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6 days ago | 
the42.ie | Paul Fennessy
Cork City v Derry CityShamrock Rovers v DroghedaShelbourne v St Patrick’s AthleticWaterford v Galway 7:39PM Hello and welcome to tonight’s liveblog. We’ll be focusing primarily on the clash between Shamrock Rovers and Drogheda while keeping an eye on all tonight’s other Premier Division games.
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1 week ago | 
the42.ie | Paul Fennessy
IT’S NOT OFTEN that a standalone game is guaranteed to drastically alter the perception of a team’s season. The two sides competing in this year’s Europa League final face the prospect of either abysmal failure or qualified success. As Mick McCarthy might say, both teams would bite your hand off if you had offered them Champions League qualification at the start of the season. But how one will achieve this feat has been unspectacular, to put it mildly.
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3 weeks ago | 
the42.ie | Paul Fennessy
YOU WOULD be hard-pressed to find many individuals in the League of Ireland that have had a longer tenure at one club than Matt Kavanagh. But if it wasn’t for a life-changing accident, the 72-year-old groundsman would not have had such a long affiliation with Drogheda United. Kavanagh took on the role at the Louth club in 2002 — the year before Paul Doolin became manager. Kavanagh has seen plenty of note during that period.
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1 month ago | 
the42.ie | Paul Fennessy
EIGHT YEARS ago, PSG were regarded by some as a footballing laughing stock. The French top flight is barely a competition these days. The country’s richest club by some distance their 11th title in 13 seasons with six games to spare. So, their success tends to be measured purely by how they perform in the Champions League.
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1 month ago | 
the42.ie | Sinead Farrell |Paul Fennessy
KILDARE’S KEVIN FEELY says it “wouldn’t be the end of the world” if his side compete in the Tailteann Cup this season. The Lilywhites, who open their Leinster campaign against Westmeath in the quarter-finals this weekend, will be destined for the second tier competition again if they fail to reach the provincial decider.
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1 month ago | 
the42.ie | Gavin Cooney |Paul Fennessy
MONTHS OF SPECULATION about the future of Mohamed Salah has ended with confirmation today that the Premier League top scorer has signed a two-year contract extension with Liverpool. Salah’s contract was set to expire at the end of this season, and the uncertainty clouded Liverpool’s otherwise superb Premier League season, with Salah saying last November he was “probably more out than in” at Anfield.
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1 month ago | 
the42.ie | Gavin Cooney |Paul Fennessy
SHANE LOWRY LAMENTED a sloppy bogey on the penultimate hole of his opening round of the Masters, in which he carded a one-under round of 71 to leave him in a tie for 11th place and six shots behind leader Justin Rose. Lowry, however, bounced back from that bogey with a birdie on the final hole. “I felt on the front nine I wasn’t playing great and then I turned in two-under and felt like I played better on the back nine and didn’t really get anything out of it,” said Lowry.
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1 month ago | 
the42.ie | Fintan O'Toole |Paul Fennessy
8.05am Hurricanes v Crusaders, Super Rugby Pacific Sky Sports Action 10am Tennis, ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Sky Sports Main Event 10.35am Waratahs v Chiefs, Super Rugby Pacific Sky Sports Action 10.40am AFL, Collingwood v Sydney Swans TNT Sports 1 2pm US Masters Golf, from Augusta National Sky Sports Main Event 2pm Cycling, UCI Basque Tour – Stage 5 TNT Sports 1 2.30pm World Snooker Championship, Qualifiers TNT Sports Extra 7.30pm US Masters Golf, from Augusta National Sky Sports Golf...
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1 month ago | 
the42.ie | Paul Fennessy
GOALKEEPERS ARE often regarded as a little different, more out there than the average footballer. More than any other player, they can make or break a team in any given game. Consequently, slagging them off is sometimes a bad idea. Before England’s crucial 1974 World Cup qualifier with Poland at Wembley, legendary manager and then-ITV pundit Brian Clough described the visitors’ number one as “a circus clown in gloves”.
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1 month ago | 
the42.ie | Ryan Byrne |David Sneyd |Paul Fennessy
ELLIS CHAPMAN HAS explained how therapy sessions helped him overcome the worst period of his career while at Cheltenham Town before signing for Sligo Rovers last year. The talented midfielder says the move to the League of Ireland allowed him to rediscover his love for the game after previously taking action to work on his own mental health. Chapman barely played for 18 months due to injury prior to getting a chance to resurrect his career with the Bit O’Red when John Russell offered a contract.
