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 more about Manchester United 0-3 York City FC[…]
I had never been to Brighton. It is very well known – a popular beach resort in Sussex on England’s South Coast which is famed for being very vibrant in the summer. It also has a gay district, but let’s not go into that. The South of England Northern Ireland Supporters Club made a habit Read more about SOENISC Weekend in Brighton, England[…]
One of the calm survivors of the “britpop era” happens to be the Bluetones. They are still going, having had their biggest hits in the 1995 – 1998 era, when British Guitar music and young bands were at the core of music popularity. Now the kids wouldn’t even have heard of Mark Morriss, or even Read more about Where did you go when things went wrong for you? – The Bluetones live in Poole[…]
Ash are one of my favourite bands of all time, not just because they are Northern Irish I hasten to add, because their songs are intelligent, emotional and I can relate to them. Back in early 1996 I first heard them interviewed on Radio Ulster around the time of the “Goldfinger” single and 1977 album Read more about Ash Live in Southampton – Tim Wheeler Shouts “We´re Not Brazil, We´re Northern Ireland”[…]
The Day We Did Colchester….Crossing into Essex was just something that had to be done by the SOENISC. We had held many meetings in the south of England during our first year of existence, but these were mainly in the south west (Bournemouth, Weymouth, Torquay, Southampton) or as random as Cowes, on the Isle of Read more about The Day We Did Colchester….[…]
“Life is a time machine” – Oasis. In October 2008, I was in Slovenia for the first time. I have already posted a few times on here about Ljubljana, Bled and also my journey from Italy’s Trieste over the border to Slovenia. This blog post details the football match Slovenia v. Severna Irska (Northern Ireland), Read more about “2-0 to Slovenia🇸🇮” – Jono Crute in Maribor[…]
