Book Review: There’s Always One by Shaun Schofield

Selling our self-produced ‘Here We Go…Again‘ fanzine (for the Northern Ireland national team) next to Marty Lowry for years had meant we chatted about all sorts of random things, including Marty telling me about Shaun with an H. This man was Shaun Schofield, who had been attending every single Northern Ireland home and away match Read more about Book Review: There’s Always One by Shaun Schofield[…]

“That’s me, Up In The Sky”: Sky Diving Over Lake Taupo, New Zealand

It was never an ambition to do a Sky Dive. It was too scary for me. Imagine jumping out of a plane from thousands of feet up in the air and relying on a parachute to open, before floating past seagulls and landing back on the old terracotta. Well as part of the madness which Read more about “That’s me, Up In The Sky”: Sky Diving Over Lake Taupo, New Zealand[…]

SOE NISC Bristol Meeting – Walkabout, Nerys’ Welsh Tits and Sammy Clingan

Following the first two meetings of the South of England Northern Ireland Supporters Club in Weymouth and Torquay, the third meeting fell to Bristol, where it was thought we would attract more members to the club. We chose the date of the Bristol City v. Nottingham Forest match, so we could meet Sammy Clingan, of Read more about SOE NISC Bristol Meeting – Walkabout, Nerys’ Welsh Tits and Sammy Clingan[…]

“This; a present from Stalin’s Reign” – The Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland

Back in 2005, for my 25th birthday I got pissed up in a 4 star hotel in Warsaw, Poland drinking with Northern Ireland stars Keith Gillespie, Warren Feeney and Maik Taylor. That hotel was a posh one – The Intercontinental Hotel. It fitted the occasion, but the hotel itself looked out over a building much Read more about “This; a present from Stalin’s Reign” – The Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland[…]

Empire State Building: A moon is in my head

It was pretty inevitable really. At some point or other in my life I was going to go to the top of it. And it finally does deserve a blog entry of its own on top of the mention in my New York condensed blog post. What it is is the Empire State Building! It Read more about Empire State Building: A moon is in my head[…]

Kilmaine Lunchtime Premier League 1991 – P7R 3-3 P7T

Back in 1991, while in P7, final year at Kilmaine Primary School we often had football matches at lunch and break time. To this day, only one match from that period sticks in memory and what a cracker it was. The primary school used to let us eat lunch in the classroom and in warmer Read more about Kilmaine Lunchtime Premier League 1991 – P7R 3-3 P7T[…]

Canada Water pub crawl of London

Thirsty Thursdays: Countries of the World Pub Tour in London (10 nations in one day)

The question which really needs to be asked at this point is: how the fuck do you do a ‘countries of the world pub tour’ in just one day? The answer is easy go to London. You’ll notice that place names in London are named after countries quite a lot, obvious examples are China Town, Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Countries of the World Pub Tour in London (10 nations in one day)[…]