all the technique and composure in the world to slot in a stoppage time for Ireland U21s against a Sweden side […]

4 years ago

Top of Group 1. The Irish u21 side continued their impressive Euro 2021 Qualifier campaign with a hard-earned win over Armenia away from home this Thursday lunchtime. It was a much-changed side going into the game, with injuries to the likes of Caoimhín Kelleher, suspensions for Jayson Molumby and Lee O’Connor and the Senior call-ups […]

6 years ago

Waking up this Wednesday morning, there was a sense that Irish football is going in the right direction. It may only be five days since we squeezed another 1-1 draw out of the Swiss, but Denmark faltering in Georgia, the U21s beating Sweden away and a 3-1 win over Bulgaria that saw five players make […]

7 years ago

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here, but… Tuesday night saw a rake of Irish players making impacts in the Carabao Cup. Seven players scored nine goals, there were a couple of man of the match accolades and Kieran O’Hara kept a clean sheet in Burton’s win. Performance of the night, from an Irish perspective, […]

7 years ago