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Shelbourne ace Sean Boyd explains detailed history between him and current Galway United coach ahead of league clash
SEÁN BOYD knows at first hand how Ollie Horgan likes to talk his teams down.
But the Shelbourne striker is under no illusions about the size of the task facing his side at Eamonn Deacy Park tonight.
Shels are still leading from the front, four points clear of Derry City, with champions Shamrock Rovers a further four adrift.
A late win on Corribside on Monday night — courtesy of a Garry Buckley own goal — means the Hoops cannot be discounted.
But the Reds forward is fully aware — from his time playing for Horgan under Finn Harps — that the Galway assistant’s modesty about his current side, who are just three points off third, can be taken with a pinch of salt.
Boyd said: “Galway are brilliant if you think about it, aren’t they?
“They’re probably similar enough to the Finn Harps team we had a few years ago.
“Ollie is there too but they have really good players throughout their whole team, dangerous players. They are really effective.
“I said to Ollie when we played them in Tolka, ‘Yiz are flying, aren’t yiz?’ and he was like, ‘No, no, no’, playing it down but that’s Ollie in a nutshell.”
Horgan’s fatalistic — or he would argue realistic — outlook even when things were going well became the stuff of legend during his time in charge of Harps.
Boyd said: “We used to laugh as players and I’m sure the Galway players are similar.
“They’re looking around the dressing room and saying, ‘There’s good players here, we’re really good’.
“Ollie is the way he is, I don’t know what way to describe it but he’s probably always worried about losing.
“I think there’s a big fear of losing, disappointment or whatever.
“He’s like that in the media and he would never big up any team he’s managed or coached.
“He just gets on with his job and wants the best.
“I don’t know John Caulfield but a couple of lads played under him and they loved him as well so there’s no surprise.
“They’ve got really good players and two great men leading the charge.
“We went up there before and Galway ripped us to shreds.
“We didn’t really have a chance so it’s a tough game.
“It’s probably as hard as they come. It will be very tough but we’re looking forward to it.”
HISTORY
Boyd, 26, previously played on loan at Harps before signing permanently ahead of the 2021 season after a year out as a result of tearing his ACL whilst playing for the PFA Ireland’s out-of-contract side.
And he revealed that Horgan had to be persuaded to take a chance on him by then-assistant Paul Hegarty.
Boyd said: “I actually don’t think Ollie was the man who wanted to sign me at Finn Harps.
“I had to ring Paul Hegarty and be like, ‘Come on, get me in’.
“It was just training originally and eventually Ollie came around it.
“He gave me a chance, signed me, so I’ll be forever grateful, he’s a great man.
“I have to say I love him, I would still try to keep in touch with him. He helped me a lot, he’s amazing.”
Shels got the better of Galway at home in the FAI Cup last month, winning their second-round clash on penalties.
Boyd missed that game with a calf injury but came on in the quarter-final defeat by Derry City last week.
COMPETITION
While he was sidelined, former Ireland international Aiden O’Brien arrived at Tolka Park.
But Boyd is hoping to convince his gaffer Damien Duff that they can play alongside each other.
He said: “I’ve probably been careful.
“You don’t want to come back too early and be out for the rest of the season if it happened again.
“Aido has been great, he’s real mature, a real leader, he’s kind of taken the dressing room and really fitted in.
“Hopefully we can get on the pitch together at some stage and see what we can do.
“We played a few minutes against Derry but obviously the game, the way it went, it was hard to really get any momentum going.”
‘I can’t imagine him not in my life’ – How Ronnie O’Sullivan and Laila Rouass rekindled flame after split two years ago
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN and fiancee Laila Rouass have split up, two years after rekindling their relationship.
Following 147 months together, the snooker star and actress have gone their separate ways.
O’Sullivan, 48, has scored a record 15 maximum-147 breaks during his incredible career.
Having played a packed schedule of tournaments overseas in 2024, he and Laila have hardly seen each other.
A friend said of their situation: “They have been going in different directions.”
The pair initially started dating in 2012, before getting engaged the following year.
In 2022 they briefly split, only to rekindle their relationship.
On how they patched things up, a friend said: “Ronnie and Laila really threw themselves back into their relationship after the split a couple of years ago.
“He kept posting pics of them online at home together and saying romantic things on special occasions, but that’s all come to a halt.
“They’ve tried so hard but they just can’t make it work.”
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Last year Laila, 53, lifted the lid on how they got back on track two years ago.
She said: “We found our way back, we just worked it out.
“Back when I announced it, we hadn’t been together for almost eight months at that time.
“Talking is so underrated. If you can sit down and say how you feel and what you want when you get older that is much easier to say too.”
There is some hope from those around the pair that they could once again find a way to make things work and get back together.
The pal added: “Ronnie has spent months and months on the road this year doing snooker tours for big money in China and Saudi Arabia while Laila has been concentrating on her acting career.
“There is a lot of love between them but they have been going in different directions and conceded it is over.
“Ronnie and Laila make a lovely couple so the people who know them best are hoping this is a blip like back in 2022.”
O’Sullivan , who has three kids from previous relationships, was this week beaten in round one of the English Open by China’s He Guoqiang.
Following his shock defeat, he said: “I’m not even bothered.”
'Smoking too much weed and bulk-buying too much Smirnoff' - Inside Ronnie O'Sullivan's yo-yo health battle
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN’S snooker career almost went up in smoke after buying “too much weed and Smirnoff.”
Ronnie has long linked his performances on the baize with the ups and down in his diet and exercise regime.
The Rocket he has suffered a lifetime of yo-yoing weight, addiction and mental health struggles, and an often unhealthy relationship with food and fitness.
O’Sullivan ballooned to 16st on vodka and takeaways as a troubled teen, while “puffing like a maniac”.
Then, after turning his life around, he even saw his form decline after doing to TOO MUCH exercise.
Now right back to his best, the seven-time world champion has opened up on his struggles.
Drivers warned of charges over £190 with proposed pay-per-mile road tax – and it could be worse for certain car types
DRIVERS have been warned that they could potentially face charges of over £190 under a proposed pay-per-mile road tax system.
The new road pricing scheme has been suggested by an influential campaign group and is rumoured to be under consideration by The Treasury.
Recent reports have speculated that the measures could be introduced in the upcoming Autumn Statement on October 2, though nothing has been confirmed.
The Government has been urged to implement the policy in a report from the Campaign for Better Transport, an advocacy group dedicated to reducing reliance on cars in favour of green and public transport.
The RAC has also cautiously supported the idea, as long as it is “simple and fair” and doesn’t result in “additional taxation”.
However, Andrew Jervis, CEO of ClickMechanic, has warned that a pay-per-mile system could lead to some drivers paying up to £190 more per year than the current tax brackets.
He told The Express: “It’s a good thing that officials are exploring new options to make sure the taxation system is as fair as possible in a world where vehicle emissions are a bigger factor than ever.
What is pay-per-mile and what does it mean for me?
By Jacob Jaffa
Pay-per-mile is a proposed system of road tax based on annual mileage rather than emissions ratings.
At the moment, vehicles that produce the most pollutants are taxed the highest as the Government seeks to incentivise transitioning to cleaner transport.
However, as EV adoption steadily increases, The Treasury is predicting a significant shortfall in tax receipts.
EVs are exempt from road tax until 2025 and even then will only be placed in the lowest £20 bracket (with those worth over £40,000 also paying a luxury vehicle supplement).
One study by the RAC estimates that the Exchequer could miss out on up to £9.4 billion in tax by 2031 as a result.
With ministers scrambling to fill a £22 billion “black hole” in the books, some industry figures have proposed pay-per-mile as a potential alternative.
How does pay-per-mile work?
As the name suggests, a pay-per-mile system means that drivers pay tax based on how much they use the roads.
Your mileage is already recorded by the DVLA annually at your MOT, while there has also been suggestions that road usage could be monitored by ANPR cameras.
Under a pay-per-mile model there will be a set price of a few pence for each mile travelled.
Supporters claim that this is a fairer way to spread the burden of costs for things like road maintenance, with those who use the roads most contributing more.
But critics suggest it removes the incentive to adopt greener vehicles and have also raised concerns about personal freedom and the incentives against car use.
Does anywhere else use pay-per-mile?
While not widely used around the world, there are a number of countries who have implemented some form of pay-per-mile system.
They include New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Russia and the Czech Republic.
This is usually operated on the basis of tax rebates for falling under a pre-set mileage allowance, which is slightly different from the version being proposed here.
What does pay-per-mile mean for me?
That largely depends on the price that is set if pay-per-mile is approved.
One report proposing the change suggested a rate of 2p per mile, which would mean an average annual bill of around £130.
This would mean that drivers in all but the three lowest bands currently would pay less than they do at the moment but would mean an increase for owners of low-emission vehicles.
However, the higher the price is set, the more likely it is that people will pay more than under the current system.
Likewise, those who drive regularly for work or travel would likely pay a fair chunk more, while those who barely use their car would be asked to contribute very little even if it was a diesel-guzzling SUV.
“However, we need to be careful to strike the balance between achieving our climate targets while not disproportionately hitting the pockets of those who aren’t able to or can’t afford to change their driving habits.”
As it stands, the potential tax rates are very uncertain, with supporters of the policy generally advising somewhere between 2p and 6p per mile.
Some have even suggested it could go as high as 15p.
Data firm Nimble Fins estimates that the average annual mileage for Brits drivers is 6,600, which could mean bills of anywhere between £130 and £990 a year.
Currently, road tax is charged at a flat rate regardless of mileage and ranges from £20 to £735.
Under the proposed new system, though, it is estimated that the majority of drivers would pay around the same or less unless they are particularly high-mileage travellers.
Ian Read, head of editorial at Carwow, commented: “Unsurprisingly, those who drive the most miles will pay the most.
“If you are a high mileage driver you could pay more under pay-per-mile than you do under the current VED system, low mileage drivers could pay less.”
And it could also be bad news for owners of more expensive cars as the Expensive Car Supplement would likely remain on motors worth over £40,000.
This charge adds an extra £410 per year onto the base rate for five years from the second year of registration.
So if you have a pricier and want to use it a lot, you could find yourself shelling out quite a bit of cash.
The Sun's 14-year campaign to freeze fuel duty
The Sun has backed drivers as part of the Keep It Down campaign with rates of fuel duty not rising since the start of 2011.
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt earlier this year thanked Sun readers for helping him to make the case to freeze fuel duty in his last Budget.
The freeze meant drivers would not have to face a potential £100 rise in motoring costs as a result of a 12p per litre duty hike.
Our decade-long campaign fights on behalf of readers to freeze duty on petrol and diesel to help deal with rising living costs.
Mr Hunt said: “I know how much Sun readers are feeling the pinch right now.
“Whether you drive a van, a hatchback or a people carrier I know how much you need to be on the road.
“Keeping it down means hard-working people will have an extra £100 this year without having to cut down using their vehicle.”
Sylvia Barrett, the Campaign for Better Transport’s policy director, said: “The new chancellor faces a looming black hole.
“She can avoid it, in a way which is fair and which garners broad public support.
“But she should start now, as this issue will only get more pressing.
“It should be cheaper to drive a zero-emission vehicle than a more polluting vehicle, but it’s only fair that these drivers should pay a share, and a pay-as-you-drive model can achieve this.”
I went to see how easy it is to get Aldi’s Specialbuys – I nabbed 3 autumn gonks, but the Le Creuset dupe was nowhere
DEDICATED Aldi fans love their Specialbuys – but you have to move quickly to get the best stuff.
This week, Middle Aisles up and down the country were stocked with some seriously viral Autumn buys.
For a limited time only, you’ll be able to decorate your home with adorable pumpkin doorstops, acorn candles and gorgeous gonks.
Not only this, but your pad will smell fresh with the wide range of diffusers and tea lights.
But how easy did Fabulous’ Senior Digital Writer, Abigail Wilson, find it to grab the new-in buys? She nipped down to her local store and shared her thoughts…
“I’m a huge fan of seasonal decorating, so I went straight to Aldi on Thursday to get the pick of the bunch.
“I was very impressed by what I found, although there were some disappointments.
“I had my eye on the £15 Le Creuset dupe pumpkin dishes and the pumpkin cushions, but unfortunately they were nowhere to be seen.
“But I did manage to find a pumpkin doorstop.
“I’m not normally a fan of gonks, but I have to say, with their light-up noses, I soon came round to the Autumn versions.
“They definitely added a cute and cosy vibe to my small living room – so I nabbed three
“I stocked up on candles, reed diffusers and wax melts too – my home is now smelling like a Pumpkin Spice Latte.”
Autumnal Gonk – £7.99
You either love them or you hate them, but one thing is for sure, the Autumnal gonk is back!
This fun accessory is exactly what your home needs this Autumn.
There’s three rustic style characters to choose from, and they’re sure to introduce a soft touch and warm atmosphere to your home this season.
Ceramic Pumpkin Candle – £3.99
The Purewick ceramic candles are the perfect mantlepiece decoration this season.
Not only will they fill your home with delightful Autumnal scents, but they’re super cute too.
At just £3.99, we think they’re a real bargain.
Ceramic Acorn Candle – £3.99
If it’s candles that you’re after, Aldi has plenty more to go around.
Treat your senses to these stunning candles that smell fresh and look great.
They’re the perfect Autumn decoration and there’s three scents to choose from – Black Tea & Fig, Oak Wood Leaves or Autumn Woods.
Pumpkin Doorstop – £5.99
This stylish and seasonal Kirkton House decoration is fun and functional.
It’s exactly what your home needs and will keep doors open whilst adding an Autumnal touch to your interior decoration.
There’s two colours to choose from – Rust or Cream – and they’re sure to leave you feeling cosy and warm.
Autumn Icon Reed Diffuser – £3.99
Aldi is embracing sweater weather this September with the launch of this delightful diffuser that will instantly treat your senses.
The luxurious diffuser will fill your home with a sensational scent that everyone will love.
And with scents lasting up to seven weeks, this bargain buy is sure to impress.
Autumn Wax Melts – £2.49
If you’re more of a wax melt kind of girl, these tealights are sure to bring a smile to your face.
Simply select your favourite scent, cosy up on the sofa, and your home will be ready for the new season.
Whether it’s Pumpkin Spice, Marshmallow or Autumn Leaves that you choose, you won’t want to miss these eight packs of wax melts.
Autumn Casserole Dish – £14.99
You’ll be lucky if you can nab it, as the pump-king of all casserole dishes is expected to sell out fast.
Perfect for delicious homemade meals, you can whip up some family classics that are great for chilly Autumn evenings.
The stylish stoneware dishes are made with a scratch-proof glaze and even better, are dishwasher and microwave safe.
Pumpkin Cushion – £4.99
If it’s style your home needs, look no further than these seasonal decorations that are sure to look great on any sofa or bed this season.
Matching with the doorsteps, your home is bound to impress with these pumpkin spice vibes cushions.
Take a break and get cosy on chilly nights with these stylish, seasonal decorations that are so soft and luxe.
Boucle Throw – £12.99
If the thought of Autumn makes you want to cuddle up and relax at home, you won’t want to miss the new boucle throws.
Not only are they super soft and so comfortable, but they’re sure to leave you feeling cosy and warm too.
There’s three colours to choose from – Beige, Cream, or Grey – so whatever your interior decor desires, they’re sure to look fabulous in any home.
What’s coming up in the next Aldi Specialbuys event?
- Footstool – £19.99
- Autumn hurricane candle – £19.99
- Set of 3 pumpkins – £14.99
- Large pumpkin dish – £14.99
- Skeleton clock – £14.99
- Extra long entrance runner – £14.99
- Premium runner – £12.99
- Boucle throw – £12.99
- LED Dome lantern – £7.99
- Faux fur rug – £7.99
- Autumnal gonk – £7.99
- 4 pack shoe boxes – £6.99
- Scraper mat – £5.99
- Pumpkin doorstop – £5.99
- Draught excluder – £5.99
- Glade plug in twin refill – £4.99
- Pumpkin cushion – £4.99
- Autumn trio candle – £3.99
- Hotel Collection matte candle and reed diffuser – £3.99
- Autumn icon candle + reed diffuser – £3.99
- Ceramic pumpkin/acorn candle – £3.99
- Shaped wax pumpkin candle – £3.49
- Autumn jar candle – £3.49
- Autumn coir mat – £3.49
- Ceramic pumpkin decor – £2.99
- Autumn scented tea lights – £2.49
Reboot of popular noughties crime show AXED months after bosses confirmed it was being revived
A PLANNED revival for a popular noughties crime drama is no longer going ahead.
Cold Case aired on CBS between 2003 to 2010 for a total of seven seasons altogether.
According to Deadline Hollywood, plans for a proposed revival “didn’t make it past the deal-making stage”.
The show followed a fictitious division of Philadelphia’s police department specialising in investigating unsolved cases.