De La Salle 5 Mooncoin Celtic 2 Matt Keane Two teams who are battling it out for the league title met in Williamstown on Thursday evening. De La Salle had a total of nine points from their opening four games while Mooncoin Celtic had banked seven points, but they had played only three games. This was always going to...
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Piltown crush Bohs with quickfire goals
Piltown crush Bohs with quickfire goals
WSFL Under 15 A League Bohemians 0 Piltown 3 Matt Keane Live football returned to Waterford on Tuesday last as the 2020-21 Waterford Schoolboy League season resumed after the eight-month closure due to Covid-19. The 2021-22 season will start in September. The long break certainly did not have any ill effect on the...
Dixie Hale – A Majestic Player For The Ages
Dixie Hale – A Majestic Player For The Ages
Matt Keane Many people who love football were saddened on Wednesday last when the news broke that Richard Dixie Hale had lost his fight for life in his adopted home of Swansea. Born in Waterford on the 29th of May, 1935 – the Ard na Greine man was one of the four Hale brothers who made their mark in football...
Bircham: “I believe we are in a false position”
Bircham: “I believe we are in a false position”
Jordan Norris New Waterford FC manager Marc Bircham says that he believes that the club are in a false position despite being rooted to the bottom of the League of Ireland Premier Division Table, and is confident that he can do enough to help keep the Blues in the league come the end of the campaign. Speaking to...
Still reasons to feel blue
Still reasons to feel blue
Jordan Norris It’s fantastic that Waterford FC got off the mark at home with their 1-0 win against Longford Town at the RSC on Saturday night. Having been on the wrong side of many a one-goal defeat, five to date in fact – it was pleasant to see the roles reversed. But still, given the off-field drama that...
A comedy for the rich; a tragedy for the poor
A comedy for the rich; a tragedy for the poor
Jordan Norris I’ve been a Manchester United fan since I was seven years old. For the past sixteen years, it’s something I’ve said with immeasurable pride. On Sunday, when news broke of the breakaway European Super League, which United are proposed to be a part of, it was the first time in my life that I ever felt...
Stats should be taken with a grain of salt
Stats should be taken with a grain of salt
Jordan Norris There’s no doubt that the sporting landscape of now is incredibly different to that of even five years ago. Games are constantly evolving. Football is being devoured by ideals of high pressing, working off the ball and third man runs. Golf is struggling to come to terms with the idea of heavy hitting...
It’s time Irish football stopped living in the past
It’s time Irish football stopped living in the past
Jordan Norris There’s been some bad nights following Irish football down the decades, but Saturday night’s defeat at home to Luxembourg was undoubtedly the worst of the entire lot. It doesn’t matter who the manager is, what players were available or unavailable, what tactics or formation were adopted – losing...
New contract for Jayson Molumby
New contract for Jayson Molumby
Brighton and Hove Albion have handed a new three-and-a-half contract to the Cappoquin born midfielder. The new deal will keep him at the club until June 2023. The Republic of Ireland captain joined the club in 2016 and made his first-team debut in a League Cup game against Barnet in 2017. He then played in the next...
“He (Griffin) does that in training all of the time”. Alan Reynolds
“He (Griffin) does that in training all of the time”. Alan Reynolds
When Shane Griffin scored the stoppage time winner Alan Reynolds jumped higher than he had ever jumped before. The Blues manager had pulled a rabbit out of his hat and needless to say the Tramore native was in great spirits when he spoke after the match. “We were on the front foot and put them under pressure during...
Self Destruction Aids Shamrock’s Dominance
Self Destruction Aids Shamrock’s Dominance
League of Ireland Premier Division Waterford FC 0 Shamrock Rovers 2 Jordan Norris Reports An early own-goal and red card saw Waterford’s hopes of putting a challenge up to highly fancied Shamrock Rovers go up in smoke not long after a ball was even kicked. Shane Griffin came in for Scott Allardice in Waterford’s only...
Loanees In Limelight Once Again
Loanees In Limelight Once Again
Jordan Norris Reports While Waterford went down 2-0 to Bohemians under Friday night lights – a text of thank you very much was surely headed the way of John O’Shea again, as it was the Reading duo of Andre Burley and Akin Odimayo who shone brightest on a night where it was crazy to be outside the door, let...
