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
Gerry Armstrong – Northern Ireland
A Slight Disagreement – Gerry And Terry – 19 May 1979
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…
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…
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 – 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…
GAWA: Matches I’ll Take To My Grave – England 1977
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…