Shay-Given.com http://www.shay-given.com We give news, thoughts, insights into the life and times of Shay Given and sometimes soccer in general Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:28:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Shay gets into team of the week http://www.shay-given.com/2012/02/02/shay-gets-into-team-of-the-week/ http://www.shay-given.com/2012/02/02/shay-gets-into-team-of-the-week/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:28:27 +0000 admin http://www.shay-given.com/?p=965 http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/133696.html

]]> http://www.shay-given.com/2012/02/02/shay-gets-into-team-of-the-week/feed/ 0 Felt bad for Shay and Villa after such a great first-half at the Emirates! http://www.shay-given.com/2012/01/30/felt-bad-for-shay-and-villa-after-such-a-great-first-half-at-the-emirates/ http://www.shay-given.com/2012/01/30/felt-bad-for-shay-and-villa-after-such-a-great-first-half-at-the-emirates/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:10:56 +0000 admin http://www.shay-given.com/?p=962 I could only watch the first-half and thought Villa were going to cause an upset after 2 well-taken goals, but of course Arsenal weren’t going to lie down and concede on their own turf. Giving away 2 penalties though was the ‘killer-blow’.

]]> http://www.shay-given.com/2012/01/30/felt-bad-for-shay-and-villa-after-such-a-great-first-half-at-the-emirates/feed/ 0 Did anyone see Shay on Sky Sports? http://www.shay-given.com/2012/01/26/did-anyone-see-shay-on-sky-sports/ http://www.shay-given.com/2012/01/26/did-anyone-see-shay-on-sky-sports/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:13:47 +0000 admin http://www.shay-given.com/?p=960 I heard it through the grape vine (facebook) that Shay was on Sky Sports last night. How did he do? Any comments folks? :-)

]]> http://www.shay-given.com/2012/01/26/did-anyone-see-shay-on-sky-sports/feed/ 1 Shay back to life and down to business http://www.shay-given.com/2012/01/17/shay-back-to-life-and-down-to-business/ http://www.shay-given.com/2012/01/17/shay-back-to-life-and-down-to-business/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:09:58 +0000 admin http://www.shay-given.com/?p=958 “It was a long six-weeks”, was what Shay could think of when asked after his return to the Premiership. He also thanked the medical staff for putting up with him as he says he’s not a very ‘good patient’. :-) Welcome back Shay. Well done as well to Guzan in goals for 7 games and didn’t seem to put a foot wrong.

Shay played first-class against Everton at the weekend and you could argue that he won them the point with some top-stops especially stopping an OG as well. :-)

]]> http://www.shay-given.com/2012/01/17/shay-back-to-life-and-down-to-business/feed/ 0 Gary Speed gone http://www.shay-given.com/2011/12/21/gary-speed-gone/ http://www.shay-given.com/2011/12/21/gary-speed-gone/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:12:28 +0000 admin http://www.shay-given.com/?p=955 Just wanted to officially say how much we and Shay will miss having Gary Speedo (Speedo) around. I can’t get my head around it and perhaps I never will. Our hearts go out to his wife Louise and two sons.

]]> http://www.shay-given.com/2011/12/21/gary-speed-gone/feed/ 0 Tragic loss of a friend http://www.shay-given.com/2011/11/28/tragic-loss-of-a-friend/ http://www.shay-given.com/2011/11/28/tragic-loss-of-a-friend/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:30:45 +0000 admin http://www.shay-given.com/?p=949 To say Gary Speed’s death is a tragedy would be an understatement. To say it affects Shay is also an understatement. To say that Gary and Shay were together during their Newcastle days is also not the whole story. They have had a vibrant friendship till Sunday morning. We will perhaps never come to know what went on inside Gary’s mind but no matter what the reasons were, it will remain a tragedy for Gary and all who knew him, especially his family and close friends. It’s very heart wrenching to witness this happening. A nightmare that anyone would want to wake up from and know it was all just a dream. :-(

]]> http://www.shay-given.com/2011/11/28/tragic-loss-of-a-friend/feed/ 2 Shay and Ireland qualify for the European Championships in Poland / Ukraine 2012 http://www.shay-given.com/2011/11/16/shay-and-ireland-qualify-for-the-european-championships-in-poland-ukraine-2012/ http://www.shay-given.com/2011/11/16/shay-and-ireland-qualify-for-the-european-championships-in-poland-ukraine-2012/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:01:16 +0000 admin http://www.shay-given.com/?p=946 It was a night which the Irish will remember for a long time, in that it was 10 years to the day that Ireland qualified for the last World Cup in Iran. But tonight to qualify in front of a packed Avira Stadium full of the Green army was something special. Get Shay’s immediate thoughts after the game when he makes his rounds around the pitch here.

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]]> http://www.shay-given.com/2011/11/11/shay-on-radio-from-estonia/feed/ 0 Shay gives his thoughts in front of the camera regarding qualifying and the task at hand against Estonia http://www.shay-given.com/2011/11/10/shay-gives-his-thoughts-in-front-of-the-camera-regarding-qualifying-and-the-task-at-hand-against-estonia/ http://www.shay-given.com/2011/11/10/shay-gives-his-thoughts-in-front-of-the-camera-regarding-qualifying-and-the-task-at-hand-against-estonia/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:22:51 +0000 admin http://www.shay-given.com/?p=942 Watch the video here for Shay giving his thoughts ahead of the Estonian game

]]> http://www.shay-given.com/2011/11/10/shay-gives-his-thoughts-in-front-of-the-camera-regarding-qualifying-and-the-task-at-hand-against-estonia/feed/ 0 Shay excited but warns about taking Estonia too lightly! http://www.shay-given.com/2011/11/10/shay-excited-but-warns-about-taking-estonia-too-lightly/ http://www.shay-given.com/2011/11/10/shay-excited-but-warns-about-taking-estonia-too-lightly/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:47:13 +0000 admin http://www.shay-given.com/?p=939 Shay: “We do have an advantage in that we have got the experience of having been here before, and I think it’s the first time they have ever qualified for a play-off situation. But at the same time, it’s the best team they have ever had in their history.”

“I haven’t seen all the video footage of them yet, but I have seen some of the goals from the campaign and they had some great results, so we can’t be taking them lightly, turning up and thinking it’s going to be an easy game or anything like that, because we know they have some very good players.”

“We have experienced the other side of things, being away for the second leg. Even when we qualified for the World Cup in ’02, we were in Iran and there were, I don’t know, 50 or 100 Irish fans there. If we could do it in Dublin on Tuesday night, it would be just probably the most special thing in my career to actually qualify in Dublin.

“If we could do that, then the country would be going a little bit crazy, I would think.”

Shay has never played in a European Championship before so would love to be there this time revealing:
“I have never played in one before. It would be very special. The last time we were in a championships, it was in Japan and (South) Korea, the other side of the world. Poland and aren’t so far away, and I’m sure if we do qualify then there will be thousands and thousands of Irish fans over there.”

“I have always said that Irish fans make tournaments with the atmosphere and colour that they bring to them. It would be very special for me personally to play in one of them.”

Source: Independent

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