Player Watch: Joe Gormley
Glentoran v CLIFTONVILLE 14TH October 2017 Joe Gormley is probably the most established subject for Player Watch to date. One of the preseason discussions prevalent…
Articles by Henry Muldrew
GAWA: Heal thyself – NI World Cup Qualifying campaign 2006
Slowly and gently, Northern Ireland fans gently and gingerly began to filter out of their shelters and self- help groups after the previous year. The…
Player Watch: Gavin Whyte
Glentoran v Crusaders 2nd October 2017. Today’s Player Watch deals with a player who earned rave reviews a couple of seasons back. My understanding of…
GAWA: “It only takes a second to score a goal” – NI Euro Qualifying Campaign 2004
God alone knows what Brian Clough who coined the above saying would have made of Northern Ireland’s 2004 Euro qualifying campaign. He was fond of…
GAWA: The status still quo – NI one year on from the Euros
There was huge interest on NI after France to see if that was ‘it’ – our only party piece. It appears it may have been…
GAWA: “Oh Sammy Sammy, Sammy Sammy Sammy Sammy McIlroy” – NI World Cup Qualifying 2002
The chant had echoed many times around my formative visits to Windsor Park. It was more than a dozen years since I had heard it…
GAWA: Scandic savvy – an Oslo outing with the NI fans
He was spotted and identified a good fifty metres away by that certain something. The NI footballing equivalent of the oddball on the bus you…
Player Watch: Ciaron Harkin
Glentoran v Coleraine 23rd September 2017 Top of the table Coleraine’s visit to the Oval provided Player Watch with the opportunity to cast an eye…
Let The Football Shine, Not The ‘Product’: Irish League Attendance Growth
There will have been many pleased, but also perhaps surprised at the increase in local football’s attendances just under a quarter of the way into…
GAWA: There’s teutons on the starboard bow. NI v Germany preview
One wonders how many of us actually stop and really think about the actualities around tonight’s match v Germany. From the fixture releases many of…