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Tommy Martin: We will miss the comedy years when Man United finally stop being a joke
It will be deeply offensive to United fans that the club would be considered football’s longest running comedy revue, entering its ninth year playing to packed houses

Thu, 25 Nov, 2021

Caelan Doris celebrates at the final whistle with Tadhg Beirne 13/11/2021
Tommy Martin: Ireland beating All Blacks again was different but still special, like an accidental third child
Do we want New Zealand reduced to the status of a small, wet, sheep-ridden nation that we beat every second time we play them? Isn’t that Wales?

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021

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Tommy Martin: Are you going to see Ireland or Cristiano Ronaldo?
Ronaldo’s celebrity looms over Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Portugal like a giant blimp made of abs and hair gel

Wed, 10 Nov, 2021

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Tommy Martin: Rebirth of David Moyes a rebuke to modern chin-stroking toxicity 
This is a club owned by superannuated pornographers and whose fans are hardly renowned for their cuddliness - but West Ham are the feelgood story of the season

Thu, 04 Nov, 2021

F1 Grand Prix of USA
Tommy Martin: As an eight-year-old, I prayed at Mass that God might let Keke Rosberg win the Australian Grand Prix
Drive To Survive on Netflix doesn’t actually focus much on Lewis Hamilton and co at the top of the F1 leaderboard. This is more by accident than design

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur - Premier League - St. James' Park
Tommy Martin: Newcastle's first big signing - useful local idiots
The delirium on Tyneside since the club’s takeover, which reached crescendo ahead of Sunday’s game against Tottenham, has been as much down to the departure of the hated Mike Ashley as the identity of the wealthy new owners

Wed, 20 Oct, 2021

Republic of Ireland v Qatar - International Friendly
Tommy Martin: Parity of esteem for all sides as an uneasy peace reigns over Irish football 
For this ceasefire in the Stephen Kenny wars, a debt of gratitude is owed to the Qatari football team

Thu, 14 Oct, 2021

Motion 46 is passed 29/2/2020
Tommy Martin: At its political crossroads the GAA needs something bolder than consensus
Getting it right with the football championship might be a panacea for a whole swathe of gripes and ailments, especially those of the counties that lie outside the elite handful

Thu, 07 Oct, 2021

Juventus v Chelsea - UEFA Champions League - Group H - Allianz Stadium
Tommy Martin: For a hard taskmaster, Thomas Tuchel is dangerously soft on vaccines
Tuchel has admitted he doesn’t know how many of his squad had been vaccinated against the virus

Thu, 30 Sep, 2021

43rd Ryder Cup - Preview Day Two - Whistling Straits
Tommy Martin: You don’t have to be mad to think Europe can win Ryder Cup. But it helps
We know that when the European captain surveys the scene at Whistling Straits, he sees things we cannot see. We see a team hopelessly outgunned

Thu, 23 Sep, 2021

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