Love Is In the Air

Saint Bridget’s day has come and gone and the Irish Spring is with us. The mornings are still on the dark side but the evenings are a bit brighter. My Mother had a saying that St Bridget herself was supposed to have said  “from my day to Paddy’s day you get a hop step and a leap in the days” in other words from St Bridget’s day to Paddy’s day the brightness of the days take a hop a step and a big leap coming up to Paddy’s day. With the coming of the bright nights we all should make an effort to get out and about. We will have Junior and Schoolboy games taking place during the week. So forget about Man Utd or Liverpool go along and cheer on your local club. This time of the year see’s the start of the league of Ireland season. I was once an ever present supporter of Limerick when they were in Rathbane. However I just cannot generate the interest to go to their games now. They have spent big money on new players. Mr Scully must produce promotion. My views on the Manager are well known. I don’t know him personally and I believe his a nice guy but I feel we have more them capable people locally who could manage Limerick successfully. I am reading a great book at the moment “Who’s side are you on”. It’s a book about sport in the North through the troubles. It covers all sports. The chapter about Derry City Football club is brilliant. Derry were allowed into the League Of Ireland in the 1984/85 , They brought excitement and thousands of supporters to League of Ireland grounds all over Ireland. They were the Man Utd of the LOI. I remember their first visit to Rathbane. It was in Billy Hamilton’s time in Limerick. My young fellow Ciaran was a big fan of Derry. He looked for their results even before the Limerick results. He was so excited that day. I think the result was 2- 2 draw. After the game we went into the bar for a drink. There was a Bar in Rathbane at that time and the players from both sides would come in for a drink after the game. When the Derry players found out the Ciaran was a fan they took him back out on the field and the some of the players who had already played in the game had a 5 a side game with the kids. Those were the days. Different times.Some things you never forget. Tuesday is Valentine’s Day so don’t forget the card and the flowers. Love is in the air. We wish Seanie Ryan and his bride to be Jennifer our best wishes on their upcoming wedding. Seanie is a great footballing man with Lightning and Aisling. Seanie is a teak tough defender but can be see at the end of games shaking hands with opponents irrespective of the result.Best of luck Seanie and Jennifer .Keep the faith. God Bless

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