X

Sign in

Try from €1.25 / week

SUBSCRIBE
Irish Examiner Logo

Try from €1.25 / week

SUBSCRIBE
  • 
  •  

    Sign in Subscribe
  • subscriber
  • news
    Ireland Munster Cork World Court & Crime Politics Climate & Sustainability History Spotlight Watch Now Longread In Pictures Photos of the Week Obituaries News - Subscriber Content
  • sport
    GAA Soccer Rugby Racing Golf Business Of Sport Other Sports Cork Sport Live Sport Sport Columnists Sport - Top Picks Sports Calendar Sport - Subscriber Content
  • lifestyle
    ieFOOD Health & Wellbeing Arts & Culture Books Outdoors Fashion & Beauty Parenting Parenting Podcast Advice Travel People Celebrity Motoring Lifestyle - Subscriber Content
  • business
    Companies Economy Farming Munster Business Cork Business Technology ieBusiness Podcast Business - Subscriber Content
  • property
    Residential Commercial Planning Development & Construction Home & Gardens Property & Home - Subscriber Content
  • opinion
    Columnists Comment & Analysis Our View Your View Opinion - Subscriber Content
  • LISTEN
    The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast GAA Podcasts The full story podcast Rugby Podcast The ieBusiness Podcast The Mick Clifford Podcast Politics Podcast Subscriber Podcasts
  • Puzzles
  • MORE 
    Archive Competitions Contact Us ePaper Helplines MyHome.ie Newsletters Newspaper books Photosales Place ad Podcasts Puzzles Recruit Ireland Sponsored Showcase Sponsored Reports Subscribe Weather Who We Are
  • Cookie settings
  • Ireland Munster Cork World Court & Crime Politics Climate & Sustainability History Spotlight Watch Now Longread In Pictures Photos of the Week Obituaries News - Subscriber Content
  • GAA Soccer Rugby Racing Golf Business Of Sport Other Sports Cork Sport Live Sport Sport Columnists Sport - Top Picks Sports Calendar Sport - Subscriber Content
  • ieFOOD Health & Wellbeing Arts & Culture Books Outdoors Fashion & Beauty Parenting Parenting Podcast Advice Travel People Celebrity Motoring Lifestyle - Subscriber Content
  • Companies Economy Farming Munster Business Cork Business Technology ieBusiness Podcast Business - Subscriber Content
  • Residential Commercial Planning Development & Construction Home & Gardens Property & Home - Subscriber Content
  • Columnists Comment & Analysis Our View Your View Opinion - Subscriber Content
  • The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast GAA Podcasts The full story podcast Rugby Podcast The ieBusiness Podcast The Mick Clifford Podcast Politics Podcast Subscriber Podcasts
  • Archive Competitions Contact Us ePaper Helplines MyHome.ie Newsletters Newspaper books Photosales Place ad Podcasts Puzzles Recruit Ireland Sponsored Showcase Sponsored Reports Subscribe Weather Who We Are
  • news
  • sport
  • lifestyle
  • business
  • opinion

  • IN FOCUS:
  • Race to the Áras
  • Ploughing Championships
  • Women's RWC
  • Gaza
  • Ukraine
  • Farming
  • ieExplains
  • ieVideo
  • Subscribe
  • Puzzles
  • Weather

Person: Jimmy Greenhoff

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Terrace Talk: Man UNited - Endless misery takes us right back to the ’70s
Terrace Talk: Man UNited - Endless misery takes us right back to the ’70s
There’s a childlike pleasure to be had, even at my decrepit age, to think one might be on the same wavelength as a Manchester United manager.

Mon, 07 Oct, 2019

Trip to Saints offers nostalgic distraction
PICKING up my copy of The Sunday Times on the weekend, I was increasingly thrilled to read the banner headlines on its various sections as I unfolded the giant beast of a publication.

Wed, 26 Jan, 2011

Excited by a title race that isn’t black and white, but hopefully red all over

AS Torres’ second went in, to give the jammy Scousers their laboured win against a Chelsea side unfairly reduced to ten men, few could resist the temptation to declare this the week that the title race finally became a proper Red v Red death-match for the first time in almost 30 years. If Rafa can avoid reproducing his Keegan impression, that is.

Wed, 04 Feb, 2009

Local pride stirred as back street kid Welbeck fronts up

ONE of Sir Alex’s favourite deflection-mode gripes, which he tends to wheel out when we have just lost, is that the fixture list is somehow mysteriously nobbled against us every year.

Wed, 19 Nov, 2008

Fergie keen to protect skipper

Alex Ferguson has hinted Roy Keane’s advancing years have contributed to a change of tactics for Manchester United this season.

Sun, 17 Apr, 2005

Latest

  • Mason Mount and Matheus Cunha back in Man Utd squad to take on Chelsea

  • 'I don’t know yet' - Pep Guardiola unsure if Rodri will be fit for Arsenal trip

  • 'I went to Saudi, Hong Kong and Bahrain' - Alex Ferguson travelled to deal with the loss of his wife

  • Macron welcomes arrest in West Bank of Palestinian suspect in 1982 Paris attack

Mick Clifford
Mick Clifford

News

Most Read

  • Young cyclist killed in Cork City crash after moving from Japan earlier this year
    Young cyclist killed in Cork City crash after moving from Japan earlier this year

    Friday, September 19, 2025 - 12:00 PM

  • Demolition begins at Cork’s Sextant Bar site to clear way for 24-storey apartment tower
    Demolition begins at Cork’s Sextant Bar site to clear way for 24-storey apartment tower

    Friday, September 19, 2025 - 8:00 AM

  • Cork teen waiting 15 years for hip surgery to meet Taoiseach over €300k treatment battle
    Cork teen waiting 15 years for hip surgery to meet Taoiseach over €300k treatment battle

    Friday, September 19, 2025 - 1:00 PM

https://newsbrandsireland.ie/ https://www.presscouncil.ie https://iabireland.ie/iab-ireland-publishers-commercial-charter/
news
  • Ireland
  • Munster
  • Court & Crime
  • Spotlight
  • World
sport
  • GAA
  • Soccer
  • Rugby
  • Racing
  • Golf
  • Other Sports
  • Podcasts
business
  • Economy
  • Companies
  • Munster Business
  • Farming
  • Technology
opinion
  • Columnists
  • Comment & Analysis
  • Our View
  • Your View
Help
  • FAQ
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Brand Safety
  • Cookie Policy
  • Cookie Settings
  • Push Notification Preferences
  • Mobile
  • Subscriptions
Info
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Home delivery
  • RSS
  • Newsletters
  • Place ad
  • Who We Are

© Examiner Echo Group Limited, Linn Dubh, Assumption Road, Blackpool, Cork. Registered in Ireland: 523712.

Cookie Policy Privacy Policy Brand Safety FAQ Help Contact Us Terms and Conditions

© Examiner Echo Group Limited