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The Shirt That Made Me Fall in Love with Football
The fabric of memory, stitched in white and blue.
 • James Callan
How Parma Built One of Europe’s Greatest Teams and Lost It All
A case study in success without sustainability
 • James Callan
Cork City FC and the volatility of mass support
What it reveals: how scale magnifies both recovery and collapse
 • James Callan
The Lost Sponsors: When football shirts meant something more
Some sponsors didn’t just advertise the club. They became part of it.
 • James Callan
Followers vs Faithful: What Hashtag United Tells Us About Irish Football’s Future
What a YouTube club from Essex reveals about how Ireland sees its own game.
 • James Callan
Why Don’t More LOI Games Make It Onto Irish TV, And What Is The Real Future Of LOITV?
The League of Ireland is booming in the stands. So why is it still invisible on television?
 • James Callan
Juve Got Mail
A love letter to Football Italia, long-lost broadcasts and the team my dad carried with him.
 • James Callan
How the FAI Lost Control of Itself
Power, oversight and the long institutional hangover of the Delaney era
 • James Callan
The Third Tier Isn’t Expansion. It’s a Cost Test.
Why the FAI’s new National League will be decided by balance sheets before league tables
 • James Callan
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