By David Prendeville Ireland concluded their disastrous Nations League campaign and 2018 with a horrendously drab 0-0 draw against Denmark in Aarhus. Ireland’s relegation to pot C of the next Nations League and their drop to third seed for the […]
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Eddie Gannon was born in 1921 and grew up in Pearse House flats on Pearse Street. He was football mad and became known as ‘a good little player’. When he left school at fifteen, he worked at the Hammond Lane […]
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Arthur Fitzsimons was born in 1929 and lived in Penrose Street in Ringsend. He grew up to become perhaps the most exciting Irish footballer of his time. He played schoolboy football for the famous local club, Johnville FC, and it […]
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Over a century ago, Matthew Reilly from Donnybrook became one of the first Dubliners to make a successful career as a footballer in England. He played international football for Ireland and kept goal for some of the most famous clubs […]
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Alf Ringstead was born in County Dublin in 1927, the son of well-known English jockey Charlie Ringstead. He grew up in the football heartland of north-west England, and by the time he was fourteen he was playing for Everton’s junior […]
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