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Paul Madden

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Freelance Sports Journalist | ✍️ Irish Examiner, The 42, Boardroom Ball, Galway United, Football Manager | 🎙 True Faith, Irish Mags, 5 Star Potential | linktr.ee/paulmaddenmedia

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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Shane Lowry wasn't the only Irish champion on show last weekend ✍️ A piece in today's Irish Examiner on young Galway golfer Cillian Hirst, the reigning U9 World Champion whose dreams came true when he teed off alongside Lowry at Doonbeg ⛳️
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Nine lives: how Ireland's newest golf world champion stole Lowry's Doonbeg thunder
Young Galway golfer Cillian Hirst, the winner of the U9 Boys World Golf Championship at Pinehurst in July, saw his dreams come true as he teed off alongside Lowry in a Beat the Pro competition on the ...
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“I think we knew from the career he had and the type of player he was that he would be a very good coach, not that it would happen so quickly, but his ideas about football were clear." A piece on Como 1907 and their rapid rise to the Champions League ahead of their debut this week 🇪🇺
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‘I have never seen detail or intensity like it’ — Liam Kerrigan’s front-row seat as Cesc Fabregas leads Como’s on-field revolution
Italian club are preparing for their Champions League debut and they retain strong Irish links
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Belvedere F.C. will reportedly receive around €200k following Troy Parrott's €20m move from to Real Betis, the Dublin club holding a sell-on clause from when he originally left for Tottenham in 2017 🤌 Just how important are sell-on clauses in football? 👇 👇 👇 👇
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Sell-On Clauses and Solidarity Contributions
Welcome to the food chain of modern-day football.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Big feature in today's Irish Independent, a chat with some of Ireland's finest football experts plying their trade around the world 🌎 ✍️ @independent.ie
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From Netherlands to New Zealand: How Irish experts are making their mark on world football
The Danish Cup semi-final in April was unlikely to raise many eyebrows across European football, but for Irish observers it offered a unique sub-plot as an unexpected rivalry unfolded on the sidelines...
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Troy Parrott has completed a €20 million move to Spanish giants Real Betis 🟢⚪️ I sat down back in March with those who remember seeing and playing against him when he was just 15 years old 🔥
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From schoolboy hat-trick to Hungary heroics — how Troy Parrott became Ireland’s clutch striker
From school finals heroics to international drama, coaches and scouts recall the early promise behind Ireland striker’s rise
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A piece on former Ireland international Greg Cunningham's entry into management as the new FAI National League kicks off later this month 🚀 ✍️ The Irish Examiner
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Greg Cunningham comes full circle as coaching journey begins
The FAI's new third tier National League kicks off this month with some notable figures looking to cut their coaching teeth at the grade. Greg Cunningham spoke past and future with Paul Madden
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The curious case of 1. FC Kaiserslautern and how they went from two-time Bundesliga champions to the third-tier of German football in less than two decades 📉 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Inside 1. FC Kaiserslautern's fall from the top of German football
Bundesliga Champions Twice in the 90s. Third Tier Twenty Years Later. But how exactly did it come to this?
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Dundalk strike late to beat Galway in bizarre turn of events that sees clash held in Cork 👀 ✍️ @irishindosport.bsky.social
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Tyreke Wilson plunders late Dundalk winner as Cork proves unhappy ‘home’ for Galway
An injury-time winner from Tyreke Wilson handed Dundalk a vital win over Galway United in a match played at Turner’s Cross in Cork having been rescheduled while resurfacing works continue at Eamonn De...
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Penalties galore as Kennedy Cup semi-finalists are confirmed 🚀 ✍️ @irishexaminer.bsky.social
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Kennedy Cup: Cork Schoolboys League defeat West Cork to reach semi finals
Top scorer Cian McMahon (Mallow Town) bagged his sixth goal of the campaign in the first half with a neatly placed finish from a tight angle
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Kennedy Cup Day 2 🏆 A good day for teams from Cork 🚀 ✍️ @irishexaminer.bsky.social
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Cork’s Kennedy Cup sides advance to quarter-finals
Cork Schoolboys League resisted a late Waterford comeback as they battled out a 2-2 draw in a thrilling Munster derby.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Ten years ago Leicester City were Premier League champions and playing Champions League football. Next season they will be playing in League One, the third tier of the English football pyramid. Here's why 👇
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The Rise and Fall of Leicester City
Premier League champions in 2016. Relegated this year to League One. But what actually caused such a decline?
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Kennedy Cup Day One 🏆 ✍️ @irishexaminer.bsky.social
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Cork cruise, Clare strike late on Kennedy Cup opening day
There was late drama in the evening clash between DDSL and Clare when Eliah Kenny of Newmarket Celtic latched on to a loose ball and struck home to give Clare a 1-0 win over the Dubliners
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Wolfsburg were once one of Germany’s most exciting clubs, winning a league title in 2009 and enjoying multiple UCL campaigns. Today they are a second-tier club having been relegated after 29 years in the Bundesliga, casting serious doubts on the club's future. 👇👇👇
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The Rise and Fall of VfL Wolfsburg
How smart recruitment, strong leadership and tactical clarity built a champion and how losing all three tore it down.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The year Victor Ozhianvuna was born, Seamus Coleman cost Everton €70k when he moved from Sligo Rovers 💰 17 years on, Arsenal will break the League of Ireland transfer record to sign the Shamrock Rovers forward 💥 LOI clubs are finally getting paid for the talent they produce 🤌 👇👇👇
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From €60k to €2 Million: The League of Ireland's Transfer Revolution
How Irish football finally started getting paid what it's worth.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Full pager in today's Irish Independent, an interview with promising young athlete Orlaith Mannion on competing against Ireland’s best, coping with nerves, balancing training with Leaving Cert studies, and her dreams of one day becoming an Irish Olympian. ✍️✍️✍️
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‘To be on the podium beside two of the people that I have looked up to my whole life is crazy’
With her Leaving Cert starting this week, promising Galway hurdler Orlaith Mannion reflects on a breakthrough season and opens up on her plans for the future
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Kev Lawson @editkev.football · 29/05/2026
My fourth annual transfer prediction piece of content is ready to read. Thanks for the lovely feedback on it from those who have taken the time to read it. Club moving so fast this window, that I had to edit as I was writing around Gordon. A great sign #NUFC www.editkev.football/p/newcastle-...
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Newcastle United Summer Transfer Predictions 26/27
A data-led preview of the most uncertain and potentially exciting summer of recruitment since the early days of the PIF-led takeover of Newcastle United.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Como 1907 will play Champions League football next season, seven years after they were languising in the fourth tier of Italian football. Here's why 👇
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How Como 1907 Plan to Dominate Italian Football
Inside the Smart Spending, Data Strategy and Boardroom Powering Como’s Rise.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Devoy celebrates Ireland call-up in style as Bohs overcome Galway challenge ✍️
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Dawson Devoy stars as Bohs beat Galway in six-goal thriller
Devoy celebrated his Ireland call-up in style
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
📍 Eamonn Deacy Park Galway United vs Bohemians ✍️
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Wrote a piece on Chievo Verona's remarkable rise and demise as the club looks to restart at the bottom of the Italian football pyramid 📈 ✍️ Boardroom Ball
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The Rise and Fall of Chievo Verona
How Chievo went from Serie A miracle club to a Serie D rebuild.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
A piece on the most lucrative fixture in World Football 💰 ✍️ Boardroom Ball 👇👇👇👇👇 open.substack.com/pub/boardroo...
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English Football’s Biggest Payday
Why the EFL Championship play-off final remains football’s ultimate high-stakes match.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Shamrock Rovers have some cracking young players to call upon - last night they played a front three of Michael Noonan (17), Victor Ozhianvuna (17) and Adam Brennan (18), all played a part in the Hoops' three goals at Eamonn Deacy Park 💫 Report below 👇
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Shamrock Rovers out in front after win in Galway
Teenager Michael Noonan opened the Hoops' account early.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
📍 Eamonn Deacy Park ✍️ Galway United vs Shamrock Rovers
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Interview with IBF European Welterweight Champion Kieran Molloy on his roots growing up in North Galway, his hopes for a World Title and how fighting his brothers in the kitchen led to him becoming one of Ireland's brightest boxing talents 🥊 ✍️ @irishexaminer.bsky.social
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Kieran Molloy - a quiet champion forged in Oughterard
In March, Kieran Molloy was crowned IBF European Welterweight Champion after he defeated Dutch national champion Xavier Kohlen by unanimous points decision in Belfast.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Wrote a piece on Bromley FC's rise from Non-League football to the Football League and the double promotion that will see them play League One football next season 🚀 ✍️ Boardroom Ball
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How Bromley FC Built Their Way to League One
Free transfers, long-passing tactics, and infrastructure-first thinking — the Ravens' rise rewrites the EFL rulebook
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
It was late drama at Eamonn Deacy Park as Galway United came from two down to draw 2-2 with St. Pat's in the League of Ireland Premier Division 🔥🔥 ✍️ @the42.ie
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St Pat's drop from top spot as Bolger brace secures draw for Galway United
Ryan Edmondson and Chris Forrester gave St Pat’s the lead before Aaron Bolger struck twice for the hosts.
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The 42 @the42.ie · 01/05/2026
Ryan Edmondson and Chris Forrester gave St Pat’s the lead before Aaron Bolger struck twice for the hosts. the42.ie/7029386
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St Pat's drop from top spot as Bolger brace secures draw for Galway United
Ryan Edmondson and Chris Forrester gave St Pat’s the lead before Aaron Bolger struck twice for the hosts.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Mastering the End of Season Run-In in #FM26 ✍️ for Football Manager
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Mastering the End of Season Run-In in FM26
We’ve all been there as managers. Your season is going great. The club at which you are managing have been flying it in the league. The board loves you and the fans worship you - what more can you ask...
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Pierrot the hero as Galway United go 6th 📈 ✍️ @the42.ie
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Pierrot produces winner as Galway United battle to victory over Derry City
David Hurley was also on target for the hosts while James Clarke scored for Derry City.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
📍 Eamonn Deacy Park Galway United vs Derry City ✍️
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Troy Parrott is no stranger to scoring hat-tricks on the big stage, he's been doing it since he was 13 🔥 Big feature on Ireland's main man ahead of a huge game against Czechia on Thursday ☘️☘️ 👇👇👇👇👇
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Piece on tomorrow's Tyne-Wear derby and its Irish influence over the years, with input from Liam O'Brien and Niall Quinn ☘️ ☘️ ✍️ @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...
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Tyne-Wear derby: Where heroes are made in a moment
When matchday arrives, it’s no longer just about sporting adversariality: It’s about the North East holding its breath as pride, history, and identity collide for 90 fierce minutes of football.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Great to see Alan Browne recalled, been in outstanding form for Middlesbrough in the Championship this season 💪 Hopefully we get another magical moment in Prague next week 🙏 #COYBIG ☘️☘️
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The 42 @the42.ie · 16/03/2026
Kris Twardek was the hero on his first start for Galway United as they overcame Waterford in a seven-goal thriller at Eamonn Deacy Park. the42.ie/6987028t
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Twardek the hero as Galway United beat Waterford in seven-goal thriller
United manager John Cauflield sees red in dramatic game.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Seven goals, two penalties and a red card at Eamonn Deacy Park last night as Galway United beat Waterford 4-3 at Eamonn Deacy Park. Just your average League of Ireland match report ✍️ ✍️
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Twardek hits brace as Galway win seven-goal thriller against Waterford
Galway manager John Caulfield was sent to the stands during the second half. The result means Waterford are still winless after seven games
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
📍 Eamon Deacy Park Galway United vs Waterford ✍️
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
My piece in today's Irish Examiner on FK Bodø/Glimt after they added yet another European scalp to their Champions League collection 🏁 🔥 High-Intensity DNA 🛠️ Process-Obsessed 💪 Fearless Mentality ☘️ Irish connection #ChampionsLeague #UCL
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
FK Bodø/Glimt, Europe's giantkillers with a surprising Irish connection 🇮🇪🇳🇴 ✍️ www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer... #ChampionsLeague #UCL
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Ireland Manager Heimir Halgrimsson watches on as ex-Galway United winger Bobby Burns returns to score all-important equaliser against former club ✍️
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Heimir Hallgrímsson watches on as Dundalk hold Galway United
Former Galway star Bobby Burns returned to haunt his former club.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Sell-On Clauses have become a key component in securing the financial futures of multiple mid-to-lower tier football clubs over the years 💰 Welcome to the food chain of modern-day football 🔄 #PremierLeague | #FootballFinance
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Sell-On Clauses and Solidarity Contributions
Welcome to the food chain of modern-day football.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
A lot of discussion on GAA stars being recruited by the AFL, the lure of professional sport too good to turn down 📝 Spoke with two-time All Ireland and All-Star winner Mary-Kate Lynch to get an athlete's perspective ahead of her move to Sydney Swans 🇦🇺 www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
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Another GAA ace heads for Oz: 'You can still bring in some of your Gaelic style, and they don't want you to lose that'
'I found it really difficult at first because I would probably stay here and play with Meath until I can’t play any more
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Newcastle United's owners are rumoured to be pursuing a multi-club ownership model which could see the club form an alliance with European teams from the likes of France, Belgium etc. What would this mean for Magpies fans? #NUFC #PremierLeague
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What would a Multi-Club Ownership model look like for Newcastle United?
Talks of Newcastle United going global are gathering momentum.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Started putting some of my ramblings on Substack, subscribe via the link below if you are interested in reading some of the various sporting topics, analysis, stories and content that triggers my curiosity! 🔎
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Freelance Sports Journalist, Writer, Broadcaster & Podcaster. Have written for The Irish Examiner, Galway United, Twocan Publishing & Football Manager. Podcast Producer for True Faith, Irish Mags Show...
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Defending champions @maynoothuniversity.ie will meet hosts @unioflimerick.bsky.social in the Collingwood Cup Inter Universities Final ⚽️🏆 Alex Sheerin is one to watch 👀 ✍️✍️✍️
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Holders Maynooth overcome UCC to book Collingwood Cup final showdown with UL
Alex Sheerin was again the difference-maker for Maynooth, scoring two goals to add to the brace he scored in the quarter final against DCU.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Pleased to contribute to the new @galwayunitedfc.bsky.social monthly match programme, an excellent production for the season ahead 👌 #ItsATribalThing | #GUFC2026
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Galway District League win their first Oscar Traynor Trophy in 55 years 🏆⚽️✍️ www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...
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Galway rout Limerick to end Oscar Traynor Cup title wait
Brendan O’Connor’s side had too much for the visitors.
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
📍 Eamonn Deacy Park
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Earlier this year I wrote a piece about Newcastle United's young Irish academy prospects, including Alex Murphy who could find himself starting against Chelsea tomorrow depending on Lewis Hall's fitness 👀 Read below 👇 #NUFC
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How a new wave of Irish are flying the flag at 'the richest club in the world'
After early-day dreams of Mbappé and Neymar, the Saudi-led transformation hits Year 4 with a new strategy: recruiting young Irish talent
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The Irish Mags @irishmags.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New Irish Mags Show - Out Now! 🎙 Episode #92 - Time for Newcastle United to FIGHT BACK 💪 The lads are back to discuss continued cartel cohesion, no party like an associated transaction party, and a MASSIVE opportunity to pick up our first win of the season against Wolves 🐺 #IrishMags | #NUFC
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Paul Madden @paul-madden.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Was great to join Cathal Minogue on the @todayfm.bsky.social Premier League Show this morning to talk all things Newcastle United on behalf of @irishmags.bsky.social ☘️⚫️⚪️ Full show can be listened back on Spotify, link below 👇 #IrishMags
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