Jim Hagan: Lineker Who?
Jim Hagan played for several clubs in five different countries in a career spanning over 20 years and was once named a better player than…
Billy Bingham
Billy Bingham
Best of British: Northern Ireland, Champions of Britain Forever
Who’s the best team in Britain? Well, it’s Northern Ireland of course. Why? Well, they’ve been British Champions for the past thirty three years now…
GAWA: Matches I’ll Take To My Grave – Austria 1982
Austria v Northern Ireland (2-2), 1st July 1982 Vicente Calderon Stadium, Madrid. The dates I throw up here light up like a candle in my…
GAWA: Matches I’ll Take To My Grave – Spain 1982
Spain v Northern Ireland (0-1), 25th June 1982 Luis Casanova Stadium, Valencia ‘It is almost dawn’. The opening words of the Belfast Telegraph’s chief sporting…
GAWA: Matches I’ll Take To My Grave – Israel 1981
Northern Ireland v Israel (1-0), 18th November 1981 Windsor Park, Belfast Some footballing dates just stay in your head for obvious reasons. Rarely does 18th…