My Cult Hero: He’s tall, he’s thin, he looks like Jimmy Quinn…
Football is packed full of big name superstars; every football writer and their dog have written a World Class XI some point. However, to some,…
Lawrie Sanchez
Lawrie Sanchez – Northern Ireland
A walk through the killing fields: World Cup Qualifying 2014
There are a few times in my Celtic-crossed footballing life that the pallor fails and your remaining drops of adrenaline suggest you flee from the…
GAWA: Baking a dozen in Northern Europe – NI Euro 2008 Qualifying
So a respectable enough showing in the previous World Cup campaign had Northern Ireland enjoying life in the mid-noughties. Manager Sanchez had now got a…
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…
Walking Back to Happiness: The placement of Michael O’Neill
Northern Ireland’s recent supersonic adventures have been accompanied by a permanent journalistic aftershock after every game they play for some time now. Across the water,…
GAWA: Matches I’ll Take To My Grave: Spain 2006
“The ring wraiths ride in green”. The line, borrowed and customised from Led Zeppelin’s 1971 epic ‘The Battle of Evermore’ seems appropriate for this mid…
GAWA: Matches I’ll Take To My Grave- England 2005
Northern Ireland v England (1-0), Wednesday, 7th September 2005 Windsor Park, Belfast Part of me dreaded this game to be honest. Going to NI matches…
GAWA: Matches I’ll Take To My Grave – Wales 2004
Wales v Northern Ireland (2-2), 8th September 2004 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff So a generational jump of twenty-two years of matches to cemetery plot five! Certainly…