I watched the qualifier against the Faroe Islands a long way from home — and yet it still felt very much like home.

Our columnist reflects on a memorable start to Ireland’s hectic end-of-season finale.

A week spent on a coaching course in Dublin has proven to be an eye-opening experience.

I’ve mentioned in a previous column that I’ve been doing rehabilitation for my achilles’ tendon injury here in Qatar and promised to write more about this extraordinary place.

Our columnist pays tribute to a managerial titan who, memorably for the Bolton man, once paid tribute to him

Our injured columnist finds himself stranded in the desert and miles from the action as D-Day dawns in the Championship

Luis Suarez may have got my vote for Player of the Year, but this Jekyll and Hyde character is seriously damaging Liverpool

Last weekend’s crowd trouble at, first, the FA Cup semi-final between Wigan and Millwall and then the local derby between Newcastle and Sunderland, was a horrible throwback to scenes we haven’t really seen in England since the ’80s.

From Best to Messi and McGrath to Gerrard — oh, and not forgetting Bernie Slaven! These are the stand-out players of my time.

The appointment of Paolo Di Canio as Sunderland head coach has hit the headlines this week in more ways than one.