In the first post-Michael D Higgins President's Cup, Shamrock Rovers are seeking to draw level with Dundalk and Cork City with three wins in this competition inaugurated in 2014. Match preview: www.extratime.com/articles/369...

Well I wouldn’t let him near anything to do with water…

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Spoke to Stephen Bradley about return of James McClean and Enda Stevens to the league. On McClean: 'I have nothing but respect for him in what he has done and achieved on and off the pitch' On Stevens: 'He's similar to Alan (Mannus). He's not a shouter but when he talks, people listen to him'

Hoops striking options discussion with Stephen Bradley from today's League of Ireland launch

Stephen McPhail departed Sporting Director role at Shamrock Rovers on 19 December 2025. Ronan Finn appointed Director of Football at Shamrock Rovers on 24 January 2026.

#evanwatch Gian Piero Gasperini on Evan Ferguson’s availability for Roma in Thursday’s Europa League clash against VfB Stuttgart

somehow even better with a French guy laughing in the background

Saturday night viewing

Pablo Picasso ‘The Goat’

A night you’d want a good bike shelter

I drank this up over last few days

Times New Roman

La Gazzetta dello Sport has Pages 1 through 45 virtually all football and mostly Serie A with nine pages of ads, two pages on Serie B, two on world football, three on cycling - with 46 to 53 more cycling, some tennis, basketball, motorsport and two pages of news!

The December light at play in Rome

Amazing night in the Stadio Olimpico to round off three days groundhopping in Italy from Turin to Milan to Rome

I’m arriving into Termini for the calcio youtu.be/xVczsnRuOyg?...

#longread on Shamrock Rovers’ 55 game 2025 season

Such an incredible stadium

#TorinoStreetArt #urbanart #streetart

20 January 2002 at Stadio Delle Alpi: Juventus 3 - 0 Atalanta 5 August 2010 at Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena: Juventus 1 - 0 Shamrock Rovers 3 March 2012 at Juventus Stadium: Juventus 1 -1 Chievo 26 December 2025 at Allianz Stadium tour and visit to Juventus museum

A Turin Christmas Eve

Really enjoyed tuning in to this pod regularly to learn about the things I should be getting around to watch/listen (or indeed not watch!).

I’m in the local coffee shop - they are playing Outro by M83 and I’m getting all emotional

My 2,500th article for @extratime.com 😀

Covered Breidablik v Shamrock Rovers in 2023 and did the south coast Iceland tour. Covered Breidablik v Shamrock Rovers in 2025 and did the south coast Iceland Same outcome on each occasion - Rovers beaten and had epic tour of stunning coastline Some pics from today

Second time in a month I was like ‘WTF am I listening to?’ after hearing about Ken Early’s Dublin. Thankfully I wasn’t as weirded out as the Gooning episode.

No green pyro, no party

Out for a 🥶 run in Reykjavik #streetart #reykjavikstreetart

In this campaign Rory Gaffney grabbed three goals to move him to eight in total in Europe. He is now in fifth place in the all-time League of Ireland goalscoring list with Graham Burke now only one goal off the 14 goal top spot. extratime.com/articles/368...

Clear to see and hear the disappointment from Stephen Bradley last night - particularly around second half display. I did get his thoughts on Graham Burke as he moves to within a goal of the LOI goalscoring record in Europe and two in the all time Irish European list. extratime.com/articles/368...

Well wasn't that all quite disappointing from a Rovers perspective...

Preview piece with Dylan Watts for @extratime.com from Reykjavik extratime.com/articles/368...