Carrick Rangers: January Review
January, like December and November before it, was a disappointing month. During it, a club record was set: sixteen matches without a win, and counting….
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Could Seamus Coleman be a summer transfer target for Premier League teams?
Wednesday night’s showing of The Seamus Coleman show had fans on their feet as the new series started with a bang. It’d been 319 days…
CLIFTONVILLE FC: Perception and Profile (amongst the rest of us)
All self- respecting Irish League fans (and perhaps a few general sports fans too) should be aware of Cliftonville as Ireland’s oldest league club. All…
Martin O’Neill: From the Irish Cup Final to the Irish Hot-Seat
After an absence for a few weeks we return with our series on Irish League players who have also made their mark on the professional…
The Future is Bright for Young Gavin Whyte
As a football fan, there are few things more joyous than seeing a bright young talent tearing up a league. The man taking this role…
‘FROM THE KING’S ROAD TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD’: A footballing walk through the decades.
The above is a phrase used by my ex school language teacher John who accompanied some of his now middle – aged pupils on an…
The Sky is the limit for NIFL
If, like me, you are an Englishman who is relatively new to or indeed completely new to Northern Irish football, then you will know (or…
CARRICK RANGERS FC: Perception and Profile (amongst the rest of us)
So we move from Ballymena in a south – easterly direction to Carrickfergus on our next stop. From seven towers to one castle if you…
A Slight Disagreement – Gerry And Terry – 19 May 1979
Saturday, 12 May 1979 was quite a day for a nine-year-old Arsenal fan to be alive. Having taken the fateful plunge 18 months’ earlier and…
BALLYMENA UNITED FC- Perception and Profile (amongst the rest of us)
Ballymena United – whilst they have tasted life in the lower league due to the mid – nineties divisional restructuring, as far as I know…