DISTILLERY FC: Perception and Profile (amongst the rest of us)
The mighty Whites. Distillery FC. Lisburn Distillery FC. Of course a club with a name like that would only be in Ireland or Scotland. No…
Billy Hamilton
Billy Hamilton – Northern Ireland
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…