“Go Home; You Might As Well Go Home!!” – AFC Bournemouth 5-0 Doncaster Rovers…September 2004

Posted on November 13, 2008February 17, 2013 by Jonny Blair

September 2004 came round, and AFC Bournemouth were playing some incredible football. We beat Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 at Hillsborough one Saturday in the league, then knocked Blackburn Rovers out of the Carling Cup the subsequent Wednesday night (a match which I went to and will recount at some stage), and then we had the task Read more about “Go Home; You Might As Well Go Home!!” – AFC Bournemouth 5-0 Doncaster Rovers…September 2004[…]

4-0 And You Still Don’t Sing! (De Ja Vu in Gillingham Kent 13th May 2007)

Posted on November 3, 2008February 17, 2013 by Jonny Blair

It was early 2007 and I was busy planning more South of England Northern Ireland Supporters Club days out. The first one was Oxford to meet Jimmy Quinn and Darren Patterson, the next one was Weston Super Mare to let Sammy G host a meeting, and the third one fell into place rather easily! Probably Read more about 4-0 And You Still Don’t Sing! (De Ja Vu in Gillingham Kent 13th May 2007)[…]

Switzerland Snowtime🇨🇭: My Time Backpacking in Zurich

Posted on October 19, 2008August 22, 2024 by Jonny Blair

Winter in Switzerland will always sound appealing, and this one crept up so slowly and passed by so quick I barely noticed. It was in March 2007, and even recounting the experience 18 months on is hard to do, now I reside with a lovely wisdom-full Swiss lady called Corinne Luescher, the hazy memory Read more about Switzerland Snowtime🇨🇭: My Time Backpacking in Zurich[…]

Backpacking In Slovakia: To Bratislava…

Posted on October 6, 2008November 12, 2025 by Jonny Blair

It was one of those cities (and Slovakia one of those countries) that I had somehow missed on my 2007 World Tour, despite it being one of those I was so close to at certains points. I was fairly close to Mexico, when in Los Angeles. I was also close to Australia when in New Read more about Backpacking In Slovakia: To Bratislava…[…]

SOENISC Meeting In Weston-Super-Mare, April 2007

Posted on October 5, 2008February 16, 2026 by Jonny Blair

I first met Sammy G (Sam Gordon) back in 2006 at the SOE NISC meeting in Bristol. He came with his son, Chris and is an ex-Belfast man now living in Weston Super Mare. As it was the idea to rotate all the meetings, we decided to finally hold our Weston Super Mare meeting in Read more about SOENISC Meeting In Weston-Super-Mare, April 2007[…]

“Four years, it only took four years…”: Northern Ireland 2-0 Azerbaijan

Posted on September 25, 2008November 12, 2012 by Jonny Blair

If you told anyone who religiously followed the Northern Ireland football team in the 1980s that we could ever go FOUR years without a home win, they’d laugh at ye…however things got rather grim once upon a time as a true Northern Ireland die hard. With 1999 being a total disaster at home, with no Read more about “Four years, it only took four years…”: Northern Ireland 2-0 Azerbaijan[…]

The City of Oxford Turns Northern Irish! SOENISC at The University Derby – Oxford United v Cambridge United

Posted on September 16, 2008June 25, 2025 by Jonny Blair

By early 2007, the South of England Northern Ireland Supporters Club decided to hit Oxford, the furthest north we had ventured for a meeting (except the mainland NISC 5 a sides). There were four Northern Ireland fans based in Oxford, none of whom had actually attended our meeting our even joined our club, and with Read more about The City of Oxford Turns Northern Irish! SOENISC at The University Derby – Oxford United v Cambridge United[…]

WAGM = Weymouth Annual Green Meeting (December 2006)

Posted on September 12, 2008December 27, 2012 by Jonny Blair

December 2006 came round rather quickly and suddenly the South of England Northern Ireland Supporters Club were a year old, and as with a tradition that began a year earlier, we were off to Weymouth again, for what will forever be known as our WAGM (Weymouth Annual Green Meeting). The date was set as the Read more about WAGM = Weymouth Annual Green Meeting (December 2006)[…]

My (LOST) Mexico 86 Panini Album…and the day I fell in love with football (May 1986)

Posted on September 10, 2008July 7, 2018 by Jonny Blair

Actually a bit of a sad story this one…I did indeed first get into football in the 1986 World Cup. Northern Ireland had qualified again, and my Dad had managed to go to a few of the matches in the previous 6 years or so, including buying me a programme for the 1-0 win over Read more about My (LOST) Mexico 86 Panini Album…and the day I fell in love with football (May 1986)[…]

Nottingham Forest 1-1 AFC Bournemouth (April 2006)

Posted on September 10, 2008February 17, 2013 by Jonny Blair

I met Lock In Lee (Lee Adams) in December 2003 as we both auditioned to be in “The Lock In” (Bournemouth University’s Big Brother), where we both got voted into the house, lived with each other for 48 hours and then Lee won and I came third. Lee became one of my best mates and Read more about Nottingham Forest 1-1 AFC Bournemouth (April 2006)[…]