By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer Trapattoni out. He’s old-fashioned. He’s inexplicably stubborn. He smells a bit of wee. The pressure is mounting in Giovanni Trapattoni since Ireland’s humbling at the hands of Germany. That pressure has largely been expressed via the Irish press and a nation’s angry Facebook status updates – both media […]
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The Paddies – vote in the alternative Premier League awards for your chance to win £5k
We’ve witnessed legendary managers put their tactical GENIUS on the line, GASPED at the skills of some of the greatest players to ever grace the game, and passionately CHEERED the glorious moments our heroes win trophies, lifting entire towns, raising the spirits of nations. The Premier League is celebrating its 20th goal-stuffed season. But Paddy Power is casting […]
Another Big Step Forward For Paddy Power’s Mobile App
It’s not all cocktail parties, hanging out with rock stars and headbanging for Paddy Power’s mobile team. Sometimes they also attend horse racing events — and it’s all in the name of research for you guys. It’s available on iPhone and Android. Yes, in our never ending search for excellence, we here at Paddy Power […]
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – A Whole Lot of Nasty
American ice hockey expert Jay Webster reports on the latest from the NHL Playoffs If you haven’t been following the NHL Playoffs lately, you’ve been missing a lot. While there has been absolutely no shortage of spectacular hockey action, the biggest story so far has been the overall nastiness of the proceedings. The action has […]
Ruby Walsh’s Betting Column With Paddy Power
Ruby Walsh is one of the greatest Irish sportsmen. The 32-year-old Kildare native has ridden more Cheltenham Festival winners than any other jockey in the meeting’s history. In his only betting column with any bookmaker, Ruby tells us in his own words about his best bets for next week. It’s a busy time of year […]
Is It Fair To Call Andy Murray A Choker?
If the general grumblings of people paid huge sums of money to whack a small ball around a court a few times a week are to be believed, most of the leading names in the world of men’s tennis limped towards the end of the 2011 season with limbs hanging off, desperately staving off the […]
There’s A Free Bet To Be Won For Unriddling This Riddle
There is no need to panic. There’s no need to lock up your wives, mothers, sisters, nieces, grandmothers, great-grandmothers or daughters at an age of dubious legality when it comes to sexual relations. That’s because Italy isn’t in fact as close to Britain as the below map suggests and Silvio Berlusconi isn’t a hop, skip […]
You’ve Now Got A Decent Chance Of Winning A Free Bet
It’s that time of the week again when I’ve pretty much surfed every corner of the interweb and I turn my attentions to actually doing some work and by extension, that involves launching this week’s Blog Competition. This week we’re reverting to the pseudo-cryptic ‘fun’ of See It, Say It – where we ask you […]
5 Things We’ve Learned From The Rugby World Cup To Date
1. Mike Tindall is in some serious trouble when he gets home to England It’s going to take a lot of flowers, chocolates and if possible, a World Cup winners’ medal for Mike Tindall to be welcomed home with a warm embrace from his wife of all of two months. And if a World Cup […]
Ireland v Australia Betting Preview
Perfectly understandable or time to push the panic button? Like the first time the nation laid eyes on Westlife, there was something eerily familiar that stirred some memories – very few of them good. “It was the first game of the tournament so they were always going to be rusty”. “The Americans were pumped up […]
Widespread Shock As Wales Prove Not All 6 Nations Teams Are Rubbish
It’s been a great start to the Rugby World Cup for the teams of the 6 Nations. Providing you’re from the southern hemisphere. If you’re actually a supporter and not just a smug member of the Tri-Nations rejoicing in your collective superiority, it’s largely been dismal. Even the supposed leading lights of Europe’s flagship tournament […]
De Gea Unconvincing Again, But United Rally. Again
It was the stuff of champions. A fine example of the attitude and desire that separates winners from those happy enough with automatically qualifying for the group stages of the Champions League. It’s the reason why Old Trafford singlehandedly continues to prop up the English Brasso market. Or it was their second undeserved win at […]
The Community Shield Through Squiggly Lines And Numbers
Did you know that 4 of the last 5 winners of the Community Shield went on to win the Premier League in the same season? And I’ve got a stat for you Mr. Sky Sports man – did you know that no amount of statistics make me any more likely to treat this game as […]
Roy Keane Interview – Arsenal v Man Utd Betting
Tom vacates the car park to go along and interview Ireland legend Roy Keane. The former Utd midfielder speaks exclusively to Paddy Power in one of his first interviews in a long time. You can tell Tom was a little excited, as he forgot to brush his hair. He did turn off his phone though […]
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