Emmet Malone

Emmet Malone is the Football correspondent for the daily broadsheet newspaper, the Irish Times.[1][2]

Malone attended University College Dublin and Dublin City University. He began his career as a freelance before joining the Irish Times staff in 1996. In 2001, he was appointed as the paper's Football Correspondent. He covers all major football competitions for the paper. In addition, he appears regularly on radio (RTÉ Radio and Newstalk)[3] and television (Monday Night Soccer) as a contributor. On Friday, 30 Aug, 2013, Malone became an unpredictable hero in Cyprus among APOEL F.C. Nicosia fans as he picked the ball in Europa League's replacement draw of Fenerbahce who were eliminated from Europa League after the CAS decision for match fixing. The draw involved the 30 teams who were eliminated in the Playoff round of the Europa league and chances for each team to be drawn were 3%. APOEL were the lucky team drawn out from Emmet Malone and his popularity has suddenly risen in Cyprus.

References

  1. ↑ "Tue, Jul 13, 2010 - Emmet Malone's Team of the Tournament". The Irish Times. 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  2. ↑ "ireland.com - Focus - MathathonFocus". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
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