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What if the Olympics had an all-Ireland football team?
With Rio 2016 just around the corner, Niall Farrell looks at the hypothetical of an all-Ireland team representing the island at the Olympic Games.
Author: Niall Farrell
Niall is a freelance reporter currently writing for Extratime.ie and can also be found on www.niallf.net.
League of Ireland – Premier Division Preview
Niall Farrell looks ahead to this year’s League of Ireland top flight.
“Best fans in the world”? Not quite…
Niall Farrell reacts to the news that Monaghan United have pulled out of the Airtricity League.
Just follow the floodlights – Galway’s audacity to save itself
Niall Farrell looks at Galway United who are the latest League of Ireland club to run into financial difficulty.
Just Follow The Floodlights: Too Many Games?
League of Ireland columnist Niall Farrell returns and asks whether there are simply too many games for the top teams to play.
Just Follow The Floodlights: Candystripes on high in comeback season
In the first of a new BPF column, Niall Farrell looks at the start of the Airtricity League season as Derry City enjoy a resurgence and Bray Wanderers continue to surprise.
Airtricity League – Transfer Round-Up
Niall Farrell looks at the comings and goings in an Airtricity League off-season which has again been dominated by non-transfer news.
Russian Premier League Roulette
Niall Farrell returns to BPF to talk about the state of the Russian football league, where due to the diminishing lack of funding from wealthy oil merchants teams like FC Moscow are folding regularly. Last Sunday was what would be, in the English media, a Russian version of “Super Sunday”. Four of the biggest Russian […]
Arsenal outclass Celtic in Emirates encounter
Celtic will have to look forward to playing in the Europa League this year as Arsenal knocked them out with a comprehensive 3-1 victory at the Emirates stadium, to give the Londoners a 5-1 aggregate victory. Nearly 60,000 fans turned out to see what was always going to be an uphill struggle for Celtic after […]
An Eye On Germany #2
The Bundesliga has begun. Three matches in to the 2009/10 season and already we can see the league shaping up to be a good one. At the start of the season, I said that the only predictable thing about the Bundesliga is that it will be unpredictable. At the moment the top two are Bayer […]