I have about 200 MiniDV tapes in my attic that I’ve been looking after since the Shamrock Rovers F.C. cameraman, Mícheal O’Brolochaín, passed away a couple of years ago. Recently, with the permission of his son, and the support of the Heritage Trust, I’ve started creating an archive of this material.
Shamrock Rovers take on Galway Utd at Tolka Park at 8pm this Friday. The Hoops are in second place in the league but 8 points off the top spot. All games are now must win games for Rovers if they are to secure what would be a historic league title. A printable poster is also available. Read more
The latest sanctions from the FAI have a couple of bizarre fines. Even by the FAI sanction press release standards!. Before going into the sanctions have a look at this video. It from the Harps-v- Derry match on August 18th 2007. The following fines were handed down: Derry Citywere fined €500 for the throwing of paper by their supporters in the match v Finn Harps (18.08.07). Decision under appeal to FAI.Finn Harps were fined €500 Read more
Following some recent discussions over on the SRFC Ultras message board (www.srfcultrasforum.com) I thought I’d do a little tutorial on how I made a simple 2 post flag. This flag is a little on the small side but hey it’s just a tutorial. The idea behind 2 post flags is that it makes it easy to show off a message or a design. Large flags at the sidelines of matches are easy to read, but Read more
I’ve uploaded some photos of the Rovers -v Bohs game to my flickr account. The highlights of the game are also online at the official website. Forza Hoops! Read more
Last Friday Thomas Davis GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) club took South Dublin County Council to the high court to see a judicial review of the Tallaght Stadium. Their argument is on a legal point of process, but the core of the matter is that the GAA club want the stadium redesigned to accommodate a full size GAA pitch. The matter has been discussed at length elsewhere but it simply boils down to the fact that Read more
Last night Shamrock Rovers were presented with the eircom League 1st Division title after the last match of the season in Cobh. The calm before the storm in a Cobh pub: The Hoops goalkeeper with the trophy. Ultras adding to the celebrations! Read more
After the 5-2 drubbing of the Republic of Ireland by Cyprus the team needed to get something out of the game against the Czech Republic. They did, it finished 1-1. In typical Irish football fan style gone were the calls for resignations to be replaced by the Ole Ole brigade acting like we had actually won something. Such is the fickleness of Irish football fans, a little wallpaper of the gaping cracks and they are Read more
Great night [match report]. The team scoring in the last minute of the first half in match that wasn’t going your way is great. That the scorer was the same person who managed to send a last minute oppertunity out of the stadium on Friday made it even better. Poetic even! Second half Bohs got a penalty, which their experienced player/manager stepped up to take against a 20 year old Barry Murphy. And he saved Read more
Replay in Dalymount park on Tuesday Read more