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  Banter & Bustle, by Jeff Scott
Banter & Bustle is an enlightening insight into the Saturday afternoon experiences of the football-supporting Everyman – a breed which, due to the impact of an authorised mass media, may well become an endangered species.
 
  Freestaters, by Donal Cullen
With talk of an All-Ireland League in the offing again in 2008, Donal Cullen’s Freestaters – which includes a detailed history of the split between Belfast and Dublin football associations almost a century ago – is a welcome addition to the canon of work on the history of the game on these shores.
 
  You’ll Win Nothing with Kids, by Jim White
The title of this latest book by Daily Telegraph journalist Jim White is taken from a famously errant prognosis given by BBC pundit Alan Hansen. That’s as close as it gets to the bright lights of Premier League football, however. Instead, White’s compelling work reaches beyond the bling and the ivory towers to the very heart of the sport.
 
  Determined, by Norman Whiteside
It may be just sixteen years since his retirement, but Norman Whiteside’s autobiography is a fascinating account of a different era in football.
 
    Sunderland: A Club Transformed
Jonathan Wilson’s chronicle of the Roy Keane revolution at Sunderland is far from flawless but there are several nuggets for fans both casual and committed.
 
  Who Stole Our Game?
With the storm-clouds gathering over another crisis for Irish soccer and the outcome of the 2006 eircom League resting as much on decisions taken off the field as matches won on it, Daire Whelan’s Who Stole Our Game? is a timely addition to the shelves of your local bookshop.
 
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Threesome: Great football ads
By eleven-a-side.com
We were sufficiently dazzled by the recent television debut of Nike’s two-minute movie, directed by acclaimed film-maker Guy Ritchie, to make great football commercials the subject of this week’s threesome.
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Posted by: trueblue
Title: Levein (Replies: 0 )
this moron wants to shut up he was going on about the ref controlling the rangers players nice one pity he didnt controll clogger hunt and the shell suit flood
done nothing but run about kicking cause they couldnt get their way as we were told levein when we tried to get afree week before the uefa cup final ......GET ON WITH IT

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Posted by: n jersey
Title: except it cork are no good (Replies: 7 )
i tell ya what arrogant is getting rid of a manager when he just won a cup (1 of your few )did they think yous where that good that you have to win everything . now your laughed at .SCOTTY EXCEPT IT CORK ARE BAD AT THE MINUTE AND PATS ARE THE BEST IN THE LEAUGE on current form it is what it is . why some stupid people cant except this is beyond me .
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Posted by: Harping On
Title: Harps Supporters Club in Dublin (Replies: 0 )
Anyone know of such a thing? Wouldn’t mind having a few fellow supporter around to go with to matches around the capital.
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MAY 08
Dundalk 1-3Shelbourne Report
MAY 09
Bray Wanderers 1-0Drogheda Utd Report
Cork City 1-0Sligo Rovers Report
Galway Utd 2-2Finn Harps Report
St Patricks Ath 0-0UCD Report
Shamrock Rov 1-1Derry City Report
Kildare County 1-1Athlone Town Report
Limerick 37 2-2Monaghan Utd Report
Sporting Fingal 1-1Longford Town Report
Waterford Utd 1-0Wexford Youths Report
MAY 10
Cobh Ramblers 0-1Bohemians Report
MAY 16 (7.45pm unless stated)
Bohemians vCork City
Derry City vCobh Ramblers
Drogheda Utd vSt Patricks Ath
UCD vGalway Utd
Finn Harps vShamrock Rov 8.00pm
Monaghan Utd vDundalk 8.00pm
Shelbourne vKildare County 8.00pm
Wexford Youths vLimerick 37 8.00pm
MAY 17 (7.45pm unless stated)
Sligo Rovers vBray Wanderers 8.00pm
Athlone Town vSporting Fingal 7.00pm
Longford Town vWaterford Utd 7.30pm

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