BACK IN THE DAY
October 25 2009
AIB Ulster Club Senior Hurling Championship final: St Joseph’s, Ballycran (Down) 2-11 Cuchullain’s, Dunloy (Antrim) 2-16
STAR MAN: It was fitting that the final puck of the game was from Sean Dowds, from deep in defence, back helping to close out Ballycran one last time.
Dowds probably covered more yards at Casement Park than anyone in the game.
His debut in the Ulster Championship’s showpiece event, he made his mark from frees and in play, scoring 0-5 from placed chances. He worked throughalot of possession, covered practically every blade of grass in doing so, and it was his attempt on goal that Paddy Richmond forced over the line to seal the win after 54 minutes.
That goal, coming just two minutes after Simon Wilson’s free from midfield drifted all the way to the net to revive Ballycran’s prospects for an upset and a first provincial success for 16 years, was key to Dunloy’s victory.
Dowds’s tireless work and contribution to the scoring edged the man-of-the-match plaudits from Richmond for his 2-1 and impressive claims of stop-gap full-back Cathaoir Cunning, midfielder Colum Cunning and Ballycran’s Wilson and defensive duo Sean and Michael Ennis.
BIRTHDAYS
Kornelia Ender (swimming) - four-time 1976 Olympic champion, who later admitted to being part of the East German doping programme, born 1958.
Michael Lynagh (rugby union) - former Australia fly-half, born 1963.
Paul Anderson (rugby league) - former St Helens, Bradford and Great Britain prop, born 1971.
Birgit Prinz (soccer) - former Germany Women international, named FIFA World Player of the Year in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and runner-up on five other occasions, born 1977.
Russell Anderson (soccer) - former Scotland, Aberdeen and Derby defender, born 1978.
Shaun Wright-Phillips (soccer) - former England, QPR, Chelsea and Manchester City winger, born 1981.
Darron Gibson (soccer) - Republic of Ireland midfielder, formerly with Manchester United, Everton, Sunderland and Wigan born 1987.
Asha Philip (athletics) - Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth relay medallist, born 1990.
Jefferson Lerma (soccer) - Bournemouth's Colombia midfielder, born 1994.
QUICK QUIZ
1. Who became the youngest player to score 15 Champions League goals with a hat-trick against Club Brugge this week?
2. Name the six countries that have teams playing in the Pro14 rugby union competition.
3. Which American golfer carded a round of 58 at the Travelers Championship in 2016 to set a PGA Tour record?
4. Which Irish fighter won the International Boxing Federation World flyweight title beating Jacob Matlala in 1991?
5. What is the shared nickname of an MLB team on the west coast of the United States and an NFL team on the east coast?
(See quiz answers below)
ON THIS DAY
1983: West Ham became the first team to score 10 goals in a League Cup match, beating Bury 10-0 in a second-round, second-leg match.
1989: Oldham's Frankie Bunn set a League Cup individual scoring record when he put six goals past Scarborough in a 7-0 Boundary Park annihilation.
1996: Ray Harford resigned as manager of Blackburn - 16 months after taking over from the championship-winning Kenny Dalglish - with the club bottom of the Premier League after picking up only four points in 10 winless matches.
1998: David O'Leary was announced as the new manager of Leeds, replacing George Graham who had moved back to London to take charge of Tottenham.
2007: Martin Jol was controversially sacked as manager of Tottenham while Bolton appointed Gary Megson as their new boss.
2008: A year to the day after Jol's sacking, his successor at Tottenham, Juande Ramos, was also dismissed. Portsmouth revealed they had given manager Harry Redknapp permission to speak to Spurs about the new vacancy at White Hart Lane.
2010: Brian McClennan quit as head coach of Super League side Leeds.
2011: Dual-code Wales international Gareth Thomas retired from all forms of rugby.
2015: Lewis Hamilton was crowned Formula One world champion for the third time after winning the United States Grand Prix.
2016: Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winning captain Carlos Alberto died at the age of 72.
2017: Claude Puel was appointed as Leicester's new manager on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
SPORT ON TV
Today (Friday, October 25)
SOCCER: Premier League, Southampton v Leicester - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League 1900.
FORMULA ONE: Mexican Grand Prix, practice - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports F1 1545.
CRICKET: World T20 qualifiers, Papua New Guinea v Singapore - Sky Sports Cricket 0650; Namibia v Kenya - Sky Sports Cricket 1100; Oman v Canada - Sky Sports Cricket 1620.
RUGBY UNION: Premiership, Bath v Exeter - BT Sport 1 1900.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Australia v New Zealand - Sky Sports Action 1000.
GOLF: European Tour, Portugal Masters - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Golf 1130; PGA Tour, Zozo Championship - Sky Sports Golf 0400.
TENNIS: WTA, Zhuhai - BT Sport 1 0800.
BASKETBALL: NBA, LA Lakers v Utah Jazz - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action 0330 (Sat).
BASEBALL: World Series, Washington Nationals v Houston Astros - BT Sport 1 0030 (Sat).
DARTS: European Championship - ITV4 1145 & 1800; BDO World Masters - Eurosport 1 1300 & 1900.
MOTORCYCLING: World Superbikes, Doha - Eurosport 2 1500.
Tomorrow (Saturday, October 26)
SOCCER: Premier League, Man City v Aston Villa - BT Sport 1 1200; Burnley v Chelsea - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League - 1700; Championship, Sheff Wed v Leeds - Sky Sports Main Event 1200; National League, Chesterfield v Notts County - BT Sport 1 1700; Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen - BT Sport 2 1715.
RUGBY UNION: World Cup semi-finals England v Wales - ITV 0800; Premiership, Gloucester v Wasps - BT Sport 2 1430.
FORMULA ONE: Mexican Grand Prix, qualifying - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports F1 1800.
CRICKET: World T20 qualifiers, Ireland v Nigeria - Sky Sports Cricket 0650; Holland v Bermuda - Sky Sports Cricket 1100; Namibia v Singapore - Sky Sports Cricket 1620.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Tonga v Great Britain - BBC Two 0730.
GOLF: European Tour, Portugal Masters - Sky Sports Golf 1300; PGA Tour, Zozo Championship - Sky Sports Golf 0330.
TENNIS: WTA, Zhuhai - BT Sport 1 0800.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Milwaukee Bucks v Miami Heat - Sky Sports Main Event 2200.
BASEBALL: World Series, Washington Nationals v Houston Astros - BT Sport 1 0030 (Mon).
DARTS: European Championship - ITV4 1800. BDO World Masters - Eurosport 1 1300 & 1900.
HORSE RACING: Cheltenham - ITV 4 1330.
MOTORCYCLING: World Superbikes, Doha - Eurosport 2 1330.
QUICK QUIZ answers: 1. Kylian Mbappe; 2. Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, Wales; 3. Jim Furyk; 4. Dave 'Boy' McAuley; 5. Giants (San Francisco and New York).
