When Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s finally secures 25 per cent of the club, he will take control of “football operations” at Manchester United, an institution many might have once believed was 100 per cent football club.

Having identified the key flaws in the World Cup voting process Fifa identified another flaw: Having a vote itself

Soon the Glazers might have their ownership diluted and while this may lend itself to an improvement at the club, the future is still full of uncertainty.

Ireland will go to Amsterdam next month but everyone knows what happens next. Winter is coming.

Kenny’s bravery in trying to change everything will benefit Irish football. It is now time to be wary of hacks promising short-term salvation by changing only results.

There is no question that he succeeded in exciting the public, but now victory tomorrow is the only acceptable sign of progress. It is a huge demand but it’s what’s required.

'Doing a Leeds’ is part of the folk memory of English football, a reminder that sometimes when people panic, they panic for a reason.

The transfer market was doing its bit for entertainment as the new season edged closer, but if Manchester City dominate again, it will be hard to make that case going forward

This weekend at Croke Park we will see RTE's split personalities: by day a mild-mannered public service broadcaster; by night, a rapacious commercial operator maximising revenue at every opportunity

While Kenny has done much to suggest there could be a future worth believing in, there comes a time when the future becomes the present and then there has to be a reckoning