Since the first day he arrived at Liverpool, Brendan Rodgers has been drilling his players in the principle that if they get the performance right, the results will surely follow.

Margaret Thatcher never paid much attention to football, but last week football was remembering her.

There is a good rule of thumb that the worse the Ireland team is at any given moment, the better the post-match analysis on RTÉ.

Darron Gibson is not the most amiable footballer in the Ireland squad.

Liverpool’s performance against Manchester City was reminiscent of some of their better showings under Kenny Dalglish.

We are not like other clubs who can spend fortunes on proven goods.

I have seldom felt as excited coming away from an Ireland match as I did the evening of April 22, 1998.

Eight years ago this month, I stood behind the goal with the Swedish fans at Boavista’s Bessa Stadium to watch the match that finished off Giovanni Trapattoni as Italy coach.

Manchester City paid £38m for Sergio Aguero because he is a player that can perform rare feats of brilliance with a football.

It is a peculiar feature of this Premier League season that the only team in the top six that has had a season they can really be proud of is Newcastle United.