Peter Kennedy: How Graham Taylor Saved His Career
Our journey of Irish League players who have played across the water and/or internationally sees us now take a look at the career of Lisburn…
Gerry Armstrong – Northern Ireland
Our journey of Irish League players who have played across the water and/or internationally sees us now take a look at the career of Lisburn…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
Northern Ireland v England (1-2), 28th May 1977 Windsor Park, Belfast Football. For me, it’s all about memories – as I suspect it is with…