{"id":9910,"date":"2022-03-25T22:03:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T22:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=9910"},"modified":"2022-03-25T22:03:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T22:03:42","slug":"the-belfast-football-club-where-bobby-sands-played-and-the-weeks-best-sportswriting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=9910","title":{"rendered":"The Belfast football club where Bobby Sands played and the week’s best sportswriting"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. When it rained, it poured. On August 31, 2019 a customer in Douglas Village Shopping Centre noted smoke at the front of her car as she parked it. In the ensuing fire that partially destroyed a complex which duly remained closed for 14 months, the Cork City merchandise shop was burned out of action.<\/em><\/p>\n

For LOI clubs, cashflow is everything, especially in long off-seasons.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cork have a large fanbase who would be good for buying shirts at Christmas and in the winter of 2019 heading into 2020, the shop was missed. It brought problems to the boil, and the seeds were sown for the Abbotstown emergency and the Grovemoor bailout.<\/em><\/p>\n

This was difficult to swallow for believers in the fan-owned model, and the delayed debate around the nominal \u20ac1 deal stirred strong feelings.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n Cork City’s Turner’s Cross.<\/p>\n

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Daniel McDonnell of the Irish Independent takes a look at the recent demise of Cork City.<\/p>\n

2. Peter Queally\u2019s now famous \u2018Zombie\u2019 walkout harks back to Daly\u2019s legendary entrance at UFC Dublin. The safety standards that Daly began fighting for in 2013 are commonplace. After all of her years grinding for the women\u2019s sport to be taken as seriously as the men\u2019s, we have Kavanagh vs McCourt as the most anticipated fight on Bellator\u2019s Dublin card this weekend.<\/p>\n

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Daly does not want her career achievements to be exaggerated; she simply wants to be acknowledged.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be remembered as Ireland\u2019s first world champion,\u201d said Daly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a pioneer and a trailblazer, and I was one of the first to do it. Other than the sporting achievements, I\u2019d like to be recognised for everything I gave back to the sport. I was enthusiastic about making the sport better for everyone who came after me, not just women.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I accomplished that and I\u2019m very proud of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The RT\u00c9 Sport website features a fascinating interview with retired Irish MMA legend Aisling Daly by Peter Carroll.<\/p>\n

3. On Guernsey, Black and Caldwell watched the evening news in disbelief during the Hunger Strikes of May 1981. In a matter of months, Bobby Sands\u2019s name and his image became known across the globe. It was difficult for his former team-mates to pair the Republican icon with the team-mate they knew: scampish, an athlete, tough, quick tempered.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAlways remember this one game,\u201d says McCord. \u201cScuffle at the bottom of the pitch. A rough match. Bobby took his boot off and was clipping a fella. The crowd was cheering this on. You are 16 and the crowd is cheering a fight on. Things like that happened every Saturday. But Sandsy . . . I often found him quiet in his own way. I didn\u2019t see him getting into trouble at all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In the Irish Times, Keith Duggan writes a fascinating piece about the\u00a0Star of the Sea Boys football club in Belfast which was welcome to players from both Catholic and Protestant backgrounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

4. First of all we need to ensure we qualify for the finals with a top-six finish, and one more victory will probably guarantee it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I have a bit more at stake than usual too. Now that Australia has finally reopened its borders to international travellers I have organised for my parents, Brian and Mary, and sister, \u00c1ine, to come out next month if we reach the last four of the competition.<\/em><\/p>\n

As great as it was to win the grand final last season, it was tough going through all the celebrations with team-mates who were surrounded by their families. I know it was hard on my parents too; they\u2019ve always been my No 1 supporters, getting up in the middle of the night to watch my AFLW matches.<\/em><\/p>\n

We usually don\u2019t get our phones back from the club for about an hour after our games, once we are fed and recovered properly. And the first thing I always do is ring home \u2013 I\u2019m the eldest of four \u2013 for some post-match analysis.<\/em><\/p>\n

They mightn\u2019t understand the rules completely yet but it\u2019s always nice to hear what they thought of the game.<\/em><\/p>\n

Orla O\u2019Dwyer gives an interesting insight into her AFLW season so far with the Brisbane Lions in the Irish Independent.<\/p>\n

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