Peter Crouch

It is simple stuff, but it meant a lot to David McGoldrick when Séamus Coleman stopped by to ask him what he thought of Chelsea the other day. His has(...)

Neil Lennon on being asked before his team’s cup semi-final against Aberdeen on Sunday about his ‘Hampden Hoodoo’, him having lost cup games there as (...)

West Ham 2 Newcastle United 0 West Ham tore apart Newcastle with a blistering first-half performance when a header from Declan Rice and a Mark Noble (...)

Chelsea moved back into the top four as new signing Gonzalo Higuain’s first goals in English football helped them bounce back from their midweek drubb(...)

Michy Batshuayi and Peter Crouch made headline-grabbing returns to the Premier League while Newcastle broke their transfer record on deadline day. Ch(...)

Liverpool 5 Arsenal 1 A devastating four-goal, 30-minute spell tore Arsenal to shreds as Premier League leaders Liverpool won 5-1 to extend their lea(...)

The Best Tony 10 by Declan Lynch and Tony O’Reilly – Gill Books, €16.99 The story of Tony O’Reilly, the Carlow postmaster who stole €1.75m(...)

Nobody covers the Irish team for many years without developing a thick protective outer shell of cynicism: I have been hurt too many times to be taken(...)

Preston North End 2 Stoke 2 Republic of Ireland forward Graham Burke opened his Championship goal account in Preston’s 2-2 draw with Stoke at Deepdal(...)

Never shy of indulging in a bit of sensationalism, the English media greeted the national side’s record World Cup win with a euphoria every bit as int(...)