I hope
@SSEAirtricityLg
@FAIreland
call off
@DundalkFC
vs
@ShamrockRovers
this Sun. Any Irish club who wins a European game should not have to play a league game on next weekend before the next European game, no matter what the context, give them every chance to prepare / process
Thoughts on today’s government decision to ban any attendance at all sporting events. I’ve been to 5 grounds since the restart & i explain here about all of the safety measures for everyone involved.
@MichealMartinTD
@LeoVaradkar
@DonnellyStephen
@CMOIreland
what are you doing?
Class scenes here! Dean Delany’s LOI career has drawn to the close. The whole stadium claps, the whole Shels team go to hug a true legend before he’s replaced by Colin McCabe. A goosebumps moment. Lovely
@shelsfc
@SSEAirtricityLg
Fantastic photos of Ireland and Derry City player Ronan McKinley with his 1 year old little brother after tonight’s game. Taken by the excellent Stephen McCarthy. I think the little fella sees the camera! Class
Howth one hour ago!!! WHY are the owners of Beshoff’s (who live in howth) still open? Why are all of these MORONS in a line for hours for a bag of chips? Why are
@gardainfo
@GardaTraffic
who have station 100 yards away not shutting it down?
@rtenews
@VirginMedia_One
#MoneyHungry
Wow. What a shame this is behind closed doors. If we weren’t in the middle of the pandemic, this would surely be at the aviva in front of 52,000 people 🤦🏻♂️
Adding my voice to the calls for gyms & swimming pools to be considered essential services for the physical & mental well being of everyone using them, athletes & normal joe soaps like me. About to head in for my last run & swim for at least 6 weeks!
@MichealMartinTD
@LeoVaradkar
Huge thanks to the fantastic
@materprivate
staff for care, compassion, treatment, love etc they gave our Grandad over last 5 weeks. Pat passed away this morning surrounded by his family. Honoured to have stayed with him on what turned out to be his last night of 90 years! ❤️💔🙏
LOI fans, I think I have a
#GreatestLeagueInTheWorld
tweet as I think think is
@SeanHeaney96
graduating as a Garda today after just a few weeks in training to help with needs of the people re Coronavirus outbreak. Class stuff Sean, the best of luck!
For all the stick FAI have got, major credit to everyone involved (players, staff, clubs & beyond) with the underage Ireland set up. All of the teams, especially the competitive ones at 17 19 21 have been playing / performing brilliantly in recent years & that is not by accident!
Recorded the 10/12 mins from final whistle through the celebrations to the
@shelsfc
players going back to the dressing rooms. Here is the best of it, amazing scenes to be around tonight. Top class
#GreatestLeagueInTheWorld
An indescribable feeling after an unbelievable year!
@SSEAirtricityLg
U19 Champions of Ireland! (in the last minute of extra-time)
@stpatsfc
, players, staff, together! Thanks to everyone who made it possible!
#OneLastPush
❤️ (📷
@sportsfile
)
Can’t believe people are hammering Festy for throwing his jersey into the crowd after being sent off for doing nothing in one of the biggest games of his young career with emotions running high. Spur of the moment, leave him alone!
🤦🏻♂️ This can’t be for real? 11/12 year olds playing 11 a side. Tiny goalkeepers having no chance for any high shots. Smaller players not able to kick the ball 20 yards! Seriously? The DDSL allow decisions like this & them & others then moan about the LOI academies starting at U13
Good man John Sheridan! Would love to hear what
@WaterfordFCie
players, staff, supporters & owner thinks of his comments of the
@SSEAirtricityLg
being “a shambles of a league” and “a pub league” - fair play to Vinny Perth for sticking up for it
Fans from both clubs have got onto the pitch to have a go at each other. Shocking scenes. Gardai/security staff extremely slow to nip it in the bud before it got serious. Fans caught should be locked up & given lifetime bans. Nobody will be talking about the footy unfortunately
🎧 Thinking of putting together my own LOI podcast as a trial this week, not doing one for any media outlet this year & my radio show Now Thats What I Call Sport is taking a break for a few weeks due to the virus. Is there an appetite for LOI related listening folks? Thanks
😢 Hard to believe this gent went to heaven 5 years ago today. The man who gave me my chance in radio when I was 17 & supported me every step of the way until his death. Have tried to pay tribute to Johnny with everything I do. Love him, miss him & always thankful to him ❤️💔
What a nice touch! Taking little cousins Airt & Aoise to their first ever Ireland game at The Aviva, tickets fell through late in the day,
@mattdoherty20
to the rescue with tics, players lounge passes & after the game, his 🇮🇪 jersey & his boots to the kids, top class, thank you
Training with
@FAIreland
international and
@Rovers
defender
@darragh_lenihan
in Dublin’s Phoenix Park earlier.
#GetTheBallsOut
⚽️ session working mainly on technique before he goes back for pre-season, his standards are incredible as you can see 🔥
😢 The best uncle I could ever have asked went to heaven just before 4am.
❤️ He was a funny, loving, caring, gentle, brilliant man & we’ll miss him so much.
😍 I can’t stop thinking about his fantastic laugh!
💔 RIP beautiful uncle Greg.
🍸 A toast to a man we won’t forget
This is what the League of Ireland is all about!! Amazing scenes at United Park.
@shelsfc
are back & big Johnny Watson told me what he made of it all! Unreal to be there and witness it all.
It’s windy & wind at Dalymount! Home dug out looks to have been blown backwards onto the fencing behind it, stadium staff have just been looking at it, hopefully a quick fix to make it safe before Bohs Rovers KO at 2pm. How windy does it have to be to be unsafe?
#WATCH
| 19 year old
#Arsenal
midfielder
@jordanmceneff01
joined me on ‘Ireland: Away From Home’ today
This clip is about the sacrifices he has to make to try to have a career at one of the biggest clubs in the world
Full interview 👉
#AFC
|
#Podcast
💔 Our little boy Cupid has just gone to doggy heaven. He was only 2 & a half. They say best way to show your love for your dog is to do the right thing for them when they are very sick. Utterly devastated. Not sure what life will be like without him. Sleep well little legend ❤️
Best of luck to my dad
@Johnmoorebelvo
in his retirement after 32 years in
@IndoSport
, game me my interest in journalism, also got me work experience with the great great Johnny Lyons in 98FM and I haven’t left left since! He’s still chairman of
@BelvedereFCDub
to keep busy! ❤️
Delighted to have completed the first ever UEFA Youth Elite A Licence Diploma run by the FAI. Specialises in coaching players aged 12-19 and Academy management. Thanks to everyone involved
@faireland
@FAICoachEd
. Just one course to go, the Pro Licence ⚽️
❤️ 7 years gone but I’ll never forgot & will always miss the late great Johnny Lyons. The man who gave me my start in the radio/media industry when I was only a kid & who has guided me every step of the way since
#OTJ
💔
Three years ago today the most influential and inspirational man in my radio career passed away. The best in this business by far. Trying to remember him and honour him every time I can, and miss
#ImJohnnyLyons
so much, the most amazing man I ever met 😭💔❤️
Great having
@jamestalbot197
on the podcast today! Bar this bit (and several others) where he tried to get me sacked in this story about
@JPickford1
helping him! 🤦🏻♂️ Full 30 minute interview here
@bfcdublin
I still remember the moment my phone rang, I knew before I answered that one of the most incredible people I had ever met in my life was gone. Missing Johnny more as the years go on, hard to believe it’s 4 years. Gave me my chance in 98FM when I was 16, I’ll never forget him ❤️
Lonely man this fella, the words thug, scumbag, moron, embarrassing could also be used, how anyone “looks up” to this idiot has been, is and always will be beyond me
😢 Our little pal Ernie went to sleep at the vets today. He died of a broken heart, 2 days after his best pal, our grandad Pat. We had 15 brilliant years with him in what I hope was a loving home for him. And we’ll miss him lots. Our boy Ernie 🐶❤️💔🙏
Ireland international
@louise_quinn4
was in the middle of the League title race with
@ArsenalWFC
before world football was suspended
The ex
@peamountutd
defender joined me on League Of Ireland Lives this week
In this clip, she talks about a possible return to games
#GreatestLeagueInTheWorld
@dundalkfc
’s Oriel Park one of the most electric stadiums in the country, would love any barstooler to go to a game like this in an atmosphere like this and say what they want! Goosebumps!!
Best of luck to my dad
@JohnMooreFooty
in his new role. After a short break, he’s back in football with Shelbourne! He’s one of the best football people around on & off the pitch & will be brilliant. Now, we are enemies ❤️
1/2
#Shels
academy are delighted to announce that John Moore has joined our club. John has a wealth of experience in schoolboy football, at a coaching and administrative level, which will be of a huge benefit to our progressive academy.
Congrats to
@BrayWanderers
on their win this evening and best of luck in the rest of the competition.
One final meal at Ferrycarrig Park before they head off.
Safe journey home and see you again in the League later this year.
the
@FAIreland
U17s have just been ROBBED in the
@UEFA
@UEFAcom
euros? Never in my life have I seen or heard a decision like that! Get the ‘big’ country into the semis, I hope the FAI / players / staff demand answers! Robbing kids of their dream!!!!
Scary stuff in speech from
@LeoVaradkar
, things will get worse before they get better, they will get better. He spoke there for 11 minutes, with millions watching & didn’t even stutter. Whatever happened in election, Leo,
@SimonHarrisTD
,
@simoncoveney
the best men to lead this
Front of the first photo you’ll see a GAA ball being kicked off the pitch (it cane over the stand from the GAA pitch behind) - top left of second pic you’ll see the lads who own it looking over the wall asking for it back during biggest game of season!
#GreatestLeagueInTheWorld
The best in the business bar none! A referee who understands the game, talks to players & coaches as people & gets on with it! Top class, will be missed in the LOI & a great asset to the LSL, colleges leagues & wherever else he refs!
They need to announce the extension of the stay at home measures for another couple of weeks before we get to the weekend. And they need to be made more extreme. Anyone sunbathing in a park should be heavily fined or locked up in Mountjoy for a few week, idiots!
More breaking managerial news from the LOI tonight! I understand Neale Fenn has left
@LongfordTownFC
, he was interviewed by
@CorkCityFC
this week & is expected to be confirmed as their new manager. Currently on Pro Licence with current Cork caretaker John Cotter, very interesting
Really interesting stuff here from
@BrayWanderers
Manager
@gazcronin37
about the
@FAICoachEd
UEFA Pro Licence, what he took from the course into his management career & Paul Clement’s linguistic skills at PSG
#OTBLOIPodcast
, full interview here
Really enjoyed commentating on
@UCDAFC
vs
@Cabinteely_FC
in the
@SSEAirtricityLg
1st Division tonight. Thanks for all the positive comments. Fantastic multi camera HD live stream, with replays & graphics by the guys from Doppler Media, loved working with them on a great game ⚽️
Well said
@richie_fitz1
, one of many personal friends of mine who work for, and do their best, every single day, for the FAI, and Irish football, and this man
@Shane_RossTD
decides to make a joke, about a scenario, which very very very few of the staff actually caused!
#SackShane
Absolutely furious listening to the
@offtheball
interviews with John Delaney & Fran Gavin. Neither answered the key questions despite being asked several times! The players /
@PFAIOfficial
should not put a penny in any accounts! Make up your own mind here
Great helping
@LukeByrne93
on the pitch kicking a ball yest as he continues recovery from his injury. He’s flying fit, strong and ready for action. Whoever he decides to sign for will be getting one of the best pros I’ve ever seen on their hands!
#GetTheBallsOut
⚽️
Just spoke to
@Russell__Sean
. You’ll remember the interview when he highlighted his SHOCKING treatment by his club
@LimerickFCie
. Things have got WORSE!!! Myself & my colleagues will continue to highlight this story until Sean gets what he deserves
@FAIreland
@SSEAirtricityLg
Jack Byrne should have started. He should certainly be on by now. Absolutely nothing to lose & everything to gain by giving him some proper time on the pitch. McEneff would also add some much needed energy to the team & Burke in the final third, why not give them a go?
Buzzing to be nominated for 2 IMRO Radio Awards.
#NowSport98FM
for Sports Prog Of The Year and myself for Sports Broadcaster Of The Year. Thanks to everyone who helped esp
@derekryan
@NathanWhelan14
, continuing to do it all in memory of my greatly missed friend Johnny Lyons 💔
Congrats to all here on their new appointments.
@markscanlon85
will be a fantasic LOI Director. He’s run schools & third level football departments brilliantly over the last number of years. Is knowledgeable, hard working & fair & is always ambitious to make things better ⚽️
Question, is this pitch in any way acceptable for one of the most important
@SSEAirtricityLg
matches of the season? Stephen Doherty took this at Finn Park last night after Harps v Drogs. Appreciate the weather has been bad, but my god, that is not playable never mind acceptable!
Derek Pender has just made two fantastic, strong but FAIR tackles, ref Ben Connolly gives a foul and books him, shocking decision! Nobody from Dundalk even claimed for a free and it happened one yard in front of the lino who did not flag
🧐 Why has everyone in Ireland been locked up for three months or more, most people doing their best to keep themselves & everyone safe & I walk into my local shop to see 4 American tourists (no masks) who “just arrived yesterday!!”
@MichealMartinTD
@LeoVaradkar
@DonnellyStephen
Would love to hear what the busy referee assessor with his / her clipboard would have said in the feedback afterward, and also the referee and assistant who made such an awful decision will both be on a game again this weekend, no consequences
🐶 Our grandad is in hosp at the moment so I’m staying in the house with my nan. This is Ernie, one of the dogs they’ve had for 15 years. He sits in with grandad Pat every day & they chill & watch telly. Here he is sitting patiently at Pat’s chair, waiting for him to come back ❤️
Thinking of one of the most brilliant football people I ever met in my life today. Had to pleasure of being on Noel O’Reilly’s last ever
@FAICoachEd
Youth Cert in 2008 before his tragic death on this date that year. An inspiration to me! “The Coaches Hat” I need say no more!
Loved today’s
#GetTheBallsOut
⚽️ session with UCD’s
@evan_osam
Coached Ev for 18 months at Shamrock Rovers 19s / Shamrock Rovers B so enjoyed being on pitch with him again few years later
He’s fit & strong after his injury, tekkers still class & raring to go when LOI returns
Another enjoyable
#GetTheBallsOut
⚽️ session tonight
Glenavon winger & former LOI player
@conanbyrnecb7
ticking over before returning to training to finish the Irish Premiership season
Lots of ball work for Conan in the session, he also did a 10k run today as a double day
Enjoyable
#GetTheBallsOut
⚽️ goalkeeping session with
@DannyRogers7
this morning
Danny has been in Scotland for the last 9 years since signing for Aberdeen in 2011
This was his first full GK session since season was cancelled & combined warm up, handling, diving & conditioning
So this DDSL news for 11 a side footy for U12s... who suggested it? Who made the decision / voted for it? And why? Also have these people ever been to the schoolboy or schoolgirl match? Like ever in their lives? And can this decision be reversed or all we all wasting our time?
If Vinny Perth has left Dundalk, either via his decision or the club, I’m very disappointed. Very hard to follow Stephen Kenny, and after a league and league cup double, and FAI Cup loss on penos, despite results since the restart, I believe he deserved some time to go on
“As for Jason McAteer’s comments, they should be consigned to the nonsense bin as quickly as possible”
I asked
@FAIreland
Interim Deputy CEO Niall Quinn about former international
@MCATEER4
’s views recently about both Brian Kerr & Stephen Kenny’s suitability to manage Ireland
Delighted & honoured! Big thanks to
@SoccerWritersIr
for the award & a great night 😁
We’ve got a brilliant team of people at our special club, and I’d like to thank all of our media team, club staff, volunteers, coaches & players for their time, help & input
Here’s to 2023 💪
🏆
@JamieMooreSport
has been named League of Ireland Press Officer of the Year, as voted by Soccer Writers Ireland
Our Head of Media was presented with the award last night by SWI President Dave Kelly & former St Pat’s Managers Brian Kerr & Liam Buckley
Congrats Jamie 👏
Hugely saddened to hear of the death of this little legend. Met Oran Tully five years ago when he was very sick, since then he became a great League Of Ireland fan and journalist. In total shocking hearing he died in hosp last night, RIP Oran ❤️💔
@Kidney_Failure