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- RTÉ News
Conor Keeley's late Drogheda equaliser denies Waterford victory
Conor Keeley rescued an unlikely share of the spoils for Drogheda United as Waterford FC's inability to defend set-pieces came back to haunt them deep into second-half injury-time in their SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division clash at the RSC. After Blues skipper Padraig Amond thought that he had won the game with an 81st-minute finish, the visitors had the final laugh in added time when the central defender hammered home from close-range when he was left unmarked at the back post to meet a Darragh Markey corner-kick. The Waterford front three combined for the breakthrough goal on 19 minutes. Conan Noonan slipped the ball into the feet of Amond, who in turn played the perfectly weighted pass for Tommy Lonergan, who beat keeper Luke Dennison with a deflected effort off Elicha Ahui from 14 yards. Drogheda were level from a set-piece at the other end four minutes later. Shane Farrell sent in a left-wing corner-kick into the centre of the penalty area and Warren Davis powered a simple close-range header to the far corner past a helpless Stephen McMullan. Davis was twice denied in a bid to give his side the lead on 40 minutes when Shane Farrell whipped in another dangerous left-wing corner that saw Keeley send the ball back into the six-yard box for the striker, but after Rowan McDonald blocked his initial effort, he hooked the rebound just over. John Coleman's side got their noses in front on 81 minutes when Grant Horton sent over a right-wing cross that saw Ahui clear to Dean McMenamy, who saw his goal-bound effort touched home by Amond past Dennison. The leveller came three minutes into added time from another set piece. Darragh Markey swung over a right-wing corner-kick to the back post, where the unchallenge Keeley blasted high to the roof of the net from close-range before Ahui was sent off late on for a second yellow card. Waterford FC: McMullan; Horton, McDonald, Leahy, Burke; Olayinka (McMenamy 77), Glenfield (McCormack 85), White; Lonergan (Pouwels 88), Amond, Noonan.
The Irish Sun
23-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
I'm a League One star targeting Wembley glory with Charlton in play-off final – but I'm also training to be a PILOT
WILL MANNION has been training to become an aeroplane pilot. And the keeper hopes his Charlton team will be flying in tomorrow's play-off final against Leyton Orient - before landing a place in the Championship. 3 Will Mannion is targeting promotion to the Championship with Charlton Credit: Getty 3 The keeper is a pilot in his spare time away from the pitch Credit: Alamy The 27-year-old has already done 15 hours of flying lessons and is a third of the way through being able to fly solo. Mannion told SunSport: "I was 14 when I took my first lesson. It was something I was going to do properly if football didn't work but thankfully it did. "Now it's something I want to do after football. I'm going to do more lessons so I can get my Private Pilot Licence in the next couple of years. "I've been flying Cessna 172 planes, which are like a four-seater washing machine with wings! I've got a fair way to go yet. READ MORE ON FOOTBALL "When I was at my last club Cambridge, I flew out of RAF Duxford, which was awesome because you would have Spitfires taking off in front of you! "It's hard to describe the feeling of flying a plane. I would liken it to riding a bike in the sky! "It's intuitive when you're up there with the controls. "It's not as scary as people think. It's fun, especially when taking off and landing. Most read in Football BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK "Although taking off and landing are the two hardest things because that is where things can most likely go wrong. "But I'm never frightened, you just have to know what you're doing. Ex-Rangers star Greg Docherty sends message to his dad following Charlton Play-Off semi-final victory "The plan is to get more lessons locally. Biggin Hill isn't too far away so will probably fly out of there." Mannion cannot pinpoint why he fell in love with aviation but he then took it up in case a football career did not pan out. And now he is contemplating a career in the sky when his days in football are over. He added: "The next stage for me is to go out solo. I've got to do around 45 hours to get my licence. "The great thing is it's not something you need to do by a certain deadline, you can just chip away at it in your own time. It was something I was going to do properly if football didn't work but thankfully it did. Will Mannion "There are various exams — theory and practical — you must do. Then I can be in a position to just take a plane out for leisure at the weekend or on my days off. "But that is only the first stage. "There are quite a few more exams before you can fly a plane for easyJet. "At this stage I don't know how far I'd go with it but might consider working in the commercial airline industry one day!" Back on the ground, Mannion has played a crucial role in helping the Addicks reach this Wembley final - having kept a club-record TWENTY-FIVE clean sheets this season. Not bad for a keeper who only joined last summer from Cambridge. He said: "To have played in as many games, finish fourth, play like we have as a team and keep as many clean sheets has been massive. "It's not something I predicted when I came but as the season progressed you could see we were a solid defensive unit and it paid off in terms of our league position and reaching a Wembley play-off final. It will be surreal but it's just another game. We cannot afford to get carried away by the occasion and romance of it. Mannion on Wembley "The clean sheets aren't just down to me. It starts from the front in terms of how we play, we're a high-pressing team. "That transcends throughout the team. "The lads in front of me have been outstanding all season. They've limited what I've had to do to a minimum." Mannion is establishing himself as a No 1 after a lot of years doing the hard yards. He was a young pro at Hull - rubbing shoulders with the likes of He had loan spells in non-league with Aldershot and Kidderminster before a season with Cypriot team Pathos having struggled to find a club at home. 3 Charlton's boss Nathan Jones is aiming for promotion on Sunday Credit: Shutterstock Editorial He said: "It was during the Covid spell. I couldn't even find a club to look at me, never mind sign me. So I had this opportunity to go abroad and I gave it go. "As a life experience it was good to see a different culture - although on the football side I didn't get a lot of opportunities.' A move to Cambridge brought 29 League One appearances over three years before what has turned out to be his best season yet at the Addicks. Mannion has only previously been to Wembley as a spectator — watching He said: "It's one thing imagining yourself playing there and quite another actually thinking you will play there. "It will be surreal but it's just another game. We cannot afford to get carried away by the occasion and romance of it. "We've one more game to achieve what we set out to do - win promotion."
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Time to take a punt on final day - FPL tips & team of week
Right, what do you need from your Fantasy Premier League team on the final day? If you're in a close title race in your mini-league - especially if you are chasing a rival - then this is the dream scenario. There's no clear-cut captain and that means taking a punt on someone other than Mohamed Salah could be massively rewarded. There are normally plenty of goals on the final day so if you've got nothing much to play for, why not slap the armband on a big differential choice - such as Leandro Trossard or Evanilson in this week's team - and just have a bit of fun? This team of the week should give you some final-day ideas, but it could be a week to go with your gut, take a flyer on your captain and then sit back and hope for the best. Don't miss our FPL special week 38 Q&A with expert Pras, live on the BBC Sport website at 15:30 BST on Friday, 23 May. Jamie Vardy, on maybe his final FPL appearance, Jarrod Bowen and double Everton defence were the heroes. Boy, did the double Manchester City clean sheet wipeout in the 96th minute hurt! A total of 53 points, not awful and not great. Listen to the latest Fantasy 606 podcast on BBC Sounds. David Raya, Arsenal, keeper, £5.5m - Southampton (a) Worst attack in the league? Haven't scored in three games? Nothing to play for? Arsenal defence is an easy pick this week for clean sheet against bottom-placed Southampton. Jakub Kiwior, Arsenal, £4.9m - Southampton (a) See Raya above! Nikola Milenkovic, Nottingham Forest, £5.2m - Chelsea (h) If you're going for broke on the final day you want a defender with a goal in their locker. Ezri Konsa and Marc Cucurella owners got that luck in gameweek 37. Milenkovic has more goals than any other defender and Chelsea have only scored once in their past four games on the road. In a must-win match, I'd rather back Forest defence than Chelsea attack. Dan Burn, Newcastle, £4.5m - Everton (h) Another Milenkovic-style pick. Burn has two double-digit hauls in four games and Newcastle have kept three home clean sheets in a row. Milos Kerkez, Bournemouth, £5.2m - Leicester (h) Six assists this season for Kerkez - who has been linked with a move to Liverpool - and he is in the top 10 for final-third touches and crosses among defenders. Taking on a blunt Leicester attack with no Jamie Vardy... no-brainer selection. Bryan Mbeumo (captain), Brentford, £8.2m - Wolves (a) Mbeumo has six returns in his past five games and would have hauled more if not for a rare penalty miss last week. He takes on a Wolves side who have conceded seven goals in the previous three games. At this point, Mbeumo might be the most obvious FPL pick. He's been involved in 43% of his side's goals, so feels about as nailed on as you can be for at least some sort of return on Sunday. Jarrod Bowen (vice captain), West Ham, £7.9m - Ipswich (a) Bowen has 53 points in the past seven gameweeks - only Eberechi Eze has more with 57 - so you've got to roll with that kind of form and he's a solid shout for captain this week. Jacob Murphy, Newcastle, £5.2m - Everton (h) Since gameweek 14, Murphy has started every game for Newcastle and in that time only Mohamed Salah (77) has more points than his 76 at home. Murphy has five goals and six assists in that spell and, in a must-win game against Everton, you would hope he will be back on the right wing in a 4-4-2. That's where he has been most productive - and even more so if Alexander Isak is fit. Leandro Trossard, Arsenal, £6.7m - Southampton (a) Some sort of attacking Arsenal asset feels like a must against woeful Southampton. But predicting how the Gunners approach the game, with second place effectively wrapped up, is tough. Trossard has been Arsenal's top-scoring attacking asset this season and he has started the past seven games, with five returns. The Belgian also has four double-digit returns this season and you are looking for that kind of explosiveness for a one-week punt. Evanilson, Bournemouth, £5.8m - Leicester (h) The Brazilian has been unlucky this season - 66 shots in the box, 22 big chances, just 10 goals. His expected goals (xG) is 12.18. By contrast, Chris Wood has 12.61 xG and 20 goals! What I'm saying here is that Evanilson could have ended a decent season with even more points if he'd put away a few more of those big chances - such as when he hit the post at Manchester City on Tuesday. He has a juicy match-up against a poor defence on the final day and could easily get double digits. Erling Haaland, Manchester City, £14.9m - Fulham (a) Call me foolish for going back to Haaland, who has been very quiet since returning from injury, but Manchester City still need a point on Sunday to secure Champions League football. Fulham are decent at home, City probably need to score a couple to win and this is a pure gut-feel final-day pick - backing the old Haaland to return with a couple of goals. Kepa Arrizabalaga, Bournemouth, keeper, £4.6m - Leicester (h) Jorgen Strand Larsen, Wolves, striker, £5.2m - Brentford (h) Morgan Gibbs-White, Nottingham Forest, £6.5m - Chelsea (h) Conor Bradley, Liverpool, defender, £4.7m - Crystal Palace (h) Total team cost: £95m The team of the week is selected based on current FPL prices to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit. Premier League index Premier League table Premier League fixtures Follow your Premier League club and get news, analysis and fan views sent direct to you
The Citizen
19-05-2025
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- The Citizen
Midfielder headed for Pirates exit
With the club looking ahead to the new season, Timm is said to be deemed surplus to requirements. (back row) Olisa Ndah, Zakhele Lepasa, (front row) Miguel Timm and Thabiso Monyane of Orlando Pirates during the Betway Premiership 2024/25 match between against Cape Town City at Orlando Stadium, in Soweto on 22 February 2025 ©Phakamisa Lensman/BackpagePix Orlando Pirates midfielder Miguel Timm is expected to leave the club at the end of the current season. The 33-year-old has seen his role significantly reduced, spending most of the campaign on the sidelines. Unlike last season, where Timm was a regular feature with 22 appearances in the Betway Premiership, this term has seen a dramatic drop in his involvement. ALSO READ: Mass player exodus expected at Kaizer Chiefs He has not made a single league appearance and was only an unused substitute in the 1-0 defeat to Stellenbosch FC back in December. Timm's limited game time this season has been confined to cup competitions. His only domestic appearance came in the MTN8 Cup clash against Cape Town City, while he featured twice in the CAF Champions League. With the club looking ahead to the new season, Timm is reportedly deemed surplus to requirements. His contract is set to expire at the conclusion of the campaign, and Pirates are not expected to offer a renewal. ALSO READ: Kaizer Chiefs 'keeper wanted in France Once considered a key figure in the midfield, he will be a free agent when the season concludes. The Buccaneers have reportedly signed Sinoxolo Kwayiba from Chippa United to further strengthen their squad ahead of next season.
Canberra Times
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Canberra Times
Trust your instincts, this style of fine dining is a wild experience
It starts with a high tea upon arrival - it's buffet style, with chicken schnitzel sliders, mini croissants filled with cream cheese and smoked salmon, sandwiches, scones with jam and cream, cakes and fruit, to name a few. This is the first introduction of Jamala's catering for everyone. It takes crowd pleasers and elevates them. That party pie isn't one you would find at a children's party. It's going to have pepper steak filling with crispy toasted pepitas sprinkled on top. And you're eating these offerings while watching two of the zoo's colobus monkeys, and the sharks that circle through from the adjoining aquarium. Or, potentially, getting up close and personal with the Burmese rock python that a keeper has just brought in to say hello to guests.
