Stephen Ward
# stephen-ward - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
New tactics? Ireland go green to promote ‘Shave or Dye 2013’
The sight of McShane’s green mohawk will give Poland’s strikers a sleepless night. Is that the plan?
# stephen-ward - Saturday 29 December, 2012
Remember these? The 17 iconic moments that defined Euro 2012
It seems like a lifetime ago now.. but relive the madness with this collection of images.
# stephen-ward - Sunday 11 November, 2012
Keogh and Clifford earn late Ireland call-ups
The duo come in for Aiden McGeady and Keith Fahey, who have been ruled out of the Greece friendly.
# stephen-ward - Wednesday 15 August, 2012
Five questions that tonight’s Serbia-Ireland friendly will answer
We analyse five issues that Trap must solve, ahead of tonight’s international.
# stephen-ward - Wednesday 20 June, 2012
Out of 10? Here’s the Irish squad’s tournament ratings
As the dust settles on Ireland’s Euro 2012 campaign, Miguel Delaney runs the rule over each squad member.
# stephen-ward - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
I wasn’t too loyal to old guard, insists Trapattoni
“In your job, when you get old, if they gave you a pension and say. ‘Go’ without respect, what would you think?” asked the Italian today.
# stephen-ward - Monday 18 June, 2012
Ireland v Italy preview: Trap hoping old boys can go out with a bang in Poznan
The manager has picked a familiar looking XI for what may well be a swansong for the likes of Shay Given and Damien Duff.
In pictures: Irish fans gear up for Italy game in Poznan
The Boys in Green are preparing for the last hurrah at the European Championships in Poland. And so are the fans.
LIVE: Euro 2012, day 11
If you’ve got any fight left in you, it’s Italy next up in Poznan tonight for the Boys in Green. Join us as we count down to kick-off.
# stephen-ward - Saturday 16 June, 2012
Reasons for Ireland’s European disappointment…
The Boys in Green are going home early and there are genuine reasons for Irish football fans to be feeling down, writes Miguel Delaney.
Caption time: what was going on at Ireland training this afternoon?
Stephen Kelly, Paul Green and Kevin Doyle seemed pretty interested in one photographer’s camera earlier.
‘It’s heartbreaking’ — Richard Dunne reflects on broken Euro dreams
“We came here with the aim and the dream of winning the European Championships. It’s gone completely wrong for us,” said the Aston Villa defender this afternoon.
# stephen-ward - Friday 15 June, 2012
Irish suffered “psychological blow”, admits Trap
“We don’t see fear in training or in our preparations for the tournament, I don’t see tensions in the side,” said the Italian after the rout by Spain.
Analysis: Trap made it easy for the best team on the planet
Ireland were up against it when facing the defending champions tonight. But the Ireland manager gave Spain a helping hand, writes Miguel Delaney.
# stephen-ward - Thursday 14 June, 2012
‘We’re not here for a sing-song’, fumes Roy Keane after Irish defeat
“I’m not too happy with all that nonsense. To praise the supporters for sake of it … Let’s change that attitude towards Irish supporters.”
Trapattoni: We didn’t learn our lessons from Croatia game
The Italian admitted his side made life easy for one of the best team’s to ever lace up football boots tonight in Gdansk.
Irish fans deserved more than this, says Keith Andrews
“You can hear the fans, they’re an absolute credit to their country and the team,” said the West Brom man after the defeat.
Match report: Spain run riot over hapless Ireland
The Irish are the first team eliminated from the tournament after a night to forget in Gdansk.
As it happened: Ireland v Spain, Euro 2012
Giovanni Trapattoni leads his men into a can’t-lose clash with the world and European champions in Gdansk. It might well be epic.
In pictures: Trap’s Army invades Gdansk ahead of Spanish showdown
With a mouth-watering Group C game against defending champions Spain hours away, the Irish are painting the city green.
Divided loyalties: how it feels to be half-Irish, half-Spanish today
Miguel Delaney is in Gdansk for us… and for once his journalistic objectivity is welcome.
Spain v Ireland: ‘This is the biggest game Ireland have ever played’
Playing world and European champions in a major tournament and needed at least a point? We’ve never been involved in a bigger occasion, writes Miguel Delaney.
# stephen-ward - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
Trap hints Keane’s the man to lead the line alone against La Roja
It’s clear Ireland will go with the skipper as a lone striker against Spain, Miguel Delaney writes from Gdynia.
Poll: Should Trap drop Robbie Keane for the Spain game tomorrow?
Should Ireland’s record goalscorer sit this one out in order to stifle the likes of Xavi and Iniesta in midfield?
# stephen-ward - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
Keane calls on Irish to keep the faith
The message from the Ireland skipper was clear this afternoon ahead of the daunting meeting with world champions Spain in Gdynia: believe.
Busquets says patience a virtue against Irish
“Clearly we are not going to change our style one little bit,” the Barcelona man insisted today.
We haven’t watched Swiss defeat of Spain yet, admits O’Shea
“We’ll have to be on our game but we’re confident we can cause them some problems too,” said the Sunderland man today.
Ahead of Ireland’s Spain clash, Gdansk official thanks ‘civilised white people’
The deputy mayor of the town quickly apologised for the remarks today.
We can shock Spain, says defiant Trapattoni
The 73-year-old Italian coach said he has to rebuild some dented Irish confidence before taking on Vicente del Bosque’s Spain.
Euro 2012: Day 4′s talking points
Ukraine the perfect hosts, England go back to basics and more headers. Miguel Delaney breaks it down.
# stephen-ward - Monday 11 June, 2012
Trap staying positive ahead of Spanish inquisition but holds back on McClean
“This morning, I watched our game with more calmness and came to the conclusion that we played good,” the Ireland boss said today.
5 reasons to be cheerful ahead of Ireland’s showdown with Spain
All is not lost, Ireland fans. No seriously… it’s not.
On Tour: The morning after the night before for Trap’s Army in Poznan
Cian O’Callaghan woke up with a thumping headache, a sore jaw and a magical day’s worth of memories.
Euro 2012 analysis: Reality bites as Ireland exposed on the world stage
If you’re going to sit back and invite teams onto you, the most important objective is not to commit the kind of errors that sabotage that, writes Miguel Delaney in Poznan.
Trapattoni rues ‘offside’ decision against Irish
“Maybe Shay didn’t see the ball, because he had three or four players in front of him,” Trapattoni said of the early Croatian goal.
# stephen-ward - Sunday 10 June, 2012
‘Why not?’ — Trap insists mission is still possible despite set-back
The Italian said Ireland will now aim for six points against Spain and Italy over the course of the next week.
In pictures: Ireland humbled by Croatia in Poznan
Ireland were out-classed by Croatia in their Group C opener in Poland tonight. Here’s how it happened.
As it happened: Ireland v Croatia, Euro 2012
Could Giovanni Trapattoni’s men get off to a winning start against Croatia this evening? Let’s find out.
‘I’m sorry for the Irish’ says Bilic but admits says road open to quarter-finals
“Maybe the Irish were the better team in some moments, but I think that if you look, the overall impression is that we were the much better team.”
# stephen-ward - Friday 8 June, 2012
LIVEBLOG: Euro 2012, day 1
We whiled away the hours before kick-off collecting tweets, following stories and giggling excitedly. Review the day’s action here.
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