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How La Liga left the Hearts of the Irish
This is a world dominated by streams, wifi, and pay per view sports channels but in Ireland there remains a more traditional constant, the pub is at the heart of …
Galicia – A Rising GAA County team.
I recently interviewed Diego Fernandez Meijide. Diego is the Press Relations Officer for Galician GAA. I was already fairly aware of the Gaelic bond Galicia and Ireland shared but speaking with …
Expected Goals – A Great Opportunity Missed
Football has been slow to embrace advanced statistics but one stat which is gaining popularity with analysts and some pundits is expected goals(Also written as xG). However, not everyone …
Irish Players in the Spanish Leagues
Only 8 players have represented the Republic of Ireland national team and played in Spain. Here we will look through the successes (and failures, man was there a lot …
GAA cornerbacks; Stop giving your man a head start!
The False Truth We’ve all been there: playing corner-back marking a tricky forward, and just not being able to get out and win the ball ahead of him. It leaves …
Introduction to my Blog
Hello Everyone, Here is a flavour of this blog and what is to come. I would consider myself an opinionated person with two great passions, sport and culture. Fortunately these …
The Double Hop 