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caveat
History will be kind to Martin O'Neill's tenure as Irish boss but the devil is in the details
as the crowe flies
'Football is such a bubble - once you're gone, you're gone. But I certainly don't look back with regret'
grateful
'The family treat it like I'm playing for Real Madrid and that's what it's about: making them proud of you'
HAND IN GLOVE
Diego Maradona in Dublin: the flicks, the tricks and the unusual circumstances behind it
washington wizard
Treated with derision by some, Wayne Rooney's debut MLS season has been an absolute triumph
New Era
Cork County Board announce Kevin O'Donovan as successor to long-serving secretary Frank Murphy
Resurrection
Currently one of Europe's most in-form strikers, Paco Alcacer's season and story is remarkable
No Holding Back
'The Phibsboro Flop': When Pele came to Dublin and was ripped to shreds by the press
boks to boks
'Men against teenagers - as 1-0 defeats go, this was a thrashing': Juve's Euro lesson to United
man management
'It was like I had a little Joe Schmidt on my right shoulder yelling at me': Mike Ross on his former gaffer
The Quiet Man
From Enniskillen to Old Trafford: the 32-year-old Fermanagh native who's Jose Mourinho's right-hand man
heroes and villains
'Smashing football' and self-doubt: Deadly Doug, the 'nearly' years and Aston Villa's Irish contingent
ta ra
'Three years of excuses and it's still crap': Mourinho dredging up unwanted reminders of the darkest days
what if
'I'd be prepared to go. That's not a threat, it's just life': Old Trafford, Valencia and Roy Keane's 'perfect day'
i'm still here
'It's frustrating, actually. You're off the radar. You're playing in a so-called lesser league, in their eyes'
rebirth
'There's a smile on my face now': Denise O'Sullivan on banishing the darkness and living her American dream
look back in anger
'I didn't sacrifice $2m for somebody to tell me to shut up and f**k off': The George Weah and Man City disaster
no pasaran
'I just thought we'd have a snazzy away kit but it's been insane': a non-league club's remarkable reign in Spain
Nostalgia
Champions League return brings back memories of Red Star's magicians and their famous Euro nights
Identity crisis
'His behaviour has reflected a weariness for the fight and a frantic realisation that he's being left behind'
cin city
'My Mam rings me ten times a day to make sure I'm alive': Paddy Barrett on swapping Oriel Park for Ohio
slow to react
'While everyone was having a party in the front room, the FA were sneaking in the back door and getting in Rice's ear'
Strong
'I still have really, really bad days now. There are days when I cry. And I'm not ashamed of it'
relentless
Make mine a double! Ireland's Jason Smyth delivers another sprint gold with superb 100m display
difficult watch
Relegation, sackings, arrests: New Netflix series to document Sunderland's humiliating season
a different lifetime
'I feel like I'm doing something for him that I never got the chance to do when he was around'
big talent
'He's intelligent, tactically very capable and full of ambition': Bayern impressed by Irish-eligible teenager
trequartista
'Italian football in the 1980s was the pinnacle and at the epicentre was a mercurial Dubliner'
kaiser
'He blagged a professional career in the most difficult place to make it': the greatest swindle in football history
LOI Legends
'I learned English in school but it wasn't really the same English in Derry': from Belgrade to the Brandywell
need for speed
'A Hollywood movie script that you wouldn't believe': How a shy boy from Dundrum took on the world
origin story
'He shone like a beacon through all the gloom': Maradona, Clough and the makings of Roy Keane
