Boos from the handful of fans still left. Take out Gibraltar and Ireland have lost 11 of their last 14 competitive games. This is a bleak tailspin and there are no signs of anyone putting a stop to it

Apparently 7 Ireland players tonight play for Premier League clubs. At this stage, I don't think it matters much at all. Every single Greek player on the pitch, many from their own domestic clubs like AEK and Panathinaikos, was a better footballer than their opposite number.

Martínez not happy last night. This has decent meme potential 😂

Sweden's John Wall, a Bielsa obsessive who started his career as Hans Backe's video analyst, was Heimir Hallgrímsson's assistant in Jamaica, earning a promotion after impressing as their U20s coach. Interesting that he wasn't considered for Hallgrímson's Ireland backroom team.

🟡🔵🇦🇷 Maurizio Sarri: “Becoming new Boca Juniors manager would be a dream for me”. “It’s a crazy dream, I don’t know if that’s gonna be possible but I’d love to have a chance in my career at Boca one day”. “Being Boca manager at La Bombonera would be an incredible experience”.

In case you were wondering how I spent my lunch

Vardy giving Guehi a head start and still beating him for pace to score for Leicester 🤝 Me coming 1st in my age-group in the local Parkrun this morning Never write off a Jamie in his late 30s

TROY PARROTT BECOMES THE FIRST IRISH MAN TO SCORE A HATRIcK IN THE EREDIVISIE #COYBIG

Troy Parrott has just scored his 4th goal of the game

Life ain't getting any easier for Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrímsson. Doesn't attend any PL games this weekend and now Troy Parrott, who he left as an unused sub in his opening 2 defeats as Ireland manager, has just scored 4 goals in a game for AZ Alkmaar

I hate the football Spurs are playing at the moment. Angeball is grim - too conservative, possession without impact, predictable. We've beaten the worst team in the league (Everton) and failed to win the other 3 games this season. Time for some accountability from AP.

The last time Spurs won against a team that weren't in the bottom 4 of the PL was the 4-0 win over Villa on 10th March 😬 15 games since then, 4 wins: v Everton, Sheffield Utd, Luton & Forest.

An Argentine footballer who is actually eligible for Ireland. Patricio Schroeder, a young goalkeeper currently in Gimnasia's academy, has a Derry-born mother so would be able to play for either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.

Last night, for the first time since 1905, Newell's Old Boys used a starting lineup with 0 players that had come through its academy. In 1988, it won the title with a squad & coaching team comprised of all academy graduates. What has gone wrong? worldfootballindex.com/2024/08/the-we…

Last night, Newell's appointed Ricardo Lunari, who has been coaching a team of academy kids to an undefeated season so far, as the interim manager of the senior team. I expect to see things quickly back in order in terms of academy players getting a chance again.

Met him & his family a few years ago at a schools football tournament where he was playing for The British School in The Netherlands. He was around 10 but by far the best player at the tournament & it was clear he wanted to follow in his Dad's footsteps.

Tragic news. Toto Schillaci has passed way age 59. Heartbreaking. An icon. Sending his family much love at this difficult time. RIP idolo.

Irishman Noah Jauny is on the bench for Brest in the Champions League tonight!🇮🇪 The former Home Farm and Shamrock Rovers man is currently the third choice keeper at the French club and trained with Ireland u21’s in the summer. A huge achievement for Jauny, well done Noah!💚