Andy Smith: Goal Drought
In these articles we’ve been looking at success stories of players such as George O’Boyle, Keith Gillespie and Rodney McAree who have players in Northern…
Keith Gillespie
Keith Gillespie – Northern Ireland
Keith Gillespie: Class of 92
Our journey through players to have played in both the Irish League and across the water continues as this week we look at the career…
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: 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…
GAWA: “It only takes a second to score a goal” – NI Euro Qualifying Campaign 2004
God alone knows what Brian Clough who coined the above saying would have made of Northern Ireland’s 2004 Euro qualifying campaign. He was fond of…
GAWA: “Oh Sammy Sammy, Sammy Sammy Sammy Sammy McIlroy” – NI World Cup Qualifying 2002
The chant had echoed many times around my formative visits to Windsor Park. It was more than a dozen years since I had heard it…
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…