“Will it be a tale of goalkeepers?” George Hamilton intones portentously as the camera zooms in on Kasper Schmeichel. “Will it be a tale of goalscorers?”

Larry Ryan picks out five things we probably knew already from Ireland's draw with Denmark...

Kevin Kilbane seems a nice guy.

Mick McCarthy recently admitted Troy Parrott is a ‘shoo-in’ for a call-up to the senior squad if he figures regularly for Spurs this season

At the half-way point in Euro 2020 qualifying, the good news for Ireland is that they sit atop the group table with a healthy haul of ten points from four games.

Phil Babb has paid Virgil van Dijk a high compliment by comparing him favourably to Paul McGrath.

Almost 25,000 tickets have been sold for tomorrow's benefit game in support of Sean Cox at the Aviva Stadium.

"It's the only time a tennis ball has ever made me angry."

Damien Duff and Ronnie Whelan may have found fault with the tennis balls served up in protest against John Delaney at the Aviva Stadium, but Mick McCarthy could see the funny side after a performance and result that sets Ireland up nicely in Group D.

What is that alien sensation you are experiencing? Could it be calm? Spring brings the one international break we almost look forward to.

It’s been another rough week for Pat. Or Tom. Or Ger. Whatever you want to call him, you know him well anyway.

Ireland's all-time leading goal scorer will captain his country once more in a Sean Cox fundraiser.

Larry Ryan: Fashioning narratives out of the week’s big big game

At the end of an atrocious year for the Irish football team, results will be off the agenda for a couple of hours at least when Dublin hosts the Euro 2020 draw tomorrow.

It starts officially tomorrow although celebrations have been underway for a little while. The 30th anniversary of Ireland’s Euro 88 adventure. Specifically, tomorrow marks 30 years since Ray Houghton’s goal.

The @SSEAirtricityLg account didn’t even run a list of full-time scores during Cork City’s game against St Patrick’s Athletic on Saturday, writes Brendan O’Brien

Right, here we go. Time to give the checklist a final once-over.

Eoin Hand’s was a journeyman’s career in football, but it was still the stuff of his boyhood dreams. Managing his country was beyond those wildest dreams and he was so close to success. But chaos and catastrophe confounded his best-laid plans.

Things took an unusual turn, for a Liam Brady column, on the morning of Cardiff.

Enda McEvoy reflects on how the game - and punditry - played out on TV.

Where were you on the evening of November 18, 2014?

Ronnie Whelan has heard it many times before, since he sat on the famous perch with the rest of Liverpool’s last great team: That first rumble of doubt about a manager in which so much hope has been invested.

If not always the football, then the results continue to flow in the World Cup qualifiers. writes Liam Mackey

Should next Saturday’s Champions League final resolve itself into a head to head contest between Ronaldo and Gianluigi Buffon, the outcome might not only decide the game but also the winner of this year’s Ballon d’Or.

Whether it was playing on the pitch, or partying off it, Terry McDermott gave it his all. The Liverpool legend lived life to the full and he remains a larger-than-life character

Watch the build-up to the Liverpool Legends v Carrigaline which took place in Carrigaline on Saturday.

Ronnie Whelan is worried that Martin O’Neill has let himself short on goalscoring options should Shane Long get injured.

Danny O’Carroll A.K.A. (Buster Brady) has raised a staggering €50,000 for the victims of the Buncrana Pier Tragedy and Pieta House after an incredible fundraising night in Co Donegal.

THE world of football was turned upside down last week when Leicester City won the English Premiership for the first time.

All set for the big one tomorrow? The Super Sunday to beat them all?

Credit where it’s due. Might Irish football be finally set to plug the gap that has dogged our game for so long?

Ronnie Whelan believes Liverpool must hit the ground running this season in their quest for silverware and a return to Champions League football.

A week in the life of women and sport, eh?

Joe Corcoran used to like to be known as a mere postman with a passion for football but he was so much more.

Eamon Dunphy has slammed Martin O’Neill for seemingly regarding him as a bit of a homer while Ronnie Whelan, even though he’s another self-confessed fan, has expressed the fear that he might get “gobbled up” in the heat of the expected battle between Ireland and Scotland on Saturday.

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