Football through an Irish media lens

FP struggled with the pathetic and pointless exercise — other than from the point of view of the FAI and its generously rewarded, ManU-loving  staff — that was the ritual humiliation of the League of Ireland at Lansdowne Road last week.

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Let’s take this step by step. Ireland is a country in Europe. Scotland is a country in Europe. Europe has a continent-wide football competition called the UEFA Champions’ League.

Both Scotland and Ireland have teams in this competition, though everyone knows neither has a snowball’s of winning the thing.

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Man United or Bohs? It’s a no-brainer, isn’t it?

How about Man United in a meaningless stroll against some bunch called an Airtricity League XI, and a Champions’ League game at Dalymount Park. Still a no-brainer, of course.

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If anyone was in any doubt, the depth of FAI contempt for Irish football is well and truly revealed with the banning of Limerick FC’s planned friendly with Barca.

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Woo-hoo! Here come United! Football’s coming home!

Glory! Glory! The Red Devils are coming to Lansdowne Road the Aviva Stadium in August for the first ever soccer match there and to show off their skills against a bunch of losers from something called the Airtricity League!

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Paisley. As in Paisley, Scotland. That’s the location for one of Soccer Republic’s top stories today. Continue Reading »

All right. Let’s get the ritual over with. FP utterly and unequivocally has nothing good to say about the pond life posing as Shamrock Rovers supporters who sullied the name of football in Dundalk on  Monday.

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