Football | World Cup 2014 qualifiers England manager Roy Hodgson insists that Ukraine are still a threat to England’s World Cup qualification campaign. The Three Lions play Montenegro in Podgorica on Tuesday night (8pm) and look to be in the driving seat in Group H with three home games still to come from their five remaining games. […]
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Betting news on England, Grands Crus and Darts
Football The opening of a new stadium may or may not be a good enough excuse to haul the Premier League’s finest to Stockholm for a meaningless friendly but that’s exactly why Sweden and England will go through the motions tonight. Steven Gerrard will get his 100th cap while Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling and Everton’s Leon Osmon will make their […]
PADCAST: Back the Toon Army to win a fiery Tyne-Wear Derby
Listen here | Crunching tackles, miss-timed lunges and off-the-ball handbags. This sounds like just an average Padcast but this week it’s a whole lot more with two monster derbies coming up this weekend. Newcastle legend Mick Martin joins the lads to talk about Newcastle’s chances as the Toon Army head up to Sunderland in what […]
Betting news: England, Ireland, Obama, Hughes
Football Someone forgot to shut the roof in Poland and all the rain got in so England’s crucial World Cup qualifier has been rescheduled for 4pm this afternoon in Warsaw even though doubts remain that the pitch will be playable. Montenegro joined England at the top of Group H after a 1-0 away win in […]
GIF: Marc Wilson scores Ireland’s opener against the Faroe Islands
Not waiting until the opposition has scored six goals before scoring your first is looking like a more effective tactic for Giovanni Trapattoni’s Ireland against the mighty Faroe Islands. Marc Wilson scores the opening goal at the start of the second half following an even first half, with the aid of a slight deflection. Betting: […]
Mixed bag of options in next Ireland manager betting
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 […]
Betting news on England, Ireland and Sebastian Vettel
Football It is being reported in a number of today’s papers that Roy Hodgson is ready to make six changes for England’s key World Cup Qualifier in Poland. Ashley Cole, Joleon Lescott, Steven Gerrard, James Milner, Glen Johnson and Jermain Defoe could all come into the team as England look to continue their good qualifying campaign after […]
PADCAST: Not even the luck of the Irish will be enough against Germany
Listen here | International week is upon us which means there’ll be plenty of bobbins teams performing in competitive action on Friday night including San Marino, Cyprus and Ireland. The boys in green face a tough test as Germany come to the Aviva but the Padcast panel are confident that Trap’s army can come away with […]
Keane to get off to a good start! Money-Back if Robbie scores last
With a tricky looking World Cup qualifying campaign ahead of them the boys in green will be looking to get off to a cracking start with a win in Kazakhstan. Paddy Power has just about got over the heartache of the summer and now full of renewed optimism and belief he’s got a cracking Money-Back Special lined […]
COLUMN: What ‘Trapatelli’ could learn from Irish club’s Shakhter victory
By Mark McCadden | Irish Daily Star soccer writer Is it finally time to ditch ‘Trapatelli’ and bring in a new management team with the X Factor to take Ireland to the next level? Ireland’s World Cup campaign hasn’t even begun and already Giovanni Trapattoni and his assistant Marco Tardelli appear to be out of […]
Betting update: Hodgson, Fletcher, Pietersen, Frankel
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football The worst-scheduled friendly internationals in the world take place tonight with England taking on Euro 2012 conquerors Italy and while a Shay Given-less Ireland face Serbia in Belgrade. The pre-World Cup 2014 qualifier fixtures have left most Championship and Premier […]
Trapattoni must pull a rabbit from the hat to halt Cesare
By Ciaran O Raghallaigh “The ball is always round and sometimes there’s a rabbit inside it.” One of Giovanni Trapattoni’s many, many wonderful philosophical/metaphorical word plays was mentioned in Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport today. But will the Italian have a surprise for Ireland fans tonight? They’ve already had plenty to sing about – […]
Trap lays the smack down on Roy Keane’s jibes
By Ciaran O’Raghallaigh Ireland trained in Poznan’s Municipal Stadium today ahead of their final game of Euro 2012 and it all went smoothly, without any drama whatsoever, just a run of the mill press conference where Giovanni Trapattoni named his team and……hold on, no, that’s wrong. It was epic. The few words you are about […]
Dreaming of a team of Roy Keanes?
By Ciaran O Raghallaigh Roy Keane wants Giovanni Trapattoni to make 11 changes for tomorrow’s game against Italy. Ignoring the fact that UEFA would throw the book at Ireland for fielding a weakened team (against Trap’s homeland, no less), Roy is in trouble as there are only 23 squad members here – including three goalkeepers. […]
The days after Ireland’s luck ran out
By Ciaran O Raghallaigh NOBODY died, and yet there was a funereal feel at Ireland’s training camp in Gdynia this afternoon. Training was lacklustre, ensconced in that morning after the night before feel you usually associate with the after affects of a good party. Except there had been no party. You could have been forgiven […]
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