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Johnny Ward speaks to Karl Sheppard: ‘The League Of Ireland star living with arthritis’

- June 6, 2018 0

As autumn greeted winter last season, the League of Ireland world was wondering where Karl Sheppard would be calling home in 2018, when that – as it turned out – was much closer to the least of his worries. Cork City had made an astonishing impact, winning the league by halfway,

Ruby Walsh inspires Stephen O’Donnell but no guarantees on another long road of recovery

- May 15, 2018 1

Less than 24 hours after he "heard a crack" in a tackle and suffered yet another horrific injury, Stephen O'Donnell observed an incoming call from an unknown number, answering gingerly. "Hello Stephen. This is Ruby Walsh. I just wanted to ring to sympathise about your knee." The Dundalk captain has his suspicions

Johnny Ward: Is this to prove defining game for Bradley’s Rovers reign?

- May 1, 2018May 1, 2018 0

Who is the biggest club in Ireland? And by Ireland, I mean the island of Ireland, not the Republic of Ireland – they will always be two different things to me. One could reasonably say it is one of four clubs: Cork City, Dundalk, Linfield and Shamrock Rovers. There is no correct

David Forde an inspiration to brilliant Graham Burke – and us all

- March 26, 2018 0

Terryland Park will always be a special patch of Ireland to me and, though it would not have been especially acceptable to admit it, I was saddened when the ground was re-named after the death of a former footballer in 2012. Simply, I had little idea of what a legend Eamonn

Johnny Ward: “Treated like a criminal, Conor Clifford just wants to play”

- February 26, 2018 7

Conor Clifford was sitting in an office at Oriel Park and broke down in tears after being informed that he was suspended for six months for betting offences. Dundalk had just contested the Leinster Senior Cup final and Clifford had netted a cracking free-kick. They lost the game but that was

Rebels finally out of post – Maguire Blues

League of Ireland

- February 16, 2018 2

Johnny Ward Sunday’s President’s Cup match was a game of two halves and four seasons. We had snow, sunshine, six goals and so much left for rumination. The competition, introduced in 2014, has developed into an endearing appetiser and Sunday’s game felt much closer to a league match than a pre-season irrelevance.

League of Ireland predictions for the 2018 season

League of Ireland

- February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 0

With the season starting on Friday we wanted to get the views of some past players & pundits on their predictions for the 2018 League of Ireland season. We have asked for predictions of Premier Division winners and the player of the season for 2018. Here we go... Let us know your

Time for Shamrock Rovers to embrace ballers over brawlers

League of Ireland

- January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 11

Johnny Ward Given the success Stephen Kenny has been at Dundalk, memories of the flop he was at Shamrock Rovers become more fleeting with each year. Kenny, it seems clear, never won over a dressing room of players and egos that preceded his arrival. The Hoops became another version of the rudderless

Caution needed with investment in the League of Ireland

League of Ireland

- January 18, 2018January 22, 2018 0

Johnny Ward In so many ways, Keith Buckley is everything that makes the League of Ireland unique, loveable and something worth cherishing in an era where elite team athletes seem to have ever less of a connection with the town and people they notionally represent. After playing for Bohemians against Shamrock Rovers