Wembley’s flirtation with throwball on Sunday has been prompting many a septic tank to wonder about the brits and their inexplicable fascination with their curious derivative that produces zero-zero “tied matchups”. No wonder then that the lack of “overtime” at the end of Liverpool - Arsenal confused the Fox Sports “announcer”. “Arsenal’s twelve game unbeaten streak is over.”  Read More »  Read More →

What a time for DH Towers to be deserted. While we’re tied up on a guffspotting tour of the YooEss (Tommy Smyth is well - more when we return) we believe poor old Stan has stormed the Towers, boarded up the windows and is holed up waiting for Pat Kenny to decide if he can come out or something. Anyway, feel free to let us know in the comments just how bad it’s all been. Here is the panels’ verdict. Any chance the FAI would let the three of...  Read More »

“The first major trophy of the afternoon will be decided later.” Alan puts the Carling Cup in its place.  Read More »  Read More →

Pressed as to which he’d opt for if Ireland were in the egg-chasing semis at the same time as the footballers meet Germany, Newstalk 106 Head of Sport Jerry O’Sullivan spots a marketing opportunity. “I think I’d have to get two televisions.”  Read More →

We’ve been inundated with curious punters looking to see poor old Stephen Bywater make a c**t of himself on Goals On Sunday a couple of weeks ago. But afraid we’ve had no luck - Sky seem to have purged this incident from Interscope records. Still, as some consolation, here’s more considered views from Steve after this year’s play off final. “C’mon, c’mon. That’s alright.”  Read More →

To think a whole industry has been born out of Munster beating this bunch. Reckon the Spice Girls would have given them a game.  Read More →

Good news for much put-upon Spurs fans -we’ve done a deal with the Germans. In return for promising them three handy points on Saturday night, Spreadshirt, our snitzel-gobbling chums in Leipzig, have promised us a beautiful Steve Archibald shirt for one lucky winner.  Read More »  Read More →

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Newstalk 106 morning sports news was first to break the astonishing triumph of mind over matter that surely confirms the Irish jockey’s place in Eamo’s ever-diminishing galaxy of great players: “Kieren Fallon was ridden by Dylan Thomas to victory in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.” Have we found the man to add a bit of steel to our egg chasers?  Read More →

Like a Kevin Doyle goal, it was a long-time coming, but George was back doing what he does best at the weekend: “There’s danger here and Robbie Keane is through.”  Read More →

The interscope in DH Towers is shut down at 5 on the dot every evening so we’ve no idea what kind of behind the scenes activities you can access via rte.ie’s Big Cup service but according to the on-screen caption at end of Tuesday’s games, we could expect a heavy session of Live Steaming on Wednesday night. Now there’s a test for Gilesy’s moral courage. Meanwhile, there was a shock relegation for Wayne Rooney.  Read More...  Read More »

Did Conor Mac dispense of the faintest praise of all or is there genuine achievement in making sense of the rucking and rolling? “Good knowledge of the rules from Denis Leamy.”  Read More →