THERE weren’t many winners at about on the football at the weekend. Our 25/1 quad went close and looked to be going well entering the last 10 minutes, but two equalisers killed us. We needed another goal in the Preston v Swansea game for our 36/1 over 2.5 goals bet and we had 8/10 from the […]
City clubs targeting All-Ireland final berths

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football semi-final Naomh Éanna) v An Spidéal (Sunday, 2pm, Navan, Live on TG4) NAOMH Éanna’s senior footballers are just 60 minutes away from a place in the All-Ireland final and manager Frank Fitzsimons believes it will take a fine performance from An Spidéal at Navan on Sunday to deny his men. Having […]
Naomh Éanna stalwart Curran dreaming of Croker appearance

“It takes more balls to do what Philly (Curran) has done than someone going out half fit and maybe losing you the game. He made that call for the greater good. He is as good a club man as I’ve ever seen along my travels throughout my days. He is the epitome of what a […]
New stars set to emerge on Senior finals’ night at the Ulster Hall

ONE of the highlights of the boxing calendar will take place tonight (Saturday, from 7pm) as the Ulster Hall plays host to the Ulster Elite finals’ night. While the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham may be three years away, the road for the next wave of young boxers starts now as they aim to lay down […]
Poignant site set to be named after Clara and Emma

LORD Mayor Deirdre Hargey, along with community leaders, are to attend the unveiling of ‘Groves Reilly Corner’ at the former Andersonstown barracks site in tribute to the late Emma Groves and fellow human rights campaigner Clara Reilly. The renaming of the site, taking place on Saturday, is especially poignant as it is where Emma and […]
Sport and Leisure Swifts set to adopt Belfast Celtic name from next season

FOLLOWING a long and protracted saga, Sport and Leisure Swifts have had their application to change their name to Belfast Celtic approved by the Irish Football Association ahead of the 2019/20 season. The decision means that the club will end their Intermediate Premier League campaign this season before embarking on a new journey as Belfast […]