Owen Cowzer
Football Correspondent at The Irish Sun
Football Correspondent for @IrishSunSport. Also cover a bit of everything else. Still coming back from injury.
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5 days ago |
thesun.ie | Owen Cowzer
THE gate receipts from a bumper crowd of 10,000 were £4,000 and the official match programme cost 10p. Players cadged lifts to the game or struggled to find parking around Phibsborough. And the winning captain brought the trophy to work with him the following morning — at 4.30am. Home Farm’s 1975 FAI Cup success feels a world away now and almost unimaginable in the modern age. But even 50 years ago, the Whitehall club’s success was a shock.
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thesun.ie | Owen Cowzer
KEITH LONG and Waterford have parted company after a run of six successive defeats. Long guided the Blues to promotion via a play-off at his first attempt having taken charge in 2023 and guided the club to safety this season. But after three wins in their opening four games, Waterford have struggled this season losing six on the spin with Friday night’s 4-0 home loss to Sligo Rovers proving the final game.
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thesun.ie | Owen Cowzer
ÁINE O’GORMAN reckons that talent rather than age is what matters for Shamrock Rovers this season. The Hoops host Wexford Youths in Tallaght this afternoon looking to kick on after a solid start to the campaign. Collie O’Neill’s new-look team are fifth after drawing with current leaders Athlone and beating second- and third-placed Shelbourne and Treaty United. Their only defeat was to a Galway side who sit fourth.
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thesun.ie | Owen Cowzer
STEPHEN BRADLEY insisted that his team will stay focused - but there needs to be stability behind the scenes after minority owner Dermot Desmond went public with his dissatisfaction. SunSport revealed on Wednesday that businessman Desmond penned an open letter to club members outlining his concerns with how the club is run. The Hoops’ near 800 members own a 50 percent share of the club and elect directors, while Desmond and Australian-based business man Ray Wilson own 25 percent each.
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5 days ago |
thesun.ie | Owen Cowzer
LEO CULLEN believes that Leinster’s status as the All Blacks’ sabbatical venue of choice is good for Irish rugby as a whole. The Blues host Ulster tonight at the Aviva Stadium in the URC at the end of a bombshell week in Belfield. First, the IRFU announced that the percentage provinces must pay for centrally contracted players was to be increased from 30 to 40.
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RT @OCowzer: Darragh Markey admits he now has no idea how Drogheda United competed as a part-time outfit https://t.co/TrlWClKMXa
RT @OCowzer: Column on LOITV...sounds like the technical problems are hopefully behind them https://t.co/e5229rnfI8
Darragh Markey admits he now has no idea how Drogheda United competed as a part-time outfit https://t.co/TrlWClKMXa