‘FROM THE KING’S ROAD TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD’: A footballing walk through the decades.
The above is a phrase used by my ex school language teacher John who accompanied some of his now middle – aged pupils on an…
Pat Jennings
Pat Jennings – 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: There’s teutons on the starboard bow. NI v Germany preview
One wonders how many of us actually stop and really think about the actualities around tonight’s match v Germany. From the fixture releases many of…
Walking Back to Happiness: The placement of Michael O’Neill
Northern Ireland’s recent supersonic adventures have been accompanied by a permanent journalistic aftershock after every game they play for some time now. Across the water,…
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…