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One of Galway's best known soccer players, Faherty enjoyed a lengthy career that earned him selection for the Republic of Ireland at various levels, and taken him to Australia and Cyprus. Faherty is a prolific goalscorer - the third highest scorer in Galway United's history.

It was another special week of European football as Ajax continued their wonderful form in the competition with 1-0 victory over Spurs in London and Lionel Messi staked another claim as the greatest player to grace a football pitch with another brilliant brace against Liverpool on Wednesday night at the Camp Nou.

You never think these things will catch up with you. Do you? I mean, there I was in bed on Tuesday morning, just an ordinary Joe Soap, and I discover that I’ve all this money and belongings stashed away in the British Virgin Islands. (British and virgin, two words you don’t often see together). So I says to herself “Herself, what did ya do with the money I gave ya to hold, to mind for me. Did ya give it to anyone?” And Herself, she says, “Himself, I did. I gave it to a fella in the bank who said he’d mind it for us.”

The recent penalty in the Barcelona versus Celta Vigo game involving Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez caused a number of extraordinary comments and a ridiculous amount of moralising from a number of football pundits, especially Mister "with an opinion on everything" Eamon Dunphy.