On February 14 this year shares in Sky plc rose 3% following the news that the

On February 14 this year shares in Sky plc rose 3% following the news that the

Alan Hansen doesn’t do live TV anymore. After 22 years, he finished up as BBC’s Match of the Day anchor pundit in 2014. Commanding he was, but not without sin, Manchester United coming back to haunt him following his infamous “kids” remark in 1995.

It’s hard to believe. Tyrone 1-21 Donegal 1-12 — and it was a scoreline that flattered Donegal.

Seen from above, the man in the golden shirt is caught in mid-flight, high in the air, as if vaulting some invisible obstacle, writes David Shonfield

Swansea 1 Chelsea 0: It was, of course, Alan Hansen who famously suggested “you can’t win anything with kids” 21 years ago before a youthful Manchester United won the Premier League title.

Hello, remember me? I’m the chap who used to write about Liverpool for the Examiner before some satellite TV flunky decided we’d make great Monday Night Heroes.

A Matter of Life & Death is the new book from football writer Jim White, who purports to tell the history of football in 100 quotations.

Chelsea brought out all that is characteristic in Shearer and Savage when they locked horns on the subject of the champions-in-waiting on Match of the Day at the weekend.

No matter how successful they might go on to be in management or anything else associated with the game - Liam Mackey writes - I’ve yet to hear a former footballer suggest that his new career ever comes even close to replicating the buzz he experienced as a player.

Chelsea are top of another league after their fans’ festive chant about manager Jose Mourinho was voted the funniest of all time.

Goalkeeping legend Packie Bonner recalls Ireland’s victory over Scotland in Glasgow in 1987, with soccer writer, Liam Mackey, and reveals that although Jack Charlton’s team would kick on to a first ever Euros qualification, the road was by no means smooth on the way to the promised land.

Was Sunday the ultimate All-Ireland hurling final? Now that pulse rates are back to normal, we asked Michael Moynihan to be as objective as only he can be.

Phil Neville will join a new-look Match of the Day team for next season as the BBC prepare for life after Alan Hansen.

The BBC has brought in a team of experts to study all 212 penalties taken at the World Cup to help England take the perfect spot kick.

The world of soccer joined in unison with the people of Liverpool yesterday at a memorial service at Anfield to mark 25 years since the Hillsborough disaster claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool football fans.

The last time Liverpool won a league title, back in 1990, the internet had not yet been invented; but such is the incredible interest surrounding the current team’s bid to win a first title in 24 years it would be no surprise to see the worldwide web collapse under the pressure of their latest victory.

Alan Hansen suggested this week that tonight’s Merseyside derby at Anfield is the biggest in the league in almost 30 years.

Andy Murray was duly crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year in Leeds on Sunday night, capping an historic year which saw him become the first British man in 76 years to win the Wimbledon singles title.

Arsene Wenger shrugs off claims by ’Match of the Day’ pundits Alan Hansen and Alan Shearer that Arsenal will fail to win this season’s Barclays Premier League title.

First indication of the direction the week might take came early in last Sunday’s Anfield skirmishes when Tom Cleverley propelled himself into the shins of Philippe Coutinho.

Alan Hansen has announced he will quit his role as a Match of the Day pundit after the 2014 World Cup.

The racism row surrounding Sergio Garcia took another twist this afternoon when European Tour chief executive George O’Grady used the phrase “coloured athletes” when discussing the decision not to sanction the Spaniard.

It was a notable week in comedy. The Office screened for the last time in the USA. The first trailer emerged of America’s take on Gavin & Stacey. It was the 15th anniversary of the final Seinfeld.

It’s been quite a few months for Ciarán Clark.

Alex Ferguson has rejected the “over the top” criticism of goalkeeper David de Gea.

FA Cup Fourth Round: Man Utd v Fulham

When Howard Webb blew the final whistle at Old Trafford the roar made it sound as if Manchester United had just beaten somebody big.

The turn of the year is a time to look forward, but for some people it’s also a time of regret.

The stars behind a potential Christmas number one single which aims to raise money for the Hillsborough families today called on the chancellor to waive VAT on it.

The old saver ‘cultural differences’ was suggested; the first refuge of racists and the inappropriately friendly

We’ve had the Busby Babes, Coad’s Colts and Fergie’s Fledglings so is it time now to start talking of Rodgers’ Toddlers?

Pic 1: Ronan, Linda and Gary Keating at the Marks & Spencer Marie Keating Foundation celebrity golf classic dinner at the K Club, Straffan, Co Kildare.

Former Tottenham Hotspur boss Harry Redknapp has joined Match Of The Day as a regular pundit for the new season.

Accumulated profits at the media firm owned by football pundit, Eamon Dunphy last year topped €500,000, latest figures show.

POT MEETS KETTLE

There’s no app for this column, so in the interests of providing an immersive, interactive experience, how about a quiz?

Geography test

What channel to watch? Who has hired the bluffers and who has the gems? Des O’Driscoll tunes television viewers into Euro 2012

The summer after his departure from Manchester United, Roy Keane gave a riveting two-hour talk to the Cork hurlers who were then bidding for a third All-Ireland in a row.

There are times when perception and reality are different things.

There was good reason why Mourinho and Ancelotti stuck with the English core they inherited at Chelsea