Guess what, I turned 29 today. That is me getting old I will tell you. And for the first time in 13 years (1996) I am not drinking any alcohol to “celebrate”. It is a refreshing and needed change. I watched Peter Pan pantomime at the very start of the year, and he is the Read more about Birthdays[…]
IT was a basic, happy existence supporting an Irish League team. My team is Glentoran, and I have supported them all my life. The Glens are one of the “Belfast Big Two” (along with rivals Linfield) and are one of the most successful Irish football clubs of all time, and the second most successful Northern Read more about Glentoran 1-0 Portadown (Irish Cup Final. 6/05/2000)[…]
This is a truly SPECIAL PLACE. It just happens to be The Giants Causeway on the North Antrim Coast, in my home country and birthplace of Northern Ireland. It is a world famous tourist spot, and a place of uncommercial, natural, real beauty. Its name is simply The Giants Causeway. If you have never heard Read more about The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland[…]
When life gets this good, you have to pinch yourself sometimes to check its real. Looking back (only 6 months or so ago…) this memory will linger long forever in my memory. In many ways, my obsession for football and lunacy reached a peak in Bled, Slovenia. A peak which would have been a good Read more about Green And White Water Rafting in Bled, Slovenia[…]
Green Bath, in soapy water, needing a wash, drowned out, keeping it clean, scrubbing up, pulling the plug….these were all puns circulating on e-mail in the months of January and February 2008, when the South of England Northern Ireland Supporters Club decided to embark on the historic Georgian city of Bath. Right in the early Read more about The day Bath turned green…[…]