About: cnuimh
Website: http://www.bplo.org/
Profile: A football fan at heart, sometime bawler and given to the odd rant, Cnuimh cut his live footballing teeth on the terraces of San Mames watching Athletic Bilbao during the mid nineties. Tending to opt for the underdog, adopting Spain as his focus for this championship will not fail to cause him some inner conflict but this should help to temper his exuberance and tendency to go overboard.
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June 22, 2008Spain: The Shabby Case - the Shabbier the better?There is a word in Spanish used to describe someone or something that is unbearable, something up with which one will not put. The word is insoportable. I used to find the national sporting press in … |
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June 21, 2008Putting the ‘art’ in RTÉHere in Ireland the fear was voiced, in some quarters, that this tournament would be somehow devalued by Ireland’s failure to qualify. Similarly, across the pond, the failure of England (and indeed any of the ‘home … |
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June 6, 2008Surely they’ll do it this time…I love the European Championship. Like fústar, Fergal and Gobsheen I fell in love with it in 1988 – watching that glorious tournament in disbelief as Ireland competed with the … |
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