Category: Football
We Are Hong Kong Northern Ireland Supporters Club!
The Hong Kong Northern Ireland Supporters Club was successfully launched on Leap Year Day (Wednesday 29th February 2012) in Mong Kok, Kowloon. Including one member from the Far East NISC, a turn up of 6 on the night, plus 2 randoms saw Hong Kong defeat Taiwan 5-1 at home in a comprehensive friendly victory against Read more about We Are Hong Kong Northern Ireland Supporters Club![…]
Thirsty Thursdays: Finn McCool’s Irish Pub – Quito!
The very words “Finn McCool’s Irish Pub” will linger forever in my own memory and those of 5 other Northern Ireland fans. The reason being that back in 2005 we launched the glamorous and innovative South of England Northern Ireland Supporters Club in a bar of that very name in the seaside town of Weymouth Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Finn McCool’s Irish Pub – Quito![…]
Backpacking In Bolivia🇧🇴: Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz – The Highest National Football Stadium In The World
“Milton Melgar will score the first goal of the 1994 World Cup!” – Jonny Blair and Paddy Campbell (16.05.1994) My trip to La Paz while backpacking in Bolivia would have been incomplete was it not for a visit to what is a cauldron of world football – Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz. This is Read more about Backpacking In Bolivia🇧🇴: Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz – The Highest National Football Stadium In The World[…]
Vamos Penarol!! – Penarol 0-1 Defensor Sporting
Arrival in Uruguay was sweet. I arrived in Montevideo in November 2010, just 4 months after Uruguay had finished third in a World Cup they really could have won. I supported them in the World Cup that year and loved the history of it all – two World Cup wins – back in 1930 and Read more about Vamos Penarol!! – Penarol 0-1 Defensor Sporting[…]
Diego Maradona, Hand of God: My Trip To La Bombonera, La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Right then – Diego Maradona – easily my favourite ever non-British footballer. Fact. The Argentinian superstar, a small, arrogant kid from the streets of Buenos Aires who set the world alight with his amazing dribbles. You’d be hard pressed to ever find a better footballer for his height. He was quite simply the best player Read more about Diego Maradona, Hand of God: My Trip To La Bombonera, La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina[…]
Albania to America (With Belfast In Between) – New Book By Shaun Schofield
The first thing to say here is obviously if you like Northern Irish football then this is a must buy! Shaun Schofield is a crazy football fan, a seasoned traveller, a man with endless passion for life, and most admirably of all: he is a very nice person. I had heard about Shaun Schofield many Read more about Albania to America (With Belfast In Between) – New Book By Shaun Schofield[…]
International Cup of Nations and Meeting Sydney NISC
[quote name=’Dervock’ post=’672300′ date=’Sep 5 2010, 11:47 AM’]Nice to see I was missed! :whistling:[/quote] I honestly thought “Dervock” was a piss take name as in an Ulster accent would be like saying “who dervock are ye?” but learnt the day that its actually a place in Northern Ireland!! Anyway as a NISC nomad I decided Read more about International Cup of Nations and Meeting Sydney NISC[…]
Northern Ireland 1-1 Canada – April 1999
I only started taking a camera to Northern Ireland matches at the end of the 1990s. It’s amazing how the world has changed over the years, in that now almost everyone at the match will have a mobile phone/camera. These are the only two photos I took at the Canada match back in 1999. My Read more about Northern Ireland 1-1 Canada – April 1999[…]
Yugoslavia 4-1 Northern Ireland (European Championship Qualifier, 1991)
I remember coming home from school to watch this one live, I think it was on BBC2 Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland had a really really decent side at the time (well in my opinion…). We boasted some World Cup stars such as Nigel Worthington, Alan McDonald, Colin Clarke and Mal Donaghy (who had a very Read more about Yugoslavia 4-1 Northern Ireland (European Championship Qualifier, 1991)[…]