Backpacking in Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️: Touring Islandhill, Near Newtownards
In 1980 I was born in the Northern Irish town of Newtownards. It’s a place with a lot of important links in my life. I was born there. I passed my driving test there. I…
My New Football Book: ChampIAN STEWARTnova – Following the Northern Ireland Football Team 1980 – 2009
My New Football Book: ChampIAN STEWARTnova – Following the Northern Ireland Football Team 1980 – 2009 is currently in its final edits. This took a lot longer than I anticipated – the writing was basically…
HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY NORTHERN IRELAND!🔴✋️☘️
HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY NORTHERN IRELAND. “Century is what it meant to me”. “Reality reflection”. 3rd May 1921 – 3rd May 2021. #norniron #northernireland NORTHERN IRELAND is almost 100. As the clock strikes midnight tonight in…
15 Bars With Interesting Quirky Records I Was In
“Spend your nightlife table hopping, trying to keep your bag of bones in trim” – Noel Gallagher. When travel used to be a thing, I loved the thrill of it all. I loved the crazy…
Northern Ireland Football Internationals Born Abroad
I tried to add this one to Wikipedia but it was rejected as they didn’t believe me. Wikipedia are stuck up in their own ego thinking they know better than everyone else. So I’ll post…
Morgan Day: How an Oklahoma Lady Became The Queen of East Belfast in Northern Ireland
“Morgan Day” – Glentoran FC fans. “Precious time is slipping away; but you’re only king for a day” – (East Belfast child) Van Morrison. The last two weeks have been a little manic for an…
The Holy Grail Of Football⚽Stadiums🏟️: Taking A Guided Tour of The Oval, Glentoran Football Club🐓🟢🔴⚫, East Belfast, Northern Ireland🟥🤚☘️
“Le Jeu Avant Tout” – Glentoran FC Motto (“Football comes first before everything else / the game above all”). Firstly, I am a Glentoran FC supporter and have been to this stadium well over one…
Backpacking in Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️: Guided Tour of George Best’s Childhood Home in Burren Way, The Cregagh, Belfast
“Maradona good. Pele better. George Best” – A Northern Ireland flag’s message at George Best’s funeral. Local heroes are real. George Best is a superhero to me. To many of my friends. To many Northern…
Visiting The Home of the Penalty Kick⚽: Milford, County Armagh, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️William McCrum’s Legacy
“Pelanty, ref!”- football players and supporters. I grew up in Northern Ireland and am a football geek. My Dad played football, I played football, my friends played football and my brothers played football. That quadruple…
Get Our Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️ flag (Ulster Banner) As An Emoticon
As a Northern Irish nationalist, I am ashamed, dismayed, confused and angered by the fact that my country’s flag is not represented as an Emoticon. And no, I don’t mean the BRITISH Union Flag, or…