Keith Andrews
# keith-andrews - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
Keith Andrews hopeful Stephen Kelly will work way back into Trap’s plans
The Bolton midfielder was put on the spot after the Champions League action tonight.
# keith-andrews - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
# keith-andrews - Sunday 3 February, 2013
Andrews, McCarthy and Brady scoop prizes at FAI awards night
The annual ceremony was held at RTE earlier tonight.
# keith-andrews - Monday 14 January, 2013
Irish Eye: Walters’ nightmare helps Chelsea storm Fortress Britannia
Plenty of Ireland’s exports found themselves in the thick of the action in England this weekend.
# keith-andrews - Saturday 29 December, 2012
Remember these? The 17 iconic moments that defined Euro 2012
It seems like a lifetime ago now.. but relive the madness with this collection of images.
# keith-andrews - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
Lack of top-class leaders killing Trap’s transition, says McAteer
Former international Jason McAteer says the current crop of players is “as weak a squad as Ireland have had for many years.”
# keith-andrews - Thursday 6 September, 2012
Cox and O’Dea handed starts, as Ireland team to face Kazakhstan is announced
Robbie Keane and Jonathan Walters will lead the line in attack.
# keith-andrews - Friday 29 June, 2012
Done deal: Keith Andrews signs for Bolton
Meanwhile, it has also been confirmed that the player will be suspended for Ireland’s opening World Cup qualifier.
# keith-andrews - Wednesday 20 June, 2012
# keith-andrews - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
I wasn’t too loyal to old guard, insists Trapattoni
“In your job, when you get old, if they gave you a pension and say. ‘Go’ without respect, what would you think?” asked the Italian today.
# keith-andrews - Monday 18 June, 2012
Ireland v Italy preview: Trap hoping old boys can go out with a bang in Poznan
The manager has picked a familiar looking XI for what may well be a swansong for the likes of Shay Given and Damien Duff.
In pictures: Irish fans gear up for Italy game in Poznan
The Boys in Green are preparing for the last hurrah at the European Championships in Poland. And so are the fans.
LIVE: Euro 2012, day 11
If you’ve got any fight left in you, it’s Italy next up in Poznan tonight for the Boys in Green. Join us as we count down to kick-off.
# keith-andrews - Saturday 16 June, 2012
Reasons for Ireland’s European disappointment…
The Boys in Green are going home early and there are genuine reasons for Irish football fans to be feeling down, writes Miguel Delaney.
Caption time: what was going on at Ireland training this afternoon?
Stephen Kelly, Paul Green and Kevin Doyle seemed pretty interested in one photographer’s camera earlier.
‘It’s heartbreaking’ — Richard Dunne reflects on broken Euro dreams
“We came here with the aim and the dream of winning the European Championships. It’s gone completely wrong for us,” said the Aston Villa defender this afternoon.
# keith-andrews - Friday 15 June, 2012
Irish suffered “psychological blow”, admits Trap
“We don’t see fear in training or in our preparations for the tournament, I don’t see tensions in the side,” said the Italian after the rout by Spain.
Analysis: Trap made it easy for the best team on the planet
Ireland were up against it when facing the defending champions tonight. But the Ireland manager gave Spain a helping hand, writes Miguel Delaney.
# keith-andrews - Thursday 14 June, 2012
Gdansk for the memories – but the party’s over now
For a brief while this afternoon Irish fans dreamed the impossible dream, but it took just four minutes to bring them crashing back to earth.
‘We’re not here for a sing-song’, fumes Roy Keane after Irish defeat
“I’m not too happy with all that nonsense. To praise the supporters for sake of it … Let’s change that attitude towards Irish supporters.”
Trapattoni: We didn’t learn our lessons from Croatia game
The Italian admitted his side made life easy for one of the best team’s to ever lace up football boots tonight in Gdansk.
Irish fans deserved more than this, says Keith Andrews
“You can hear the fans, they’re an absolute credit to their country and the team,” said the West Brom man after the defeat.
Match report: Spain run riot over hapless Ireland
The Irish are the first team eliminated from the tournament after a night to forget in Gdansk.
As it happened: Ireland v Spain, Euro 2012
Giovanni Trapattoni leads his men into a can’t-lose clash with the world and European champions in Gdansk. It might well be epic.
In pictures: Trap’s Army invades Gdansk ahead of Spanish showdown
With a mouth-watering Group C game against defending champions Spain hours away, the Irish are painting the city green.
Divided loyalties: how it feels to be half-Irish, half-Spanish today
Miguel Delaney is in Gdansk for us… and for once his journalistic objectivity is welcome.
Spain v Ireland: ‘This is the biggest game Ireland have ever played’
Playing world and European champions in a major tournament and needed at least a point? We’ve never been involved in a bigger occasion, writes Miguel Delaney.
# keith-andrews - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
Trap hints Keane’s the man to lead the line alone against La Roja
It’s clear Ireland will go with the skipper as a lone striker against Spain, Miguel Delaney writes from Gdynia.
Poll: Should Trap drop Robbie Keane for the Spain game tomorrow?
Should Ireland’s record goalscorer sit this one out in order to stifle the likes of Xavi and Iniesta in midfield?
# keith-andrews - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
Keane calls on Irish to keep the faith
The message from the Ireland skipper was clear this afternoon ahead of the daunting meeting with world champions Spain in Gdynia: believe.
Busquets says patience a virtue against Irish
“Clearly we are not going to change our style one little bit,” the Barcelona man insisted today.
We haven’t watched Swiss defeat of Spain yet, admits O’Shea
“We’ll have to be on our game but we’re confident we can cause them some problems too,” said the Sunderland man today.
Ahead of Ireland’s Spain clash, Gdansk official thanks ‘civilised white people’
The deputy mayor of the town quickly apologised for the remarks today.
We can shock Spain, says defiant Trapattoni
The 73-year-old Italian coach said he has to rebuild some dented Irish confidence before taking on Vicente del Bosque’s Spain.
Euro 2012: Day 4′s talking points
Ukraine the perfect hosts, England go back to basics and more headers. Miguel Delaney breaks it down.
# keith-andrews - Monday 11 June, 2012
5 reasons to be cheerful ahead of Ireland’s showdown with Spain
All is not lost, Ireland fans. No seriously… it’s not.
On Tour: The morning after the night before for Trap’s Army in Poznan
Cian O’Callaghan woke up with a thumping headache, a sore jaw and a magical day’s worth of memories.
Euro 2012 analysis: Reality bites as Ireland exposed on the world stage
If you’re going to sit back and invite teams onto you, the most important objective is not to commit the kind of errors that sabotage that, writes Miguel Delaney in Poznan.


























































