UNFANCIED NICE AND Mario Balotelli currently top France\u2019s Ligue 1 table, and Robert Duggan White\u00a0says it makes a nice change to the tragic stories coming out of the city after the Bastille Day attack earlier this year.<\/p>\n
\nI was in Nice on holidays this year. Any sport shop I went into was all Marseilles and PSGg shirts. Couldn\u2019t find a nice jersey at all. Love to see them win the league. A little lift after the shite the city went through recently.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nWe did a (slightly belated) player ratings from the All-Priests Over 75s Challenge match this week, which gave Irishoversea the perfect opportunity to recall a Fr Ted classic.<\/p>\n
\nOne of favourite quotes from father was : Father Dougal:
\nDidn\u2019t you tell me once that Father Jack had a trial for Liverpool?<\/p>\nFather Ted:
\nNo\u2026 no, he was on trial, in Liverpool.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nDick Clerkin, the longest-serving inter-county Gaelic footballer in the country, announced his retirement the other day. I think Jimmy Murphy spoke for a lot of us when he said:<\/p>\n
\nIncredible servant to the game in all fairness. Best of luck with the retirement.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nStephen McPhail was named Shamrock Rovers\u2019 new sporting director on Tuesday, prompting Dave O\u2019Hanlon to joke about his days Elland Road during Peter Risdale\u2019s calamitous reign.<\/p>\n
\nWell having been at Leeds at least he knows how not to run a football club.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\nAdvertisement<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDundalk pair Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle received their first call-ups to the Ireland squad this week after countless wonderful displays for the Lilywhites. Smithers\u00a0says:<\/p>\n
\nThat\u2019s amazing news they deserve it. Harder to find any other player who\u2019s playing as well as they are. Although they probably won\u2019t play it should be a good experience for them. Fair play.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nThe Chicago Cubs have ended a 108-year wait to win the World Series. Ted Logan points out how close Back to the Future was when it revealed they\u2019d end the drought in 2015:<\/p>\n
\nBack to the Future 2 was only one year out with their prediction. Be on the look out for flying DeLorens guys!\u201d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nFour years on from London 2012, Rob Heffernan was presented with his bronze medal for the 50k walk at Cork City Hall on Thursday \u2014 a sight Ardmore02 is glad to see.<\/p>\n
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