IT’S A measure of the impact one family has had on the club that Seneschalstown has gained the affectionate moniker Sheridanstown.

HUGE suspensions, including a two-year ban, have been handed down to members of the Carrick Swan club in Tipperary following an alleged assault on a referee last weekend.

CONCEDING a last minute equaliser against AZ Alkmaar might not prove to be a major calamity in the greater scheme of things, but I was hoping it might serve as a lesson for our young side. However the infuriating way in which we casually frittered away what might prove to be a couple of decisive points at Upton Park on Sunday would suggest that the Gunners gleaned little from our mishap in Holland.

NOW that was a good week! Convincing Champions League display (you don’t often hear a Chelsea fan say that), resounding result over Blackburn and Joe Cole not only back, but having lost none of his magic.

IF this continues Fulham may well consider renaming Craven Cottage ‘the City of Manchester Stadium’.

WINTER may still be weeks away but, for these two clubs, the chilly grip of a relegation squabble has already taken hold.

GOALS were the difference in this meeting of neighbours in the Tipperary SHC quarter-final at Semple Stadium yesterday, the two second-half three-pointers by Mid-Tipp champions Drom & Inch enough to ease them onto a semi-final meeting with reigning champions Toomevara next Sunday at the same venue.

IT may have been a routine affair for long stretches, but yesterday’s Evening Echo Cork SFC final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh still managed to conjure up a breathless finish.

CLARE ladies have been knocking on the door of the senior grade for four years now and they finally let themselves in yesterday after withstanding a second-half comeback from Fermanagh.

WE MIGHT as well have been on the high veldt.

GARY CAHILL might remain a largely unknown figure outside Bolton, but his manager Gary Megson has backed him to “be ready for the World Cup” if chosen for next summer’s finals by England manager Fabio Capello.

THE recriminations over the fourth official’s stop-watch in the Manchester derby rumble on and the sense of injustice burns as intensely as ever in the blue half of Manchester.

ALEX FERGUSON feels the knowledge Ryan Giggs is coming to the end of his illustrious career is providing the platform for the Welshman to remain one of Manchester United’s most influential players.

KILKENNY GAA chiefs will lodge a formal complaint with Croke Park in the wake of the chaotic scenes after their All-Ireland SHC final win over Tipperary.

Cork fans seem more rueful than angry after Kerry's All Ireland senior football

ONLY five Irish international airports will be sustainable into the future and European funding will be vital, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary said yesterday.

Anyone who thought we might get past an exhilarating game like Sunday's All

THEY scaled the summit for the fourth year running, generated more irrefutable evidence to back their claims to hurling greatness and yet Kilkenny manager Brian Cody yesterday vowed that there is more to come from his charges.

WE own the fastest and most spectacular ball game in the world in the code of hurling.

Anyone who thought we might get past an exhilarating game like Sunday’s All Ireland senior hurling final without controversy was sadly mistaken.