Drogheda United will have home advantage in the semi-finals of the Setanta Sports Cup. Going into the final match of Group 1, the reigning champions Drogheda had to score more than their Eircom rivals Cork City to be assured of first position – and with it the luxury of a home draw at the next stage. Click to continue reading...

Soccer City FC's Chris C. commented on the former Bolton player in May. News today has Campo signing with Coca-Cola Championship side Ipswich Town. Will Campo's veteran presence be a positive? Or will he offer up a series of listless performances while in the Championship?

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Sheffield Wednesday have signed Middlesbrough defender Tony McMahon. Click to continue reading...

FC Haka 4 Cork City 0 Cork City's European hopes were dashed here in Valkeakoski last night as they fell to a disastrous 4-0 defeat against FC Haka. Manager Alan Mathews was left to rue his decision to switch to a 4-5-1 formation after his side were steamrollered in front of a sell-out crowd at Tehtaan [. Click to continue reading...

This should be in today's Irish Daily Mail: Cork City manager Alan Mathews is expected to name an unchanged team for his side's UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round clash with Finnish club FC Haka tonight. Cork need at least a high scoring draw after the first leg at Turner's Cross finished 2-2, but there was an [. Click to continue reading...

26 July 2008
Brad Friedel [Blackburn - Aston Villa] Undisclosed
Seyi Olofinjana [Wolves - Stoke City] £3m

25 July 2008
David Meyler [Cork City - Sunderland] Undisclosed

24 July 2008
Nick Colgan [unattached - Sunderland]
David Ngog [Paris Saint Germain - Liverpool] Undisclosed

23 July 2008 Valon Behrami [Lazio - West Ham] £5m
Emmanuel Mendy [Murcia Deportivo - Liverpool] Free

22 July 2008
Amr Zaki [Zamalek - Wigan] Season-long loan

So no more big transfers, talk seems to be cheap.

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TAMPERE UNITED won a dramatic tie against Buducnost Podgorica, the champions of Montenegro. A 1-1 draw in the away leg on 23 July was enough to see TamU through after a narrow victory in the home game a week earlier. TamU went 1-0 up through makeshift striker Henri Myntti, but had a nervous finish after [. Click to continue reading...

Ryan Guy and the Saints face third place Cork City on Saturday afternoon, while Nate Weiss and Longford Town look to return to winning ways when they travel to Waterford in weekend Irish soccer action. Click to continue reading...

Honka did the business in Vantaa, and should now have a routine trip to Iceland in two weeks. Koskela, Heilala and Otaru got the goals in front of a crowd of 2,300 at Pohjola Stadium. I'd love to see a team playing there at a higher level than Kolmonen, Vantaa is such a sporting desert [...] Click to continue reading...

It could be the sun, it could be an over-zealous barber, it could just be my over-active imagination. But I think Mikko Paatelainen is dealing with his receders with a mohawk. Of course, I mourn the passing of the mullet, a symbol of Finland just like Salmiakki and sauna, but times change and Mikko moves [. Click to continue reading...

TamU 1 Honka 2 IFK 0 Lahti 1 VPS 1 RoPS 0 HJK 1 Haka 2 KuPS 2 FF Jaro 0 Click score for highlights Today's Hufvudstadsbladet says that Mikko Manninen would be hailed to the skies if he was playing in the Helsinki area or in Turku. Of course he would, he's a smashing player and, these days, much more [. Click to continue reading...

Onside magazine is a new publication focusing on Irish football. Its a steal at €4 for 57 pages of full colour quality coverage of the Eircom League of Ireland and the international team. Its available from ELOI club shops, Easons and some other newsagents. Click to continue reading...

Photo by Dean Taaffe Its been a strange week since the trip to Cobh. On Wednesday my Cousin, Fab and I traveled to Manchester for the UEFA cup final. We'd had all sorts of warnings about going as Rangers were in the final. They eat their babies, they'll burn you as a witch, you'll go straight [...] Click to continue reading...

� Photo by Dean Taaffe� "I've been waiting such a long time, looking out for you But you're not here What's another year?" Those lyrics, sung by Bohs hero Johnny Logan could almost be about our now� five� year (six seasons) wait for league title glory. Still, at least it's not fourteen barren years coupled with twenty one years of homelessness. Click to continue reading...