The
#FIFAWorldCup
captured in one pic by
@Dan_Mullan
A masterpiece. The vainglorious clown in his sponsored runners. The man it was all about, obliged to don the sponsor's cloak to cover his national shirt. And the smiling benefactor. Sport has gone to hell in a handcart.
@McDonnellDan
The managers who took us to Finals? Jack’s start LDW. Mick’s start LLLDLLDW. Trap’s start DW. And none of them were bringing players out of pandemic-induced inactivity. Let’s be reasonable and reserve judgment.
If paradise is half as nice as heaven that you take me to. A 1968 love song from Amen Corner, and there's Andy Fairweather Low singing it 55 years on on Jools Holland's Hootenanny, sounding terrific. Hey, it's great to have lived it all! Aren't we the lucky ones.
Thrilled to welcome 10,000 new listeners across the weekend to
#TheHamiltonScores
. Many congratulations to colleagues who’ve posted huge gains. A really proud day for us all on
@RTElyricfm
🗣"Best commentator I ever heard was George Hamilton."
🗣"An incredible ability to find the right words in the right moment."
🗣"He's still not on my television enough these days."
Joe and Gavin Cooney can't praise George Hamilton enough.
Football with
@SkyIreland
A Father's Day salute to my dear old Dad, Jim Hamilton (once of
@cliftonvillefc
), passed away three days after his 77th birthday on this date in 1985. Missed every day.
@McGurkEamonn
You're most kind, Eamonn. I'm so privileged to be involved with the athletes. After all the years, that's my first time calling Irish Olympic Gold 🥇🥇
I cant listen to radio at the moment. Its fucking wall to wall Covid. Is there nothing else to talk about? can an hour only per day be allocated to it?
Who cares what I think, but after four decades, off and on, of time spent in Russia, dealing with the people as opposed to the politics, I just want to say that I know this is not being done in their name.
#FIFAWomensWorldCup19
We’re in the Final! Enniscorthy’s Michelle O’Neill is Assistant Referee for USA v Netherlands on Sunday, first Irish official to be involved in a World Cup Final. Bravo!
#rtesoccer
The conditions had to be experienced to be believed. And let it not be forgotten that this marriage has begun without a honeymoon. Last time Mick McCarthy was in charge it took him eight games to get his first win. 3 points from a standing start in tricky circumstances
Amazing to share a stage with a host of Olympic champions … Kip Keino, Daley Thompson, Ed Moses, Nadia Comăneci, Sergio Bubka, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Chris Hoy, Seb Coe, Nawal El Moutawakel … what an honour.
Good evening all. Personal request. Anyone know a Paul Harris who might have been on a Gatwick to Geneva flight this afternoon heading off on a skiing holiday? His bag is in Zermatt and our lot's may be with him. Maybe a retweet please.
This is so sad. A colleague from long ago. A wonderful guy and a talent way beyond the radio studio and the commentary box. Peter Brackley, football broadcaster with Channel 4, BBC, ITV and Sky, dies aged 67 | Football | The Guardian
Please desist from attempting to extend this into a debate about culture. It isn’t. It’s about what has become of what used to be a tournament to decide which was the best football team on the planet. Not culture. Not marketing. Sport.
@HamiltonRTE
@Dan_Mullan
So if something is not in your "western" culture, it automatically makes it something bad, right? do you know how to respect the culture of another nation, why do you always want to impose your own cultures and customs on other nations, maybe a habit left from colonializm.
George Hamilton
@hamiltonrte
is paid more than the Taoiseach to commentate on a few soccer matches a year.
@rte
needs to get real and stop wasting taxpayers money. The big money earners are now turning this into a crusade for more taxpayers funds. Feck Off.
The rabbit holes into which you descend prepping for a game ...
#WALENG
first met at Surrey County Cricket ground on 18 Jan 1879. England won 2-1. The referee - fact, not fiction - was a London solicitor by the name of Segar Richard Bastard!
@RTESoccer
#FIFAWorldCupQatar2022
So, about this time, on a hot morning in Milan, Tom Flanagan and I were pulling into a supermarket car park to equip ourselves with a bottle of Asti Spumante. Wishful thinking!
You might have heard me mention my Ukrainian friends Alex and Sveti on
#TheHamiltonScores
on
@RTElyricfm
this morning. I've just had a text from Aleksei: "Here in Ukraine times are really horrible but I'm o.k." Long may he remain so.
About now, Tom and I are checking into a sweet and airy little B&B in Rapallo, not far from the team hotel, before we head up there for some lunch. The narrow streets of the town are festooned with Irish flags.
@LiamCheasty1
@rte
I have no idea who you are Liam, but you have no right to use a public platform to tell lies about me. Perhaps you would afford me the courtesy of retracting your insulting untruth.
Felicitaciones a España. ⚽️⚽️ Let's hope Spain's bold back-to-basics approach is as much an influence as was the tiki-taka that brought them three titles in a row in '08, '10, and '12. Always the innovators. This could be football's bright new dawn.
#EURO2024
It's wonderful to see this remembered. The absolute glory days of
@RTEsoccer
@RTEsport
Tim O'Connor was the visionary who saw the potential of providing moments that would live on. Can't thank him enough for the opportunities. Rest easy, TV genius.
Another priceless World Cup moment. Brian Kerr commenting on Kolarov’s free kick that put Serbia ahead against Costa Rica: “Dead-eye Dick”. Spot on, Rasher!
#FifaWorldCup2018
#rtesoccer