Time is a great healer, so they say, its medicinal properties strikingly on show on the box this week as Roy Keane and Kenny Dalglish amicably revisited the transfer row which had put them at odds with each other in the summer of 1993.

“Ah, this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me…”

In the modern game, when a wantaway player and a club lock horns, there is usually only one winner. But it wasn’t always so, writes Liam Mackey.

After an honours-laden career, Emma Byrne has more than played her part with all she has done to promote and improve the women’s game in Ireland, writes Liam Mackey.

Keith Andrews has lavished praise on Sean Maguire, saying the in-form striker is exactly what Ireland are crying out for, as Martin O’Neill prepares to name his squad for next month’s games against Georgia and Serbia.

Lily Parr. Remember the name, particularly because she should never have been forgotten in the first place, writes Liam Mackey.

I’m still nobbled on the cobbles ‘cos I hobble when I wobble...

Inevitably, the word ‘addiction’ features early in George Best: All By Himself, the documentary aired on the BBC this week.

If not always the football, then the results continue to flow in the World Cup qualifiers. writes Liam Mackey