New Scotland Strip Sparks Mixed Reviews, And Rightly So

With the eagerly awaited draw for the 2016 Euro Qualifiers finalised in France last week, some of world’s largest football kit manufacturers have been busy ‘fashioning’ new home and away strips for the countries involved ahead of the first qualifiers to take place in September this year.

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Good Cop, Bad Cop: Advice For Roy Keane And Martin O'Neill Ahead Of Taking Over Ireland

All the talk this week has been about the impending appointment of the “dream team” of Martin O’Neill as the manager and Roy Keane as the assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national team.

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England

Wembley needs to be home sweet home for Roy Hodgson’s squad for their remaining matches against Montenegro and Poland. These two opponents are one’s not shy of a few key players that have shown in Europe’s top league’s what they can do so they will both come over thinking they have every chance of snatching a victory. Although, for me at least, it wouldn’t be an England international match without Welbeck and Cleverley being constantly berated on social media! Score Predictions: England 2-0 Montenegro, England 3-1 Poland.

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Robbie Brady injury a massive blow for Hull

The news that Robbie Brady will be out of action for a month has likely put a dampener on the day of Hull City supporters everywhere.

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Iran Qualify For World Cup Final's

South Korea, Japan, Australia, Holland, Italy, Germany – and – Iran have all qualified via their continental group for the World Cup set to be held in Brazil next year. Unsurprisingly, this is the first time that the Iranian’s have managed to achieve such an achievement for a fairly unknown football nation. At 48th in FIFA’s much discussed ranking system, they stand tall above Egypt, Turkey, Wales, Republic Of Ireland and South Korea even (so they surely can’t be as bad as we’re all thinking they are). In mid-2005 they were (theoretically) the 15th best football national team in the world according to the same rankings.

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Can Shane Long Lead The Line At West Brom?

After a deadline day move to Hull fell through, Shane Long has one hell of a job on at the Hawthorns.

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Premier League forward makes his belated international breakthrough (video)

Wes Hoolahan is one of those rare footballers that has inspired his own cult following. Throughout Giovanni Trappatoni’s reign, he has consistently ignored the Norwich playmaker. However, this weekend, at the age of 31, he made his competitive debut for the Republic of Ireland in the 3-0 win over the Faroe Islands.

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Can Trappatoni give the perfect parting gift?

Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trappatoni has of late led what many would call a charmed managerial life. Many would have thanked him and said goodnight after what was an occasionally embarrassing Euro 2012 tournament, which ended with no points and only one goal. The FAI saw fit to give him a chance to lead Ireland to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but can he do it?

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The rise of the Sammon - Derby's in-form striker (video)

Striker Conor Sammon finally looks set to make his full Republic of Ireland debut tonight after impressing this season in the Championship with Derby County.

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Key World Cup Qualifiers in Europe this weekend (video)

With most European teams having already played 4 group games, this weekend's fixture represent a critical stage in the World Cup Qualification process. We now look at which of Friday's fixtures are likely to be crucial in determining which countries will be on the plane to Brazil next summer.

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