Zorbing in Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
While in Los Angeles, USA on my round the world trip in 2007, I met a young Irish lady from Donegal, Emma McDaid. We enjoyed a very short evening of drinks and chat in the…
Come on You Yellows!! Torquay United 0-0 Birmingham City
The second meeting of the South of England Northern Ireland Supporters Club was held in Torquay on the first Saturday on 2006. The reason for the meeting was that myself, Tim Beattie and Owen Millar…
Up the Poppies, In All Remembrance Services! :Bournemouth FC 3-1 Alton Town FC
I had lived in Bournemouth for the best part of five years before I actually went to watch Bournemouth Football Club! That is probably because Bournemouth Football Club are not quite as high profile as…
Is this the way to Weymouth, Dorset??
As detailed in other blog posts, during 2005 I helped set up and became chairman of the South of England Northern Ireland Supporters Club. The idea really was just to set up an amazing wee…
Thirsty Thursdays: Football Grounds of London Pub Crawl!
I always prefer pub crawls to sitting in the same pub for hours on end. Pub crawls provide more randomness, comedy, variety and you meet more people and sample more things. And you get to…
Oh he can’t believe it can he???? – Northern Ireland 3-1 Poland (February 1991)
The first time I saw my country win a match while I was there was this one. I had watched our two previous wins at home with my Dad on TV. They were Malta 3-0…
Working Wednesdays: Don’t Bank With The Halifax…
In late 2001, I started working for the Halifax. I worked initially in Dundonald (Belfast, Northern Ireland) but then at the main Gasworks call centre at the Ormeau Road in the centre of Belfast. I…
Studying Saturdays: Attending Ards Tech 2002 – 2003, Northern Ireland
“He wanted Lebensraum in every Polish town” The quote is about Hitler, this blog post is all about my random time at Ards Tech and how the fuck I ended up in England… It…
Wednesday Night Fever…Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 AFC Bournemouth (17.03.2004)
I had been longing for a Cherries away match since my first visit to Dean Court. It was not a case of picking out a fixture list and hand picking an away match to go…
“The script will write itself…” – Ben Paulley
‘Multiples’ is the title of the brand new 6 track E.P. from Bournemouth singer-songwriter Ben Paulley. I’m always intrigued when I hear local music and this is an excellent debut from Paulley, a member of…
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