Northern Ireland 1-0 England 7th September 2005. David Healy 74 I was of course there in Windsor Park in the Kop the night we beat the England. I attended every Northern Ireland home match from January 1997 to September 2009. I had written a report on this match for a magazine in 2005 which was…
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As well as working on the Wightlink Ferries, I have spent quite a bit of time backpacking on the Isle of Wight in England. I organised a crazy SOENISC day out there in 2006 and in 2008 made several trips to the Isle of Wight and toured the Needles. Here are a few photos from…
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This post warps us back to Wednesday 20th September 1995, and a football match, which is potentially the biggest footballing upset in my lifetime. Manchester United, who had finished as Premiership Champions in 2 of the previous 3 seasons, and had also won the FA Cup twice in those two years, were at home to…
Read MoreAt work today, in Best Break we were discussing Apple and Orange Tango. I then realised that my favourite two types of fruit are Banana and Kiwi and are not available in “ade”. Yet these two types of fruit DO NOT appear obviously (in the UK anyway) in any form of fizzy drink. You cannot…
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