“Hello, I am Giovanni Trapattoni.”

If we hadn’t suffered at his feet, we mightn’t remember that Salvatore Schillaci unexpectedly made his Italy debut in a low-key friendly the March before Italia ’90.

WE ALL knew Giovanni Trapattoni wouldn’t want to look at any new players before Euro 2012, but it was still a little disappointing to hear him confirm it on Friday.

At least three concerned citizens tried to prevent a fight minutes before two Polish mechanics were stabbed to death outside their Dublin home.

A Drimnagh teenager stabbed two Polish mechanics through their heads, possibly with a screwdriver, outside their Dublin home on a February evening two years ago, it has emerged.

Waterford's Republic Of Ireland international star John O'Shea has been spending some time at his Ferrybank home with family and friends ahead of a fixture that will have a major bearing on our bid to qualify for next year's World Cup in South Africa.

IT IS the sound of thousands of Roma fans singing in almost perfect harmony which first strikes you when you stand in the Curva Sud in Rome’s Olympic Stadium.