Tuesday 15 March 2016

All posts by Roy Hay

First elevens

Women lead the big kick-off and a bit of history

Women lead the big kick-off and a bit of history Roy Hay The games of the 30th Olympiad begin tomorrow when Team GB women’s team kicks off against New Zealand at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff at 4 pm British …

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Wembley stadium

Olympics only just surfacing in a wave of sport

Wembley Stadium where the Olympic Games men's final will be played. Olympics only just surfacing in a wave of sport Roy Hay It is only two days until the football tournament

Marcelo on the attack for Brazil

Wake up call for TeamGB

Marcelo takes on the TeamGB defence. Team GB 0 Brazil 2 Roy Hay The British Olympic football team, the so-called Team GB, got a wake-up call from a very talented Brazil

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Ayr United 4 Motherwell 0

Ayr United 4 Motherwell 0 Roy Hay Last season Motherwell finished third in the Scottish Premier League behind Celtic and Rangers and with Rangers banned from European competition the Steelmen

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A bad week for football might do some good?

Rangers fans in Sydney in July 2010. Photo: Roy Hay. A bad week for football might do some good? Roy Hay The game of football has taken a battering this week

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Opening of the National Football Museum in England

One of the many display cases at the NFM.

Grand (re)opening of the National Football Museum in England Roy Hay The National Football Museum, formerly located at Deepdale, the

Reilly against Rangers lr

The future of the Old Firm

Jack Reilly tries but fails to prevent Colin Stein (right) from scoring for Rangers against Victoria at Olympic Park  in 1975. Source: Laurie Schwab collection, Deakin University Library. The

Puskas 4th goal celebrations lr

Are Spain the greatest ever?

Another champion team from Spain. Real Madrid in 1960 and Ferenc Puskas celebrates a goal. Are Spain the greatest ever? Roy Hay It is inevitable that Spain’s scintillating demolition of Italy

Murray

Too much sport is never enough

Andy Murray sliding for a fall. Source: Electronic Telegraph. Too much sport is never enough Roy Hay Here we are in Belfast with the Irish Open golf at Portrush, the semi-final

Rangers v Sydney FC

Culture shock and football’s woes

Happier days for Rangers in Sydney in 2010. Photo: Roy Hay. Culture shock and football’s woes Roy Hay It is a severe culture shock to go from a country where the

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