# Looking Back
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Quitting the Irish team at 27 to set up a business and the 'obsession' required to be an elite footballer
30 Jan 2021
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Winning the '4 in a row,' getting capped by Ireland and escaping a 2016 terrorist attack
17 Jan 2021
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'I certainly know what this disaster means to people' - Steven Gerrard on 50th anniversary of Ibrox tragedy
1 Jan 2021
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Voices
'You'll think it's the end of your business - but it won't be': Two sisters write a letter to their pre-pandemic selves
Masindi Phiriga and Denga Phiriga
28 Dec 2020
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'He had turned down Aston Villa but decided Cardiff was the correct choice'
27 Dec 2020
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'He felt good about Ireland without thinking about the consequences. He was very poorly at the time'
27 Dec 2020
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‘I had to take unpaid leave to play in the Champions League’ – The life of an Irish female footballer
25 Dec 2020
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'As I walked into the room, Paisley says, ‘Grobble-de-jack, would you like to play for Liverpool?’'
24 Dec 2020
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'We had just been in close contact with the Atlético players and probably 60 others'
22 Dec 2020
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Peak 2020
'He said, 'The Curragh was off today but then again, horses are valuable'' - preparing for Christmas in Croker
29 Nov 2020
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'When things weren’t working out for him at Liverpool, he showed his real character'
14 Nov 2020
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'How was I meant to know where someone who tested positive was sat?' - Aaron Connolly on plane drama
9 Nov 2020
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Lewis Hamilton recalls the death of Ayrton Senna ahead of first F1 race at Imola
31 Oct 2020
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come so far
'You've a bit of imposter syndrome beside Cian Healy or Johnny Sexton, guys you've been watching for years'
8 Oct 2020
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Joining Manchester United at 16, glory in Ireland and the 'rollercoaster' of management
20 Sep 2020
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Looking Back
'It came on BBC News: 'In Ireland today, a team of postmen, butchers and bakers drew 0-0 with AC Milan''
17 Sep 2020
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'They were just like: "You can’t make the team. You have to be an Irish citizen’"
5 Sep 2020
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'As I got older, I felt English, I felt like I could get into the England team' - Jack Grealish
4 Sep 2020
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Looking Back
Alexis Sanchez says he asked about an Arsenal return after first Man United training session
4 Sep 2020
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Homophobia
‘When the word lesbian was iterated on the podium, I heard laughter in the audience’
23 Aug 2020
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Looking Back
'This is a goal that probably changes the history of Irish football'
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21 Aug 2020
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I needed Jose Mourinho’s help to escape Tottenham ‘torture’, reveals Luka Modric
18 Aug 2020
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'As soon as I made that choice for America, my ambition to wear the Irish shirt was taken off me'
16 Aug 2020
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'Stephen Kenny was always available to call into an 80th-birthday party... Down-to-earth things like that'
7 Aug 2020
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'As time goes by, a lot of Dunfermline fans are thinking: "We should have given him more time'"
31 Jul 2020
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Best moment? Worst signing? Our writers review the 2019-20 Premier League season
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26 Jul 2020
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Preview
The story of the bitter civil war that divided Irish cycling and impacted the 1972 Olympics
24 Jul 2020
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‘I put the phone down three times’: Crazy Gang at Wimbledon, Big Jack and Phelan's Ireland break
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17 Jul 2020
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the tube
Hirings, firings and boardroom rows: The rise and fall of Ireland's version of The Apprentice
15 Jul 2020
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'Now let's go live to the Mullingar one-legged race': Whatever happened to the RTÉ People in Need Telethon?
10 Jun 2020
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Sacrifice
'It was a tough time trying to decide: Do I give up my work for the love of representing my country?'
24 May 2020
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Looking Back
'We lost because we were so dazzled by the wonder of their kit that we couldn’t possibly concentrate'
19 May 2020
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Looking Back
'I needed a f****** nuclear meltdown, and I got it' - Armstrong remains defiant in ESPN documentary
18 May 2020
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Looking Back
5 big picture takeaways from the 2013 All-Ireland Final between Dublin and Mayo
17 May 2020
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