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); The tension between pragmatism and aesthetics on the pitch is always happening and I find it really interesting
Writer, artist, and one-time Longford Town footballer Adrian Duncan is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines. Gavin Cooney By Gavin Cooney Friday 16 Apr 2021, 5:03 PM 1 hour ago 988 Views 0 Comments
Adrian Duncan.
Adrian Duncan.
THERE IS ART to be found in everything: even a midweek League Cup game between Longford Town and Home Farm at an almost entirely-empty Whitehall.
It was in that game 20 years ago Adrian Duncan earned his one and only first-team appearance for his home-town club, brought on as a half-time substitute in a 3-1 defeat.
); My first time at Twickenham, I was literally shown the kitchen - Rugby writer Kate Rowan details workplace ordeal
Kate Rowan of the Daily Telegraph is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines. By Gavin Cooney Thursday 8 Apr 2021, 9:05 AM 2 hours ago 2,864 Views 0 Comments
Image: PA
Image: PA
IN 1995, KATE Rowan’s class in Marino were asked to write why they deserved to meet some of Dublin’s recently-minted All-Ireland champions. She didn’t get picked, however, and sought an explanation.
“Well, your parents aren’t members of the club and you have a Protestant surname.”
“From that moment on, GAA wasn’t for me”, says Kate on this week’s episode of
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Argentinian writer Marcelo Mora y Araujo is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines. By Gavin Cooney Tuesday 9 Mar 2021, 3:13 PM Mar 9th 2021, 7:00 AM 8,069 Views 1 Comment
Daniel Passarella with the trophy after the 1978 World Cup final.
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Image: DPA/PA Images
Updated Mar 9th 2021, 3:13 PM
IN BAD NEWS for the putative UK/Irish bid, a South American proposal encompassing Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile is seen as the favourite to win the rights to host the 2030 World Cup.
If it’s successful it will return the competition to Argentina for the first time since 1978, arguably the most fraught and controversial edition of the competition’s history.
Join us for a special live sportswriting event with Wright Thompson
Gavin Cooney will host a live episode of Behind The Lines. By Adrian Russell Friday 12 Mar 2021, 9:08 AM Mar 12th 2021, 9:08 AM 3,743 Views 0 Comments
ON BEHIND THE LINES, we’re lucky enough to chat to some of our favourite sports journalists about their careers and the writing that inspired them.
The podcast series, hosted by Gavin Cooney, is heading for 70 episodes and is shaped by our member-only sportswriting WhatsApp group.
Involvement is worth it alone for the huge recommended reading list, which Gavin has amassed from his back catalogue of interviews.