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…
Nigel Worthington
Nigel Worthington – Northern Ireland
A long man from Kesh: NI Euro Qualifying 2016
Many weren’t sure if manager and one time financial adviser Michael O’Neill would survive the bottom line and keep his job after the previous series…
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: Gormless or worthless? NI Euro 2012 Qualifying Campaign
The slow petering out of the previous qualifying campaign had cast a ghostly pallor over the side, and the intervening friendly matches more than confirmed…
GAWA: Thirteen to one – Not odds, but odd. NI World Cup Qualifying 2010
A glorious late summer day in Bratislava greeted the long snake of green-shirted fans heading through the narrow streets to the Tehelne Pole Stadium. Apartment…
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: Matches I’ll Take to my Grave: Ukraine 2016
16th June 2016 Northern Ireland v Ukraine (2-0) Stade de Lumiere, Lyon Isn’t it such a thing when a word, place or song instantly conjures…
GAWA: Matches I’ll Take To My Grave: Greece 2015
8th October 2015 Northern Ireland v Greece (3-1) Windsor Park, Belfast Greece is the word! Conventionality was certainly thrown away that balmy autumn night as…
GAWA: Matches I’ll Take to My Grave: Portugal 2012
16th October 2012 Portugal v Northern Ireland (1-1) Estadio do Drago, Porto Match ‘oito’ then in this skim across the high waves of green ardour…