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by Striker
Man Utd or on course for another title
Well, you all will have noticed that all of the Premier League Saturday matches over last weekend had a 3pm start.
This was something of a first, as normally you would have an early game at 12:45, with another usually at around 5pm, all of course to accomodate the television channels, which was a grand thing, and really gave us the ongoing facility of seeing as many of the games as possible, and spending a Saturday afternoon steeped in soccer.
by Stable Lad
It has always been very noticable, that when we are all through with the big festival at Cheltenham, followed quickly by the the sheer excitement of the Grand National and Aintree, racing goes into a kind of a lull, and seems to be marking time, getting ready, and having a long look at the early Classic races on the flat.
Harry Redknapp
by Striker
The results of last weekend have thrown the Premiership relegation battle into a little bit more of a quandary, for, as I mentioned last week, QPR and Reading already have the going down look about them, but as to who will accompany them into the limbo of the Championship is still, to all intents and purposes, up for grabs.
The dreaded relegation magnet has, on the bare evidence of points totals and matches played, now pulled six other teams into the mix, namely, Stoke, Newcastle, Norwich, Sunderland, Wigan, and Aston Villa.
by Stable Lad
Well, both Cheltenham and Aintree have come and gone for another year, with each meeting leaving us with some disturbing memories regarding injuries to both jockeys and horses.
Now, it is a fact that those sad type of misfortunes do occur fairly regularly in horse racing, especially in the “over the sticks” branch of the sport, although, when it does happen in flat racing, thankfully not too often, the speed that the horses are travelling at means that it usually has a serious outcome.
by Striker
Well, wouldn’t you think that we had enough unusual characters in the top league already, especially when one looks at the weekly antics of the various managers trying to upstage each other, week in, week out, and playing the well known mind games before important matches, in an effort to psyche out their opposite numbers.
by Stable Lad
Well, here we are at last at one of the crunch times of the season, going into a three day meeting at the famous Aintree track, which will feature some fine racing over its duration, and culminates on Saturday with the Grand National, which is regarded all over the world as the greatest race of all in the realm of national hunt racing.
by Striker
Since the Premiership looks like a done deal for the Red Devils, its only natural that the closing weeks of the season would be focussed on who is going to win the FA Cup, who will the final top four contain, and of course, who will be the the unfortunate three who will be taking the plunge into the relative oblivion of the Championship Section.
by Stable Lad
Well, we are heading into our Easter weekend, and hoping beyond hope that it turns out to be a clement-type few days where the weather is concerned, for if the present freezing spell continues, it looks like we could be shortly going on a ski-ing holiday, without ever having to leave the country.
by Striker
TALK about making everybody eat their words! Everybody! Well very nearly anyway, and for certain those who didn’t expect “Trapp’s Chaps” to get anything at all out of last Friday’s qualifier against Sweden, but, being the funny type of game that soccer is, our Irish lads bravely went out there and confounded their many critics, with a fighting display that would warm the cockles of any sporting heart.
by Striker
What could anyone make of Man City? One would have thought that having made the transition into what are called the “money” teams, that they would eventually go on to collecting some silverware, either in England, or indeed on the European shelf.
THE U16 footballers were on top from the start against Drimoleague in an away league game last Thursday evening. Despite squandering an amount of chances, Skibb ran out winners 4-9 to 2-7 … [Read More...]
by Striker Now that the relegation battle is finally over, it makes interesting reading to work out just what it means, in financial terms of course, to the three teams that finally bit … [Read More...]
BANTRY Blues are delighted to announce the dates for its annual Kellogg's Cul Camp. The camp will take place from Monday the 8th to Fri 12th July at Wolfe Tone Park, Bantry, Co Cork. This … [Read More...]
SKIBB U14s played Barryroe in the league at home last Thursday evening and gave another fine team performance with some very good passages of passing football. Playing into a gale in the … [Read More...]
by Striker TO paraphrase an old Gilbert and Sullivan ditty, "a soccer manager's lot is not a happy one", an adage that would apply this week in many quarters in both England and Ireland. … [Read More...]
THE build up to the 2013 rowing season continues to ramp up for the members of the GalleyFlash. The second GalleyFlash Two Oar Challenge was held on Sunday May 5th, teams from across … [Read More...]
Kilmeen U12 Footballers travel to Croke Park Recently, the Kilmeen U12 footballers travelled to Croke Park to take part in a Munster Football Blitz. On the day these young stars played … [Read More...]
THE under 14 footballers played neighbours Ilen Rovers in a very competitive league match in Rath last Thursday evening. Playing with a strong breeze in the first half Skibb led at half … [Read More...]
The U13s played Kilmeen in the first round of the West Cork championship on Monday evening in Castlehaven. Kilmeen started well with two goals inside the first five minutes. O'Donovan … [Read More...]
by Striker Well, here we are, in the closing weeks of the Premiership season, and one could not say that the fight for the title was, from mid-season on anyway, the guts and garters … [Read More...]
Last Saturday the club hosted an U10 blitz. On a beautiful morning ten clubs participated and the Marsh pitches were awash with colour and excitement; the youngsters’ faces clearly relaying their … [Read More...]
by Striker Well, you all will have noticed that all of the Premier League Saturday matches over last weekend had a 3pm start. This was something of a first, as normally … [Read More...]
St Colums U14 ladies football team had their third game of the season last Saturday [20th April] away to Glen Na Gael. Despite a valiant effort by our ladies team they were out played by a very … [Read More...]
by Loose Head Clonakilty’s troubled season will come to an end this Saturday in The Vale when they host Richmond for Ireland’s last remaining senior ranking position for season 2013 - … [Read More...]
by Striker The results of last weekend have thrown the Premiership relegation battle into a little bit more of a quandary, for, as I mentioned last week, QPR and Reading already have the … [Read More...]
THE U16 footballers were on top from the start against Drimoleague in an away league game last Thursday evening. Despite squandering an amount of chances, Skibb ran out winners 4-9 to 2-7 … [Read More...]
by Striker Now that the relegation battle is finally over, it makes interesting reading to work out just what it means, in financial terms of course, to the three teams that finally bit … [Read More...]
TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has offically launched a new walking trail which has been described as Ireland's answer to the famed “Camino de Santiago” in Spain. The Beara Breifne Way is a … [Read More...]
WEST Cork's Gougane Barra, Beara Peninsula and Kinsale have all made it on to the longlist in The Irish Times competition The Best Place to Holiday in Ireland. They are among 25 holiday … [Read More...]
