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Cork GAA finalises dates and times for mammoth Championship programme

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Cork GAA finalises dates and times for mammoth Championship programme

GAA boffins today finalised the most demanding club fixtures matrix in the GAA - Cork’s county championship schedule.

Where does your club rank? Cork GAA confirms grading for 2020 Championships

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Where does your club rank? Cork GAA confirms grading for 2020 Championships

Fitzmaurice hopes experience will stand to Corca Dhuibhne

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Fitzmaurice hopes experience will stand to Corca Dhuibhne

Tralee set up all-Kerry final in Munster Post Primary SAFC

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Tralee set up all-Kerry final in Munster Post Primary SAFC

Injuries are the biggest threat to St Brendan’s title defence

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Injuries are the biggest threat to St Brendan’s title defence

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Corca Dhuibhne’s flying finish foils brave Clonakilty

Di Canio: I do not support fascism

Di Canio: I do not support fascism

Paolo Di Canio responded to fresh criticism over his appointment as Sunderland manager by insisting he is not a racist and “does not support the ideology of fascism”.

Wed, 03 Apr, 2013

McClean decision not to wear remembrance poppy ‘personal choice’

Sunderland have confirmed that James McClean’s decision not to wear a Remembrance Day poppy on his shirt was a personal one. The shirt is now due to be sold for charity.

Mon, 12 Nov, 2012

McClean makes 'personal choice' not to wear poppy

McClean makes 'personal choice' not to wear poppy

Sunderland have confirmed winger James McClean’s decision not to wear a Remembrance Day poppy on his shirt was a personal one.

Sun, 11 Nov, 2012

Survival is all that matters now

DESPITE my pre match nerves, Saturday was probably my favourite away game of the season. I love the drive through the Lakes via the M6 to Bolton and after a bleak winter on the road, the sun was out, the music was mellow and the conversation was good.

Wed, 13 May, 2009

Hawthorns horror sparks sinking feeling

AFTER last week’s rant about Sunderland AFC almost sending me to an early grave, I received an amusing phone call from Wrigley’s chewing gum this week.

Wed, 29 Apr, 2009

Now is no time for negative vibes

AFTER a spirited performance against Manchester United on Saturday, the mood around Sunderland has lifted slightly.

Wed, 15 Apr, 2009

Flight of fancy to Paris in the spring

I’M not a big fan of the English football team. Aside from them being a set of arrogant, overrated, underachieving men who represent everything I detest in modern-day football, as a Sunderland fan there’s been little correlation between the two sides that would cause much interest.

Wed, 01 Apr, 2009

Left feeling robbed after referee’s moment of madness

WE’RE supposedly in the middle of a recession yet we’re being robbed week in, week out of our admission money by incompetent referees.

Wed, 25 Mar, 2009

Sbragia will need to show his nasty side

HOW strange, having seemingly gone weeks without a game on a weekend, last Saturday’s clash against Spurs was the only top flight game in England.

Wed, 11 Mar, 2009

Sugar daddy given Short shrift as Keane uses ‘box office’ value again

IT’S a shame that arguably the best result of Ricky Sbragia’s managerial career to date wasn’t anywhere near good enough to be classed a success. A draw away to Arsenal would usually be a great result but when it comes on the same day as Roy Keane tearing away the hierarchy of your club it would have taken a mighty handsome win to steal the attention from our former boss.

Wed, 25 Feb, 2009

Sbragia regime could end in tears

IN the dying moments of our St Stephen’s Day encounter with Blackburn, Jason Roberts rounded ‘keeper Marton Fulop to present himself with the seemingly easiest of tap-ins from 12 yards.

Wed, 31 Dec, 2008

Come on Niall, time to tell us if we drew the Short straw

IN the 48 hours following Roy Keane’s departure, I gave at least 50 interviews to different sections of the media.

Wed, 10 Dec, 2008

Phew, I thought our key Irish man was gone

WHEN I heard that an Irish icon in charge of all things Sunderland AFC was about to walk, I had a bit of a panic on. Surely we’d struggle to survive as a Premier League outfit; maybe we’d no longer be able to attract players to the club.

Fri, 05 Dec, 2008

Thankfully, Black Cat Friday didn’t materialise

LAST Friday promised to be a fairly quiet day at our fanzine’s HQ. Sure, Sunderland had been awful for almost a month, but we’ve been bad for most of the 30 odd years I’ve been following them, so that’s no big deal.

Wed, 19 Nov, 2008

You ain’t seen nothing like the mighty Quinn

TWO previously despised football chairmen must be struggling to wipe the smug grins from their faces this week.

Wed, 15 Oct, 2008

Sweet goal struck in name of the father

LAST YEAR there was an awful inevitability about our games against the top four sides.

Wed, 08 Oct, 2008

If you tolerate this then Keane may be next

THE LAST few weeks have taught everyone just what fan power can achieve at a football club in the North East of England.

Wed, 01 Oct, 2008

Greening of club continues after derby win

I SPENT most of last week’s build up to the Middlesbrough game stressing that, contrary to mainstream media belief, The Wear/Tees clash is not really a proper derby match.

Wed, 24 Sep, 2008

Bumbling Bramble buoys our Mackem army

EVEN though Sunderland fans once again proved we’re the best in the land at Dave Whelan’s corporate soccer arena on Saturday, there was huge support for the club before we arrived en masse to the north west at the weekend.

Wed, 17 Sep, 2008

Fans on song after win and new signings

SITTING in the away end at Hampden Park for the Scotland v Northern Ireland game a week ago I was reminded of one of my favourite chants, dedicated to Ulster’s goalscoring hero David Healy.

Wed, 27 Aug, 2008

Sitting pretty, now for sexy Sunderland

LATE into the early hours of Sunday morning, I was still celebrating our last-gasp win against Middlesbrough — which secured our Premier League survival — and admiring Sunderland’s lady folk. I was drunk, making my ability to judge things, both from the game and the rest of the evening, difficult.

Wed, 30 Apr, 2008

Hungry Reid puts survival on the menu

MANY males at the Stadium of Light last Saturday will have been looking down at their pot bellies, ruing their physique for ruining a career in professional football.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2008

Brogan’s bank on Rebel stars to seal final spot

ST BROGAN’S will field eight members of the Cork All-Ireland Vocational inter county winning team for tomorrow’s schools SAFC semi-final against St Brendan’s (Belmullet) in Lahinch.

Fri, 21 Mar, 2008

All sweetness at the Stadium of Light

IT’S been a long time since cup fever hit Wearside, but where the first team is failing, it looks like the kids are alright.

Wed, 20 Feb, 2008

Maybe next time try safety first, Roy?

WE got an email criticising a story we ran on our website (www.a-love-supreme.com) on Friday suggesting Roy Keane shouldn’t play Kieran Richardson against Liverpool the following day because we’d probably lose anyway.

Wed, 06 Feb, 2008

Crucial victory the best hangover cure

I WOKE up on Saturday with no enthusiasm for football. I lay bleary eyed beneath the covers, due to Friday night’s excesses, watching Sky Sports News.

Wed, 16 Jan, 2008

No festive cheer as Roy finally loses it

SATURDAY saw Sunderland managers past, present and future gather to witness an unexpectedly-exciting game.

Wed, 19 Dec, 2007

Only prawns and yawns at Blues’ Bridge of sighs

THERE’S a saying ‘you can’t buy class’ and this was particularly evident on Saturday. Chelsea may have poured millions of pounds into their stadium, their team and the club, but this is not football. In fact, it’s not even close. The house that Roman built is a poor imitation.

Wed, 12 Dec, 2007

We need to start picking up points

AFTER spending most of last week exchanging offensive text messages with acquaintances from Tyneside, it’s with relief and a tinge of deflation that we move on from last weekend’s tense derby game.

Wed, 14 Nov, 2007

Keane has instilled a sense of pride

IT seems like ages since our last game so Sunday’s trip to West Ham is most welcome. International football isn’t, as a rule, something that really captures the imagination around Wearside.

Wed, 17 Oct, 2007

Courage compensates for stage fright

GARETH SOUTHGATE’S lesson in management continued at the Riverside against Sunderland on Saturday — you don’t ease up in the final few minutes against a Roy Keane side.

Wed, 26 Sep, 2007

Quinn consortium complete Sunderland takeover

Niall Quinn’s consortium today confirmed they have reached an agreement on a £10m (€14.41m) cash offer for Sunderland.

Mon, 03 Jul, 2006