Tom's Sporting Almanac

Considerations on sport, and such

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Passing on the Mantle

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Apart from being male, not being called Colleen O'Shanahan, not being from New Jersey and not having red hair, I feel much like a former...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Run, TSA, Run

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It was a combination of factors, really, that made me decide to take up running. I have run before, of course. For buses, away from the resp...
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Monday, February 25, 2008

Tricky Eddie Exits the Valley

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It'll probably take the departure of Eddie O'Sullivan himself for the World Cup to be totally consigned into history. When that wil...
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Friday, February 22, 2008

Minor European Football Leagues Unite, You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Chains

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Probably like any football club, supporting Celtic has given me equal numbers of profoundly depressing episodes as moments of tingling ecsta...
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Monday, February 18, 2008

Toasting the Health of the Cup

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Medical opinions differ regarding the health of the patient. Hale and hearty on Saturday morning, when Bristol Rovers' throwback ground ...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Caught In A Trap

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Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day. So did the FAI fall ass-backwards into the appointment of Giovanni Trapattoni, or did...
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Friday, February 01, 2008

Good Job, Bearded Hippy Types

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Blogger glitch now fixed, may we never gaze upon the face of De Burgh again.
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Thursday, January 31, 2008

The Curse of De Burgh

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Blogger appears to be a bit mental at the moment, as my latest post - the one on fat Spurs players - is followed by a post from September 29...

Spurs Player Busting A Gut

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It was amusing to read in recent days of Spurs manager Juande Ramos' shock, upon meeting his new charges three months ago, at finding th...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Striking Similarites

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Big Jim Larkin and William Martin Murphy. Arthur Scargill and Maggie Thatcher. And now Donal Og Cusack and Frank Murphy. Another fine pair o...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Heaven is a Place on Earth

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Okay, okay. Look, I won't go on about it. I know everyone's a bit Munstered-out at this stage. Enough already, with the skyscraping ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Munster The Overdogs

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Generally, in dear little old Erin - Ma bhrón! Ma bhrón! - we have been culturally habituated to the role of the underdog. Frankly, it's...
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Saturday, January 12, 2008

That Time of Year Again

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What with the Golden Globes being held in a Portakabin this year, and the Oscars likely to go the same way, 2008 is surely the year the Iris...
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Friday, January 11, 2008

We'll Go To Tel For This

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God, hasn't this blog gone to hell recently. It's like one of those jerry-built, Victorian-era football grounds (Swansea's Vetch...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Capello To Raise England's Game

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Like a new headmaster walking into his first assembly, Fabio Capello would have critically surveyed the horde gathered to welcome him. This ...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Munster Ramble On, As Black Dog Catches Leinster

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Remember that old rock bedtime story about how if you played Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in sync with The Wizard of Oz , that it ...
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Thursday, December 06, 2007

A Hair-raising Evening

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I had the great pleasure of travelling to Funtasia in the Dromore Industrial Park just outside Drogheda on Tuesday night in order to glean w...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Been Busy?

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It is with regret that I announce that the contract of Stephen Staunton as 'latest post' on Tom's Sporting Almanac has been term...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

It's a Vision Thing

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It was mentioned last week - by some members of the mongrel pack that huddle at the side of Malahide United's pitch for gristly morsels ...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

We'll Answer Our Hemisphere's Call

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Is there a word - a noun like patriotism, or nationalism, or jingoism, or sectarianism - for a devoted love, support and defence of one'...
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