First time Shelbourne have beaten Dundalk in 11 years??? Puts Shelbourne back in fight for Europe and sinks Dundalk hope of getting European spot. Tan the man was in attendance.
It is the last country on Earth without a national football team. But for how much longer? The chain of volcanic islands and coral-based atolls in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that form the Marshall Islands have long been associated, from afar, with a role as the host of US nuclear testing. Now it hopes to become an independent force in world football. There is some way to go before such dreams can become a reality. At the forefront of those aspirations - not only to create a Marshall Islands national team, but one which can be competitive globally - is Englishman Lloyd Owers. From Oxfordshire, with a coaching background that has taken him to countries including Canada, the USA and Sweden, Owers has been tasked with building the foundations that will deliver international football to the game's final frontier. It all started in "random conversations" with the president of the country's football association, Shem Livai, following online coaching blog posts written by Owers. "It started via emails, then it became easier to speak via WhatsApp because of the time difference," Owers told BBC Sport. "Then it got to the stage where I was asked to put together a proposal alongside my own philosophy on how I saw the game growing." More here; https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66991995
West Ham United to pay seven-figure fee to Hull if Jarrod Bowen hits England milestone West Ham will owe a £1million payment to Hull City when Jarrod Bowen makes his fifth England appearance, which now looks likely to happen in the coming international fixtures, according to Hull Live. The winger has been called up by Gareth Southgate for the fixtures against Australia and Italy at Wembley, and having made four appearances already, looks likely to make the fifth in the coming weeks.
