Lovely stuff.

“We actually surveyed our players, got down to each and every county panel, and they came back quite unanimously that they were against this."

Manager Stephen Rochford confirmed that the 29-year-old has departed.

O’Shea wore a protective boot on his injured ankle when he attended the Hula Hoops President’s Cup final on Saturday night at the National Arena.

The latest gossip and rumours from the newspapers and online.

“I’m happy, I think 19 matches undefeated is amazing.”

“You don’t like that uncertainty so it is a good boost, yeah."

“2016 was not a good year for our inter-county teams, our standards have fallen.”

Keegan and Connolly clashed in the All-Ireland semi-final drawn encounter last year resulting in the St Vincent’s man being dismissed by referee Joe McQuillan.

"I’m not saying we’re going to do it but we’ll have a cut at it."

“There was no breach of discipline in our training camp, absolutely not. Everybody was impeccable out there.“

“I like the game of football, I’m a very proud Kilkenny person and would want nothing but the best for Kilkenny at any code."

Stefan Campbell rescued Armagh's league campaign with the winning point right at the death to boost Kieran McGeeney's side's hopes of staying in Division Two.

Dublin star Bernard Brogan made a thrilling return to action with an injury-time winning point at Croke Park to leave the holders two points clear at the head of the Allianz football league.

There had been some objections to the proposed reception, with PUP Cllr Billy Hutchinson saying he feared the presence of James McClean could lead to protests.

Here’s a collection of five people failing at football in 2016.

The pro footballers playing the actual match would have been proud of this shot.

Match of the Day is officially the longest running football television show in history, Guinness World Records has announced.

What. A. Hit.

Looks like we got a good ‘un.

The greatest save of the weekend came from a midfielder rather than a goalie.

Liverpool defender Glen Johnson has no idea where he will be next season but it appears increasingly likely he will move overseas as his representatives have already held exploratory talks with foreign clubs.

A number of Spurs and Chelsea fans were involved in a punch-up after last Sunday’s Carling One Cup final.