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May 29, 2008

We Are Top of the League!

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Its hard to believe that we are top of the league for the first time in five years. As the fourth official put up his board to show four minutes of injury time on Tuesday night some people were chanting it. I couldn't. Me and Jimmy who was standing beside me looked away. Pats threw [...] Click to continue reading...

May 6, 2008

Insert Clichéd Exam Failure Metaphor Here

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I have very few happy memories of trips to Belfield for Bohs games and Friday night didn't provide any either. I left work at five o'clock on what was a beautiful Friday evening. It was perfect for sitting outside and having a few beers but unfortunately I had to head up to Dalymount to pick up [... Click to continue reading...

April 6, 2008

The Sweetest Thing

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Friday night, ten o' clock, the Ballybough end in Tolka park was jumping. "We love you, we love you, we love you and where you go we follow, we follow, we follow". We'd just beaten Shamrock Rovers, our arch enemies 1-0 away with a goal scored by none other than Glen Crowe. That goal clinched [...] Click to continue reading...

April 4, 2008

Derby Day in Dublin

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  Ballybough End at last season's Tolka derby. (Photo source unknown - for creditation mail me) Its a glorious morning. Maybe there is some cloud in the sky but the sun shines through and bathes the city in a trancendent haze that matches my mood. Rovers. That one word sums up the full range of my emotions [. Click to continue reading...