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Scottish Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Four fun ideas for watching the Lionesses in the Euros Final at home
Scroll down to find out how to get tickets to Legoland Windsor for up to half price off SUN SAVERS Four fun ideas for watching the Lionesses in the Euros Final at home Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) SUPPORT the Lionesses as you gather at home with friends tonight to roar on the England ladies football team. Set up a large screen or projector, arrange comfy seating and crank up your speakers for the European Championships final against Spain Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up Then kick off the fun with these ideas . . . SNACK ATTACK: For nibbles, anything goes, as long as you can still leap up and celebrate the goals. Mini sliders, hot dogs and pizza slices will all be wolfed down, along with crisps, dips and popcorn. Enjoy the football fun with ball-shaped nibbles. Dough balls and cheese ball crisps will get your crowd going. Children will want a slice of the action with the Top Of The League football cake from Sainsbury's, £11. SING WHEN THEY'RE WINNING: Turn up those football tunes to get the crowd in the mood. Find the perfect playlists on Spotify with songs including Freed From Desire by Gala, Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond and World In Motion by New Order. Search 'Women's Euros playlist' or 'Lionesses' to get lists of kicking tunes. KICK THOSE NERVES: Feeling jittery? Channel those pre-match nerves into some games. Draw a circle on an outside wall with chalk and let the kids use it for target practice with a ball. I coached Chloe Kelly as a kid and have now spent £3,000 building my own pub to watch her at Euro 2025 For a party game, play 'put the ball in the net'. Like stick the tail on the donkey, players are blindfolded and have to stick a picture of a ball on to a picture of a football pitch. The one who gets nearest the net lifts the trophy. CELEBRATE THE WIN: Win or lose, the best tribute to the Lionesses is to get everyone enjoying football. Kellogg's has been offering 30,000 free football camp places to young fans this summer. Use the QR code on promotional packs to sign up. All prices on page correct at time of going to press. Deals and offers subject to availability 7 Support the Lionesses as you roar them on at home with friends Credit: Getty Deal of the day 7 Save on this Blooma Jarvis square gazebo Credit: supplied GET ready for any kind of weather with the Blooma Jarvis square gazebo from B&Q, down from £115 to £55. SAVE: £60 Cheap treat 7 Del Monte peach slices in juice are down to £1 Credit: supplied TUCK into a tasty pud, with Del Monte peach slices in juice, down to £1 from £1.20 with a Tesco Clubcard. Serve with vanilla ice cream. SAVE: 20p What's new? JET2HOLIDAYS has added more FREE child places for the summer holidays, including extending free places for children up to 17 on villa holidays with Jet2Villas. But hurry – once the free spaces are gone, they're gone. Top swap 7 Grab this BlissHome octopus serving bowl for £77 at John Lewis Credit: supplied 7 Or try the Hestia oval octopus serving plate for less from Dunelm Credit: supplied SERVE up some summer sizzlers in the BlissHome octopus serving bowl, £77 at John Lewis. Or make the Hestia oval octopus serving plate, £22 from Dunelm, the dish of the day. SAVE: £55 Little helper SKY customers can buy tickets to Legoland Windsor for £17.50 – which is up to half price off. Visit the Sky VIP section of the My Sky app to redeem a code, valid for six tickets. Get them before they're gone. Shop & save 7 Relais Du Roi Principaute d'Orange Rouge is down to £6 at Morrisons Credit: supplied FILL your glass with Relais Du Roi Principaute d'Orange Rouge, a red wine from the Rhone Valley, down from £13 to £6 for Morrisons More card holders. SAVE: £7 Hot right now TODAY is the last day to save 25 per cent on school uniform at Tesco. Use your Clubcard to get the deal. PLAY NOW TO WIN £200 7 Join thousands of readers taking part in The Sun Raffle JOIN thousands of readers taking part in The Sun Raffle. Every month we're giving away £100 to 250 lucky readers - whether you're saving up or just in need of some extra cash, The Sun could have you covered. Every Sun Savers code entered equals one Raffle ticket. The more codes you enter, the more tickets you'll earn and the more chance you will have of winning!
Scotsman
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
2Moreish have been making waves in the Dance music scene
2Moreish is a new dance music group formed by Kirk Turnbull (known for the hit dance music group QFX) and Scottish entertainment couple Craig and Debbz . Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... 2Moreish have been making waves with their freshness in the Dance music scene after their music was announced on Facebook by QFX star Kirk Turnbull and Edinburgh showbiz couple Craig and Debbz this week. They have recently announced their formation and are set to release their first track, "Get Up Stand Up," in July and have already laid down the foundations for a follow up track and both will be released on Epidemic Records. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The trio have been working on writing lyrics and producing the music at Kirk Turnbull's QFX Studios in the Czech Republic where the former Hawick resident now lives with his family. Get Up Stand Up new release by 2Moreish is out in July DTC Kirk is known for also remixing the dance hit 'Freed From Desire' by Gala for the UK and is frequently working at festivals with QFX but has taken time away to work aside under the 2Moreish banner after the new track Get Up Stand Up music video appeared on the Official QFX YouTube channel and the track has been trending in Europe, USA, Australia and UK through DJ Pools. Craig and Debbz Stephens are also known for hosting "Moreish TV" and have made appearances on ITV's "This Morning." The group name "2Moreish" was chosen as a nod to "Moreish TV" and the fact that there are two of them (Craig and Debbz) with Kirk adding his music which you can hear in his particular playing style. Watch the Official music video for Get Up Stand Up by 2Moreish here
Scotsman
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
'2Moreish' Dance Music Group announced by 'QFX' star Kirk Turnbull and entertainment couple Craig and Debbz Stephens ahead of release with music video taster
The new 2Moreish Get Up Stand Up track has a brand new music video on the official QFX YouTube page Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... '2Moreish' Dance Music Group announced by 'QFX' star Kirk Turnbull and Entertainment Couple Craig and Debbz ahead of release with Music Video Taster Kirk Turnbull is no stranger to the music industry and is widely known for creating the hit Dance Music group 'QFX' and has had a string of hits including 'Freedom', 'Everytime You Touch Me' and 'Children Of The Night' and also did the UK mix for the huge Dance Hit 'Freed From Desire' by Gala. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Now Kirk has been working on a huge new Dance Music project with Edinburgh showbiz and entertainment couple Craig and Debbz Stephens and have now announced the group name as '2Moreish' with the first release 'Get Up Stand Up' scheduled for July and there is a brand new music video Taster for the extended mix available on the Official 'QFX' YouTube channel 2Moreish in the QFX studios working on new music track Get Up Stand Up The trio have been secretly working on writing the lyrics from scratch as well as Kirk behind the music production at his QFX Studios where he now resides in the Czech Republic where Craig and Debbz lived with the Dance music mogul until the work was completed on the vocals Kirk originally from the Hawick area has stated that '2Moreish' is something new that simply must be heard and the first release titled 'Get Up Stand Up' is going to be a belter and it's currently being promoted on DJ Pool all over Europe, USA and UK in clubs with some top DJ's and is fathering radio interest too so it's all going well and to plan' Craig said: "We have been great friends with Kirk for a while and to work on great music together is outstanding and when it was ready then simply what I did was spend a lot of time creating a music video which helps towards the tracks release, it's all very exciting and everyone loves the track and it's message." Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Debbie said: "We required a group name and after months of going over name ideas we all agreed on '2Moreish' After all we are known from hosting Moreish TV and there is 2 of us and with Kirk adding his music we are simply 2Moreish." Kirk Turnbull (QFX) with Craig and Debbz at his Czech Republic home Kirk also added: "We have also been working on a follow up music track and this 1st track is great but the wait until we all hear the next track." If you want that little bit more then watch the brand new music video 'Get Up Stand Up' by 2Moreish on the Official 'QFX' YouTube page
Irish Examiner
07-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Cork find their way through the Munster final madhouse
Let's get crazy. Red blood rising. After a mixed Munster championship lacking in the usual quality, the f inal elected to veer into full-blown bedlam. Rollercoasters look like gentle teacups in comparison. 102 shots, almost half of them missed. A truly astonishing 95 turnovers. 24 different scores combined. Rough around the edges, which only served to magnify the madness. The theme continued into the shootout. Five successful penalties and four futile. Declan Hannon, one of the greatest captains the game has known, surrounded by comforting team-mates while a Rebels tidal wave swept the Cork players away. The stadium announcer forced to repeatedly plead for Shane Barrett to come to the stand and claim Mick Mackey Cup. Eventually, he emerged from the sea to make his speech. At that stage the joyous supporters had split between two podiums. Half flocked to the trophy presentation, the other screaming at the sky in front of the RTÉ studio as Dónal Óg Cusack roared back with a proud fist aloft. You thought Cork were coming. You really haven't seen anything like this. Somehow, 'Freed From Desire' found another level. After going through the sporting wringer, an emotional outpouring was inevitable. The Cork captain signalled it with his touching tribute. 'To our leader and our manager, Pat Ryan,' he declared. 'I don't think Pat realises how much this group actually love him but I am going to tell him here today.' There's something about the sulphurous scent of Clare end flares and the sound of ironic jeers that greeted Patrick Horgan's missed free and the sight, the pure swagger, of Gearoid Hegarty slowing strutting past the open stand having plucked a puckout and rifled it over the bar that just gets the pulse racing. It is a senseless sensation. It makes 43,580 crowd in the Gaelic Grounds and the 50-odd characters at the centre of it do daft things. The Catalina Wine Mixer on a triple shot of chaos. Members of both management teams should know the huffing and puffing that went on at half-time as the raced to referee Thomas Walsh was a bit embarrassing. The referee himself should know about the importance of sufficiently applying the sport's rulebook. Munster GAA should know that a pre-game musical set is unlikely to appeal to the final masses. They do it anyway and it is hard to blame them. In this madhouse on wheels, everyone is just trying to find their way. Scoreboards will malfunction, the cramp-stricken referee will go down and be replaced, there will be noticeable alarm in the stand when they learn at the end of normal time that this decider could go to penalties. Seán O'Donoghue will show what it takes to actually get booked in this lawless realm by taking Aaron Gillane's hurl and firing it over the sideline. In the search for some sort of cohort explanation for what unfolded on this frantic Saturday evening, it is worth remembering this simple reality: There was carnage all over the field. It impacted players in profound ways. One of the all-time great Munster final goals can be denied by a terrific last stand by Eoin Downey. As a move, it was magnificent. Kyle Hayes long to Gillane, Tom Morrissey with a perfect floated handpass to Adam English who has an immense ability to peel into that space behind half-backs and boom. Downey to stand tall with a textbook denial. One minute later, he is turned inside out by Aidan O'Connor for the first green flag of the contest. This game was not just chaotic, it was cruel too. All you can do is keep trying. Keep swinging. Keep driving. A long Patrick Collins restart dropped on top of Brian Hayes. A green mass descended and thrashed, like a swarm of hornets stirred from their nest. In normal circumstances it may have been a foul but these ae not normal circumstances. Patrick Horgan was bottled up too. Shane Barrett realised the chances of carrying through the home outfit's defence were slim, so he went old-school and pulled his way past instead. Consider this. Cork headed back to the dressing room at the end of normal time after a string of disheartening wides. Horgan missed a free and was blocked down by Hayes. Robbie O'Flynn snapped too far right. Ciaran Joyce had an opportunity to clinch the winner but hooked it. Some teams would be haunted by that sort of inaccuracy. The game was there for them. They let it slip. What should stand out above all else is how they responded. Seven shots from play in extra-time. Six points. Shane Kingston with yet another super sub salvo. Conor Lehane with an outrageous flick around Cathal O'Neill to score. Darragh Fitzgibbon with a clutch 65 to ensure there was no separating them. Then he cramped up and missed the first penalty. Of course he did. Expect the unexpected. Don't try and resist the whirlwind. This isn't a hurling match. It's a twisted wonderland. Both sides were spent at the death. Players lay flat on their backs as they watched the penalties unfold. Despite a sold-out stadium around them, nine men made what looked like the loneliest walk in the world. Limerick's devastation in defeat was obvious. What is comfort for them is cause for celebration for everyone else. This was an extraordinary and taxing and dramatic day. There is more to come.
Sydney Morning Herald
31-05-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘We believed all season': Inside Tottenham's euphoric Europa League victory
Montgomery is still coming to terms with the magnitude of what he has helped Spurs achieve this season. Sacked by Hibernian in May last year, after less than a month as head coach of the Scottish Premiership side, he had other opportunities to continue as a manager – but couldn't turn down the chance to work with Postecoglou, who was one of the first to send Montgomery a congratulatory message after he steered the Central Coast Mariners to an emphatic A-League grand final victory in 2023. The departure of previous assistant Chris Davies to Birmingham City opened up a spot on Postecoglou's staff for Montgomery, who was joined at Spurs by his own long-time lieutenant Sergio Raimundo. Part of Montgomery's portfolio was to look after Tottenham's set pieces, in attack and defence, in tandem with Jedinak, another ex-Mariners legend. But Postecoglou's collaborative approach with his assistants gave him broader scope in terms of adjusting the team's game model and structuring their training sessions, all of which were meticulously planned and reviewed afterwards. It was never easy, though, due to one of the worst injury crises a Premier League side has ever seen, and the incessant noise from the outside questioning everything Postecoglou and his staff were doing. 'It's been a great learning,' Montgomery said. 'It's also been an opportunity for me to grow and support Ange in what was a difficult season, but in the end, an amazing season. 'The media tried to make out that the team never changed the way it played and just never adapted, but that's completely not true. It's difficult to fully adapt when you're making five, six changes every week, we had so many injuries, you know, you've got young players that are just coming in experiencing that level for the first time ... we never abandoned our principles all season. 'We always believed that we could go on and win the Europa League. The players believed in Ange and backed him, even throughout the really difficult times and I think that's a real test of a top world-class manager.' The celebrations, though? An utter madness, and Montgomery was in the thick of it. One of many viral videos from the post-match in Bilbao caught James Maddison leading the players in a chant in his honour, to the tune of Freed From Desire: ' Monty's on fire, your defence is terrified! ' 'The boys were in full force, mate,' he laughed. 'James Maddison, he reminds me a lot of Jason Cummings – that sort of character. He's just a majestic player, a wonderful player, a football brain. Some of the stuff he does, the game he stands still when he gets on the ball, and he just sees things that other players don't see but not only that, he's just a great guy, a proper character. He was trying to get me up on the stage! 'I was always banging on him about taking corners and free kicks and getting him out there to do extra practice and stuff, and you see his stats in terms of the assists that he got through the season, considering he had a couple of injuries as well … he's actually up there in terms of the Premier League's top scorers from free kicks and assists.' Though he only moved to Australia when the Mariners signed him as a player in 2012, Montgomery has become an Australian citizen and appreciates the significance of what Postecoglou is doing for Aussie coaches and the game back home more broadly. The A-League might feel a million light years away from the Premier League, but it is never far from their field of vision. Literally. 'We always watch the A-League,' he said. 'Obviously, the timing of the A-League [in the UK], it's normally when we're having a coffee in the morning, preparing a session, going through all the sort of pre-training stuff. We've always got the A-League on in the coach's office; Ange has all the football on in his office, all the time. We're just immersed in it. 'We try to be real advocates for the A-League, because we know the quality of the players that are in there, and a lot of good young players coming through now. I'm really proud of the fact that we played a part in maybe more coaches now believing in young players and helping to develop them ... that's a great thing to see.' Like Postecoglou and the rest of Tottenham's coaching staff, Montgomery is currently in a state of limbo, waiting for news from above as to whether a managerial change will be made - as has been widely forecast in the English media. However, the Europa League win has changed the atmosphere, and with Postecoglou enjoying the clear backing of the entire dressing room – and, once again, the majority of Spurs fans - moving him on would be an enormous risk. Loading 'I came here for one year already, and it's been an amazing journey,' Montgomery said. 'I've learned plenty – it's probably hard for me to say one thing, but I learned that, yeah, I can coach in the Premier League with World Cup-winners and world-class players. 'In future, I'll definitely be looking to get back into management. That's what I spoke about with Ange in our first meeting. But for now, until we're told otherwise, I'm really looking forward to coaching in the UEFA Champions League next season and continuing to support Ange.'
