So how do you feel after your little break, then? Relaxed, refreshed — or just plain bored?, writes Steven Kelly.

Let’s get this nonsense over and done with, writes Steven Kelly.

The past and the present are in a permanent state of war with each other, generally over which is best — and never more so than in football.

Trizia Fiorellino, Chelsea fan correspondent for the Irish Examiner since 2004, has died in a London hospital after a short illness.

It’s complicated. We should be happy but there’s a palpable dread about how this ends because of others. Well, one other…

Joint top after the last month’s games, without ever hitting top gear? Straw clutch, number one.

We’ve bought four players, folks. Four, and one of them will usually be a sub.

Steven Kelly on the emotions that Liverpool fans are enjoying - and enduring - ahead of kick-off.

Steven Kelly takes a look at the iconic life of former Liverpool player and coach Ronnie Moran.

And we’re back again. See Saw, Margery Daw… Forget nursery rhymes, Finnegan’s Wake makes more sense than this team – well, the three pages of it I ever managed to get through, writes Steven Kelly.

Terrace talk has been one of Examiner Sport’s more popular features.

Our writers round up the weekend's Premier League talking points.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

All top four sides won in Division One of the Munster Junior League as both Kilfeacle and Bandon recorded bonus-point wins.

Liverpool fan Steven Kelly on the bitter rivalry he despises but can never shake loose...

Getting in behind the Premier League weekend.

If Koeman wants to blame anyone, why not Balotelli? Everybody else does, writes Steven Kelly.

Reaction from the weekend’s top Premier League action.

There was a derby, back in the dark distant 1970’s, where the Everton manager was so grateful for a point he strode onto the pitch and shook every player’s hand, writes Steven Kelly.

West Ham lost at Anfield. In an ever-changing world, rarely for the better, some things are reassuringly familiar, writes Steven Kelly.

We played like Christmas turkeys…

Idler Johnson the unlikeliest of Red heroes

Manager’s rotation game backfiring badly

There’s patient and there’s asleep at the wheel

If you’re doing your grocery shopping on a Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, then you are more likely to be planning a healthier meal, but you are still more likely to spend more later in the week.

Liverpool: Losing on goal difference having scored 101 goals would have been too cruel

Emotions in red zone before ball kicked

Our pundits take a look at the ins and outs of this week's action, from messages written in the sky to missed opportunities.

Malice begins as title charge gathers momentum

THE hard work begins now.

A man who dragged a garda along with his car after refusing to stop for him has been jailed for two and half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

SO at what point did you suspect it would end in tears?

IF we played like this until April, I’d still tell you to remain calm, so ignore me and my seven rooms of gloom. You go right ahead and wallow.

WELCOME to my third Irish Examiner article in four days. The Sex Pistols used to call it ‘cash from chaos’…

IT’S mid-September, and the shackles remain in place. Did I say shackles? Try concrete overcoat.

DENIS GLENNON marked his latest return to the Westmeath fold by augmenting a selfless performance with an injury-time point to snatch victory for the 13-man Lakesiders.

Westmeath 0-15 Wicklow 1-11

SOMETHING snapped last week. What the hell am I watching here — and why?

RATIONALISATION, how could football live without it?

NOW can our title claims be taken seriously? … Kelly, shut your big fat gob.

LIAM Mackey is off in sunny Spain so regular substitute ALLAN PROSSER has done his stretching exercises on the touchline, stripped off the tracksuit and is charging into the fray to mediate your opinions for the first time this season.

EVERYONE was on their best behaviour in Madrid thank goodness. UEFA were unavailable for comment.

In the afterglow of a thrilling comeback at City, swigging beer between lectures, you might think even I could not be troubled by dark clouds on the horizon.