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Jason McAteer, Packie Bonner, and Phil Babb fully in support of Irish manager Giovanni Trapattoni (IrishCentral)

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:19:51 PDT

By: SEAN BROSNAN

Former Irish greats Jason McAteer, Packie Bonner and Phil Babb have jumped to the defense of under-fire Irish soccer boss Giovanni Trapattoni, stating that the Italian should be given more time to attempt to get Ireland to the World Cup finals in Brazil in 2014.

Dumping Packie Bonner was a bad move for Ireland (IrishCentral)

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:30:13 PST

There is good news and bad news on the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) front -- John Delaney and Giovanni Trapattoni are taking a pay cut while Packie Bonner has lost his job -- but first a bizarre tale of the current IrelandA week ago, on Wednesday night to be precise, I had reason to meet a colleague and friend and Gavan is both, in my local Arch Bar here in downtown DunshaughlinIt was a pleasant and dry night weather wise, unlike now when the snow has us all hemmed indoors and the country is grinding to a physical halt to mirror our economic woesIt was also the last Wednesday night in November, a Champions League night with the big match coming live from Glasgow which presented us with the perfect excuse for a couple of pints of Arthur’s finest READ MORE

Packie Bonner says Eamon Dunphy was Judas at USA 1994 (IrishCentral)

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:45:52 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Irish soccer writer Eamon Dunphy has been compared to Judas Iscariot by the legendary Ireland goalkeeper Packie Bonner.