Friendly
# friendly - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Steven Gerrard to miss Ireland game to undergo shoulder surgery
The Liverpool captain will also miss the remainder of his side’s Premier League game.
# friendly - Thursday 3 January, 2013
VIDEO: Racist abuse prompts Boateng to kick ball into stands, walk off in protest
A friendly game between AC Milan and fourth division Pro Patria was halted after the incident this afternoon.
# friendly - Thursday 15 November, 2012
Neymar: Still bad at haircuts, still just as bad at taking penalties
Soon we’ll have enough clips for a full highlight reel of awful Neymar penalties.
# friendly - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
International football round-up: Ibra masterclass stuns England, France impress
Meanwhile, Germany had to settle for a draw tonight.
Preview: Hodgson hands debuts to Sterling and Osman in Sweden
Tottenham defender Steven Caulker will also make his senior bow in Stockholm tonight.
The Professionals: Brady and Doyle preview Ireland v Greece
Robbie Brady and Kevin Doyle look ahead to the Ireland v Greece game on Wednesday.
# friendly - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
Ireland v Greece: Guide to the visiting team
A look at Ireland’s visitors at the Aviva Stadium on Wednesday night, Greece.
# friendly - Tuesday 11 September, 2012
VIDEO: All eight of Brazil’s goals from their friendly flaying of China
Neymar bagged a hat-trick and there were goals for two of Chelsea’s Brazilian stars.
Ireland set for Wembley friendly v England in 2013
An announcement on the friendly is expected to be made within 48 hours.
# friendly - Monday 10 September, 2012
Trap names youthful side to take on Oman
The Ireland manager will hand two players their senior debuts in London tomorrow night.
# friendly - Saturday 18 August, 2012
Up and running: Munster register first win of the season against Bristol
A second-half surge saw Rob Penney’s side home at Musgrave Park.
# friendly - Friday 17 August, 2012
Airtricity League Previews: Sligo hoping to consolidate lead at the top
The second and third-placed sides meet in the live TV game among other League of Ireland games taking place this evening.
# friendly - Thursday 16 August, 2012
Trapattoni labels Shane Long’s claims he was fit to play Serbia as “idiotic”
The Republic of Ireland boss reacted angrily to suggestions that the West Brom striker was not injured in the lead-up to the Belgrade friendly.
Captain Doug to oversee Munster’s new centre combination
Howlett starts for the second time in two weeks as James Downey and Casey Laulala get their chance to shine against Bristol.
# friendly - Wednesday 15 August, 2012
Analysis: Same Trap, different players, as Ireland fail to inspire in Serbia
Despite a new formation, there was a sense of deja vu about the Irish team’s performance this evening, writes Paul Fennessy.
Five questions that tonight’s Serbia-Ireland friendly will answer
We analyse five issues that Trap must solve, ahead of tonight’s international.
# friendly - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
Ireland team named: McClean, McGeady and McCarthy in youthful midfield
Keiren Westwood takes up the goalkeeping duties while John O’Shea will lead the side against the Serbians.
John Delaney: Shay Given was certainly one of our greatest players
The FAI chief executive said club pressures may have led the goalkeeper to announce his international retirement.
# friendly - Sunday 12 August, 2012
Dropping like flies: Doyle and Wilson drop out of Ireland squad
The FAI were hoping to call up Anthony Pilkington to replace the injured Wes Hoolahan. Problem is, he is injured too.
Madigan and Auva’a get Leinster off to a winning start
Connacht were also victorious against Exeter but Munster were soundly beaten in France.
# friendly - Friday 10 August, 2012
Here we go again: Ulster win as provinces name starting XVs for friendly fare
Munster, Leinster, and Connacht have all named squads for their opening games of the season while Mark Anscombe was a winner in France.
# friendly - Wednesday 8 August, 2012
VIDEO: Tony Hibbert finally scores for Everton
It’s the first time the player has found the back of the net in over 300 appearances for the club.
# friendly - Monday 6 August, 2012
Darren Fletcher to train with Scotland team before Australia friendly
The Manchester United midfielder played 45 minutes of a practice match last week.
Gardaà to probe racism claim from Man City player following banana throwing incident
Gael Clichy made the allegation on his Twitter account, saying it was ‘sad to see’.
# friendly - Sunday 29 July, 2012
AVB cries foul as Charlie Adam injures Gareth Bale for second time in 15 months
The Spurs manager was livid about the lunge from the Liverpool player that left his star midfielder injured.
# friendly - Saturday 14 July, 2012
VIDEO: Man City suffer surprise loss in opening pre-season friendly
Despite fielding several first-team players, Roberto Mancini’s men lost 1-0 to Al Hilal.
# friendly - Friday 13 July, 2012
Glamour friendly: Limerick confirm Man City to visit Thomond Park
The Premier League champions will take part in a preseason match in August, it was announced today.
# friendly - Friday 6 July, 2012
Save the date: Cork City to host Man United XI
The Premier League giants are heading to Leeside on 25 July.
# friendly - Friday 1 June, 2012
Blanc hopeful on M’Vila fitness
Les Bleus’ 2-0 friendly victory against Serbia yesterday was disrupted by M’Vila’s injury in the opening minutes of the game. Merde.
# friendly - Wednesday 30 May, 2012
International friendlies wrap: Sweden, Holland among winners
Check out everything you need to know about all tonight’s international games here.
# friendly - Saturday 26 May, 2012
Trapattoni left ‘very, very satisfied’ by Irish performance in 1-0 win.
“We wanted to get on a bit of a role before we go to Poznan,” added Irish matchwinner Shane Long.
Report: McGeady provides the spark as Ireland ensure fond farewell before Euro 2012
The winger made a huge impact on the friendly encounter and Richard Dunne was once again immense at the back.
# friendly - Friday 25 May, 2012
Spain to warm up for Group C test with Serbia clash this weekend
Sinisa Mihajlovic has been appointed Serbian coach. So, it’s an easy start for the Serie A legend then.
# friendly - Saturday 19 May, 2012
No K.O for Keane: Scan of Robbie’s hamstring shows no tear
The striker sparked heart flutters across the nation as he revealed an upcoming scan but the FAI has given the all-clear.
# friendly - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Game on: Limerick FC set to play Liverpool in May friendly
The club will play host to Kenny Dalglish’s men for the first time since 1962.
# friendly - Thursday 5 January, 2012
It’s official: No Ireland-England friendly before Euro 2012
The FA confirmed details of England’s Euro 2012 warm-up schedule this afternoon.
# friendly - Tuesday 13 December, 2011
English FA cool on idea of May friendly in Dublin
John Delaney admits that any friendly between Ireland and England is unlikely to take place until after next summer’s European Championships.
# friendly - Monday 14 November, 2011
# friendly - Saturday 20 August, 2011
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