THE LATER CRUSADER: A latecomer to local football
Martin aged fifty is a very recently joined Irish League fan. Working close to the Shore Road, though not from the area, he has chosen…
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The Only Cook for the Bit O’Red Broth
He is arguably the ‘manager of the moment’ in English football yet he made his name in the SSE Airtricity League during his five year…
Ronnie McFall enjoyed a fruitful first week back at the helm for Glentoran
They say that no manager outlasts a carpark protest at The Oval. The latest managerial victim being Gary Haveron, the Glentoran board finally bowing to…
Player Watch: Kyle Cherry
Glentoran v ARDS 16th February 2018 Our first Player Watch for 2018 alights on the the first Ards Player Watch also of the season. Kyle…
Crusaders FC: Perception and Profile (amongst the rest of us)
Present big beasts of the local game ‘The Crues’ have travelled a bit of a journey in my time on this earth. Always the self-…
FROM TICKERTAPE TO VIDEOTAPE: The Tango dancer and Fray Bentos bring Mundial ’78 to Merseyside.
Many of us will have their memories of their all time favourite World Cup and many things, footballing and otherwise lend themselves to this. They…
Is Northern Irish football ready for the switch to summer football?
“But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” – it was a quote from a letter written by…
Coleraine FC: Perception and Profile (amongst the rest of us)
Kings of the north coast. Blue and white stripes on the Bann. Indeed…..the Bannsiders. I have often wondered how they managed to steal that moniker…
Can football be romantic, even for a Carrick Rangers fan?
Albert Einstein is credited for his work on the Special Theory of Relativity. Probably the most prominent genius of modern times. Even he, though, would…
PATHS AND BRIDGES: Michael O’Neill reprises his forefathers to stay at Windsor
Recently citizens of Britain have had the alarming news that there is talk of a bridge from Upper Hibernia to Caledonia as a possibility. The…