Henderson last scored at Anfield in 2015. It was the day Liverpool got a spawny late draw against West Brom and Klopp lined the players up in front of the Kop to, ahem, ‘celebrate’.

The late father of former Republic of Ireland player and Assistant Manager, Roy Keane, considered all of his children to be stars, his funeral mass has heard.

With Robbie Keane weighing up an offer to come in as Jonathan Woodgate’s assistant at Middlesbrough — a move which, of crucial importance, he stresses, would allow him to continue in his role as a coach on Mick McCarthy’s Ireland staff — the 38-year-old Dubliner is on the brink of taking another step along the road he has long intended to follow, from playing to coaching and, ultimately, to management.

Twenty years after their on-field tension rivalry ended, Ian Wright insisted his summer squabble with Roy Keane on the pundits’ couch at the World Cup hasn’t dimmed his respect for the Corkman.

Germany weren’t just shocked by Mexico on Sunday, they were just pipped by Galway too. And Roscommon.

Fr Ted writer Arthur Mathews has been going to the Drogs for years. Liam Mackey finds out why. 

Keano could become player-manager of his club.

New competition, new anthem, new trophy — but more than a touch of the same old story for Martin O’Neill and Ireland in Lausanne yesterday.

Burnley have signed Everton winger Aaron Lennon for an undisclosed fee.

Republic of Ireland legend Robbie Keane will not be returning to Wolves.

Bomb cyclone. Thundersnow. Polar Vortex. Arctic Blast. Snowmageddon.

After a year of turbulence and triumph for the Irish women’s team, skipper Katie McCabe is relishing the chance to make history in 2018.

Keano’s superpower might have been football, but he discovered another along the way in his magnetism. And how a nation hangs on every word he utters, or is uttered about him, writes Larry Ryan.

It’s not something I usually hasten to admit but my heart isn’t entirely hardened to Everton Football Club — and I know I’m not the only Manc Red who feels like that.

Kevin Long appreciates he’s never going to reign supreme in a golf competition amongst his Burnley teammates but he’s well on course to winning a Premier League starting slot from Sean Dyche.

Who’d have thought channelling the vibe of a 1970s game show host would work for a 24-year-old Dublin comedian?

What’s it like to play under Roy Keane? Or, more to the point, what’s it like to be on the end of a rebuke from Keano as his eyes narrow and the pitch of his voice rises?

Gareth Southgate’s passion for the game remains undimmed despite the interim England manager’s clear unease about aspects of the football industry.

Worries for Roy Keane, Rashford makes case, Cesc freeze - our writers chew on the weekend's talking points.

Rejuvenated, reinvigorated and reinvented; Arsenal’s ambition to answer their critics and change public perception of their weaknesses is beginning to come true after a result against Bayern that could have huge significance in their season.

We have so many questions.

It was a heady night for Irish sport. Not only did they beat world champions Germany in a memorable Euro 2016 qualifying match in the Aviva, they also received congratulations from the most unlikely of places.

Backs to the wall — that’s the popular consensus on where stands the Irish football team as a depleted line-up prepares to face world champions Germany at the Aviva Stadium tonight.

Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years...

There are important games coming up for the Irish rugby and soccer teams so Three Ireland, sponsors of both teams, brought together two stalwarts from each code to discuss what it’s like to wear the green shirt.

I’m willing to bet that even those green army veterans of Paris for whom Thierry Henry will always come complete with horns and cloven feet, can’t help finding themselves seduced by the Frenchman’s multi-walk-on role in the latest Sky Sports commercial.

Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0: Winning the Community Shield is rarely a reliable indicator of who will end the season as champions but Arsenal’s landmark win over Chelsea at Wembley does confirm their growing reputation as the most interesting contender in the 2015-16 title race.

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.

Few will raise an eyebrow to hear that Roy Keane’s dogs knew how a match had gone by his body language — it speaks volumes at the best of times.

THERE is something about Roy. It’s nearly a decade since Roy Keane last kicked a ball in professional football. Still, he holds our attention.

Once again, it was all about Roy on our television screens this week. But this time it was not Yer Man, it was Yer Other Man, says Liam Mackey.

Roy Keane’s name is being mentioned as one of the candidates for the newly vacant Aston Villa job and as luck would have it, he is practising his management skills in Cork tonight.

In the inky trade, ‘man bites dog’ might be the gold standard for what qualifies as a legitimate news story but, in the case of Roy Keane, ‘man rings doorbell’ appears to be more than enough to merit the full shock ’n awe treatment.