In August 2004, Shelbourne played Deportivo La Coruña in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, with a place in the group stage at stake. Joan Capdevila, a future World Cup…
The average attendance at League of Ireland matches in 2014 was just 1,559. In the same year, 120,000 Irish fans travelled to attend Premier League games, accounting for 15 per cent of overseas…
As featured on Guardian Sport Upon arrival in cities, the first port of call for generations of Irish migrants, with the possible exception of the nearest public house, would have been a place…
As featured on Guardian Sport AS TV BECOMES increasingly saturated by football coverage, there is a chance that fans might take for the granted the mortality of footballers’ professional careers and the lifespans…