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by Striker
WELL here we are going into another sporting year, 2013, to which I heartily welcome you, and in which we naturally hope that the teams we support, both at home and in foreign fields, get the success that they deserve, and in the process glean for us some winning yankees.
Harry Redknapp
by Striker
One would really have to wonder sometimes just what is going through a soccer managers mind when one sees the often surprising decisions that they arrive at.
For instance, what was Harry Redknapp’s thinking when he took on what looks to be a major task at QPR.
by Striker
The extraordinary scenes witnessed before Sunday’s game at Stamford Bridge between Chelsea and Man City would remind one of a club trying to get rid of a manager after a long losing run-but no-it was a crowd, Chelsea’s,
trying to get rid of a manager who had just arrived, by name, Rafael Benitez..
by Striker
Having a cursory look back over the Premiership so far, one would have to say that the team of the season up to now just has to be Everton, who, under manager David Moyes, have produced a consistency that has taken them into a well-earned fourth place in the table.
Man Utd on course for another title?
by Striker
THE results over last weekend went a long way to indicate that the form in the Premiership is beginning to settle down to some kind of normality, now that the early bursts of some of the so-called middle of the table teams have come and gone.
by Striker
This weekend sees the opening games in this season’s English Premiership, with the whole twenty teams heading into what will be, for every single one of them, a concerted plunge into the cauldron of vibrant competition. [Read more...]
John Delaney
by Striker
DID you know that the game of Soccer evolved from a game that was first played around 500 years ago, and was known at the time as just “football”.
This original game had a devil-may-care attitude about it, with little or no structure of rules, and, as a matter of fact, practically every practice was in, including even the picking up of the ball. [Read more...]
Steven McCarthy (right) puctured with Ireland team mate Conor O’Driscoll.
FORMER Skibb AFC youth striker Steven McCarthy has begun his professional career with English Premiership side Sunderland.
Steven enjoyed huge success as a schoolboy and underage player in West Cork having played for Ireland at Under 15 and Under 16 levels and representing the West Cork Schoolboys in the Kennedy Cup. [Read more...]
by Striker
Well, what do you know, after all that shilly-shallying since Christmas, when first one, and then the other, looked like going clear, the battle between the two Mancunian teams is going right down to the wire for the Premiership.
Pic: Roger Goraczniak
by Striker
THE countdown to the final stages of the Premiership is fast approaching, and if last weekend ‘s results are anything to go by, the destination of the title is still a little bit up in the air.
The Red Devils seem to be faltering a little, and the Sky Blues are coming with a bit of a flutter, so it really looks as if its all down to the local derby between the two Manchester teams, which will take place on Monday evening next, and has all the makings of a cracker of a match.
SONG writing legend Jimmy Crowley will share some of his secrets and tricks of the trade as he presents a key workshop at the 2013 West Cork Literary Festival in Bantry this July. A central figure … [More...]
by Marie Cahalane Presented as part of the Cultural Programme for Ireland’s current presidency of the European Union, The Poetry Project pays homage to Ireland’s artistic ingenuity … [More...]
by Brian Moore A PLAN to re-establish a community co-op in Durrus is taking … [Read More...]
by Sharon Murphy Caprese Salad, otherwise known as Tomato, Mozzarella and … [Read More...]
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A FINE Gael TD has expressed his frustration and disappointment at the failure to get answers in the … [Read More...]
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THE Minister for the Marine, Simon Coveney TD has … [Read More...]
THE Dunmanway Library ‘Knit & Natter’ group travelled to Macroom Library … [Read More...]
THE work of seven students in Macroom Youth Reach Centre for Education culminated in the creation of … [Read More...]
by Stephen Johnson THE Kenmare Family Centre has launched a new, low-cost counselling … [Read More...]
AT a recent ceremony at the Bandon Adult Learning … [Read More...]
JOIN The Bere Island Heritage Centre and the World … [Read More...]
THE Minister of State at the Department of Arts, … [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...]
