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Review: The English Game (Netflix)
Julian Fellowes’ Netflix series the English Game attempts to bring the birth of professional football in England to life through ...
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Extratime.ie Sportscast Season 8 Episode 7 - Treaty Utd, Cork City's Takeover and The Secret Life of Tony Cascarino
Declan Marron and Macdara Ferris bring you a sort of sequel to our Christmas book special to suggest some good ...
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Bohemians v Shamrock Rovers - Where can I watch it and what do I need to know?
The FAI Cup champions travel the short distance to their biggest rivals with far more than just three points at ...
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Dundalk 7 - 1 UCD: Four things we learned
It may have been the first pre-season friendly of 2020 for Dundalk but there were still a few things which ...
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End of Season Report Card - UCD
Picking the star player from a side that lost half of their starting 11 midway through the season is no ...
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Book Review: C'mon The Town - A Dundalk FC Miscellany by Jim Murphy
It’s a book that you won’t find hovering near the top of the charts nor a plethora of sports journalists ...
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End of Season Report Card - Shelbourne
Despite not appearing to be in total control of games, Shelbourne generally found themselves come out on the right side ...
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End of Season Report Card - Galway United
The stage is almost set, but it remains to be seen if the club can make real progress in the ...
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End of Season Report Card - Cabinteely
However, if it wasn’t for a difficult June, Cabinteely may very well have found themselves competing for the league title ...
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Book Review: One Night in Dudelange by Kevin Burke
However, back in the summer of 2015, things were different, much different. University College Dublin, an educational institution based in ...
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Book review: CONIFA - Football for the forgotten by James Hendicott
This book, written by Irish based Englishman James Hendicott, details the story of 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup through an ...
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TV Review: Division: The Irish Soccer Split (RTÉ)
Narrated by a husky-sounding Aidan Gillen, who seems to drift in and out of his ‘John Boy’ Power persona, Division: ...
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TV Review: Back of the Netflix - Sunderland 'Til I Die
With plenty of drone footage from overhead and cameras at pitch level, there is enough training ground action in Netflix’s ...
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Book Review: Fighter by Andy Lee (with Niall Kelly)
Fighter by Andy Lee with Niall Kelly is published by Gill Books.
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Book Review: One Team. One Dream. Won Friday Night by Brian Kennedy
Tom O'Connor reviews the latest offering from Brian Kennedy, author of Follow The Floodlights
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Book Review: Boy Wonder - Tales from the Sidelines of an Irish Childhood by Dave Hannigan
Macdara Ferris reviews one of 2017's most memorable sports books.
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Book Review: First Hand - My Life and Irish Football by Eoin Hand
Eoin Hand is a familiar name, face and a voice to all in Irish football. He played, managed and co-commentated ...
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Book Review: Family Life, Death and Football by Michael Calvin
Back in the summer of 2009, journalist Michael Calvin approached the then Millwall manager Kenny Jackett asking permission to cover ...
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Book Review: John Fallon - Connacht: The Team that Refused to Die
2016 will be remembered by sporting fans as the year of the underdog with both Connacht and Leicester City emerging ...
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Book Review: Walk tall by Rob Heffernan
Rob Heffernan the Cork born athlete who people normally hear about every four years when the Olympic bandwagon rolls into ...
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Book Review: Jason McAteer - Blood, Sweat and McAteer
When I bought Jason McAteer’s new autobiography Blood, Sweat and McAteer, I wasn’t expecting too much from it. Before I ...
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Book Review: Second City By Neal Horgan
Having thoroughly enjoyed the first book written in 2014 by Neal Horgan or “Hoggy” as he is referred to as ...
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Book Review: Joey Barton - No Nonsense
Before I wrote this book review, I asked a few people what they thought about Joey Barton. None of the ...
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Book Review: Gods Vs Mortals by Paul Keane
In light of Dundalk's recent European adventure, a review of a book chronicling the greatest exploits of all League of ...
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Book Review: Win or Learn by John Kavanagh
A few weeks back when word reached those of us in extratime.ie HQ that the boss was doing a revamp ...
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Book Review: Jean-Philippe Toussaint - Football
We have a tendency to measure time through football tournaments. The cyclical nature of European Championships and World Cups are ...
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Book Review: A Life Too Short - The Tragedy of Robert Enke
The importance of Ronald Reng's biography of German goalkeeper Robert Enke is not in how it captures him on the ...
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