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McGivern steps down to face the Germans
Ryan McGivern will make his debut for the Northern Ireland Under-21s against
Germany next Friday — despite being established in the senior squad for over
a year.
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Vieira misses clashes with Irish
Friday, 6 November 2009
Raymond Domenech followed the lead of Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni
Trapattoni and shunned the temptation to bring an experienced player in from
the cold for the play-off showdown, as he named his 24-man squad yesterday
without Patrick Vieira.
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Rover Dean back in Nigel’s plans
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Nigel Worthington last night held up Dean Shiels as an example for others on
the fringes of the Northern Ireland squad to follow.
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Trapattoni keeps promise to leave out Rover Reid
Saturday, 31 October 2009
Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has defended his decision to
leave Blackburn's Steven Reid and Portsmouth's Steve Finnan out of the
25-man squad for the World Cup qualifying play-off against France.
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Northern Ireland U21s aim to slay dragons
Friday, 30 October 2009
Portadown begin their defence of the Co-operative Insurance Cup with a third
round, first leg battle against Crusaders at Shamrock Park tomorrow but
manager Ronnie McFall had international football on his mind yesterday.
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Windsor capacity fears unfounded
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
The capacity of Windsor Park will be trimmed back by hundreds, not thousands,
until a full redevelopment takes place.
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McAuley frustrated to sit out Northern Ireland's Serbia game
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Gareth McAuley is in danger of missing Northern Ireland’s friendly with Serbia
next month.
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Big Sam slams ‘out of order’ Trapattoni
Saturday, 24 October 2009
Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce has angrily demanded an apology from Republic
of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni after labelling the Italian's comments
about Steven Reid “disgusting”.
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Glitch forces footy Republic of Ireland fans to buy dearest tickets
Friday, 23 October 2009
THE FAI yesterday blamed a technical glitch for its website only taking
applications for the most expensive tickets for Republic of Ireland’s away
play-off against France next month.
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France rocked by Ribery
Friday, 23 October 2009
Bayern Munich could be without their forward Franck Ribery for more than a
month, ruling him out of France’s World Cup off with the Republic of Ireland.
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Sven not interested in Sweden job
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Sven-Goran Eriksson has ruled himself out of the running for the vacant Sweden
coaching role, the Swedish FA announced today.
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Ryanair and Aer Lingus hike World Cup flights
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Airlines were accused last night of shamelessly ripping off football fans by
hiking their fares to Paris for the Republic of Ireland's World Cup play-off
against France next month by more than 1,000pc.
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20,000 Republic of Ireland fans to march on Paris
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
An estimated 20,000 members of the Green Army are expected to march on Paris
for the vital World Cup play-off against France on November 18.
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Given rages after France pairing
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Shay Given has once again condemned FIFA's decision to seed the World Cup
play-offs after the Republic of Ireland were handed a daunting clash with
1998 winners France.
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Sweden aiming to bring Eriksson home
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Sven-Goran Eriksson could be installed as Sweden manager by the end of the
month after he emerged as the front-runner to replace Lars Lagerback.
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Republic face Paris match for Cup glory
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
It was the opposition they wished to avoid in the scenario they simply did not
want. That's the bottom line.
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French test is the hardest possible task says Moran
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Kevin Moran believes that landing France was the worst play-off outcome
available to Ireland, but Packie Bonner does not necessarily agree.
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Republic of Ireland face France in World Cup qualifier
Monday, 19 October 2009
The Republic of Ireland's hopes of making the World Cup finals suffered a blow
after they were drawn against France in the play-offs.
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Kilbane in mood to live dream for Republic
Monday, 19 October 2009
Kevin Kilbane insists the Republic of Ireland await today's draw for the World
Cup play-offs afraid of no-one.
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FIFA to take a closer look at Maradona rant
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Diego Maradona could have compromised his role in Argentina's World Cup
build-up after FIFA announced they are to investigate his conduct in a
reportedly obscene television interview following his side's 1-0 win over
Uruguay.
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Time has come to bin Beckham: Greaves
Friday, 16 October 2009
Legendary England striker Jimmy Greaves has called for Fabio Capello to axe
David Beckham.
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