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Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 10:13 AM
It’s the time of year when us sports journalists get lazy. We put the feet up, dust down the clichés and do what we always do for the final edition of each and every calendar year – we look back.
We reminisce. We remember the way we were.
All we want for Christmas are tickets - Irish fans allocated 6,000 tickets by UEFA

Robbie Keane celebrates Euro qualification last month

The first snows fell out our way on Tuesday, the same day the first begging text of many arrived in relation to a certain sporting event in Poland next summer.
Now, it has to be said, the few snowflakes that did land in this part of Meath as your favorite column was compiled were mere novices compared to the heavyweights that visited us this time last year.