Mainly thoughts about football in Northern Ireland
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. Also Manchester United FC, Linfield FC, punk rock, snooker, gigs, cats. Buckfast connoisseur. 35, da.
My granda died this morning, 85. Born in Dublin but an
@OfficialBlues
fan all his days, can't be many of those! Instilled in me a love of Linfield, how I wish I had a picture of us at the 2006 Irish Cup final. RIP George.
"It's a privilege to score my first goal for my country, so yeah, I'm buzzing!" 🗣️
@NorthernIreland
's Conor Bradley speaks after scoring the winning goal for his side against Scotland 🟢
@FootballCliches
I'm sure someone has probably mentioned it, but assistant referees who have no idea which way to give a throw-in so wait for the referee to give it and then proudly erect their flag in the relevant direction. Con artists.
@StephenNolan
Here's my all-Ireland XI for you Stevie:
McGovern
McLaughlin
McAuley
J Evans
Brunt
Ward
Davis
Norwood
Saville
Dallas
Washington
Subs: Mannus, Magennis, Cathcart, C Evans, Jones, Lafferty, Ferguson
No need to thank me. Up the
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A weatherman suggesting that footballers from Northern Ireland should play for Northern Ireland is now contrary to the Good Friday Agreement. We are officially through the looking glass.
Should be waking up in a hostel in Bucharest right now going: "I don't think I can do this again" as I crack open a bottle of Buckfast and go in search of yet another kebab with absolutely no concept of what time the match kicks off
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NI U21s, who still have a mathematical chance of qualifying, play Spain in a Euro 2023 qualifier at Larne on Friday (1pm KO on a Bank Holiday). Tickets are FREE & IFA haven't announced the squad or done a single tweet promoting it. I know there's a lot else on but come on
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Can anyone, preferably in 240 characters or fewer, tell me why Dan Ballard doesn't just play for Arsenal already? The guy is a Premier League footballer every day of the week.
Not only would qualification change the women's game in NI forever, but the finals are in England next year so I think the team would get a really healthy support. Game is on BBC2 NI 7.45pm KO. Up the
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💬 NI boss Kenny Shiels 'We simply can’t play for a draw. It’s not in our make-up and I will be urging the players to get on the front foot'
#ANewDream
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#GameChangersNI
@JonnyGabriel
Euro 2016. Waited all my life to see NI at a major tournament. Opener v Poland in Nice. Oppressive heat. Less than 5% battery. "Get a picture of me mate." (This isn't cropped).
Linfield FC records with sadness the passing of lifelong supporter George Armstrong, aged 85.
Linfield FC extends deepest sympathy to George’s family and friends at this sad time.
Audaces Fortuna Juvat
RIP Ian Boyd, aka Wingnut, much-loved Northern Ireland and United fan who has died suddenly in East Sussex over Christmas. A great character who will be sadly missed by the
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This needs to be MON II's 'Russia game'. Certainly makes the long wait til the next game more bearable. Can't understand why we didn't bring on Callum Marshall at the end though to tie him
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Billy Bingham was the single most important figure in the history of Northern Irish football. Hopefully a fitting tribute will be in place on Sunday. RIP Billy
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Some really sad news... I've been asked by David Bingham son of the legendary Billy Bingham to let people know that Billy has passed away. Billy played in the 1958 World Cup for Northern Ireland & managed his country to the finals in 1982 and 1986. Condolences to Billy's family
An
@easyjet
tale:
1) "Flight cancelled. You're entitled to a refund"
2) "Thanks for filling out a form. It's another form we need"
3) "Sorry, you can't open that form you need"
4) "Ring us. Except you can't, we hang up after an automated massage"
Come on ahead
#easyjetrefund
Delighted to have been elected as the new
@NOE_NISC
chairman at tonight's AGM (absolute landslide; unopposed). Massive thanks to the outgoing
@nolers3
for his 7 years of sterling service. Up the
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Lads, I've just spoken to the PSNI and they intend to complement my plan in terms of public safety and traffic management. See you at Tates Avenues, 7.15pm. Up the
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Clutching at straws here but we've not conceded a goal at home in this campaign. Which can only mean one thing tonight: "One nil for Norlernirlan." Up the
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Hi
@IrishFA
@NorthernIreland
I know Greece have said it's in Volos but can you please confirm where September's away game is being played because I'm rapidly running out of paydays to sort shit out. Yours in sport, Chris.
Among the many excellent wedding presents we received was this matchworn Aaron Hughes shirt signed by the squad from the infamous 0-4 defeat against Norway in 2001 (i.e. the Neil Lennon game).
Really hammers home how fundamentally fucked the UK train system is when you're in Italy. 2.5 hours from Milan to Rimini cost me €16.90 (don't laugh). Clean, on time, charger on every seat, cans, woman opposite leant me her charger. And that's the cheapest ticket on the service.
We've got three of our best players missing, strong potential for disaster at the turnstiles due to Covid checks/Ticketmaster, and there's a class war brewing amongst the fanbase. It's great to be back. Up the
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He's already getting predictable sectarian abuse and people wishing him dead. If you think it's fine for McClean & Cliftonville players to do what they've done (and it doesn't bother me in the slightest), then you have to accept Mannus's actions. You can't have it both ways.
The weirdest thing about Koeman and the Dutch fans describing NI's style of play as "dirty" is that....it isn't. And all this from nation which awarded Nigel De Jong 81 caps to boot the absolute bag out of people.
Been in Frankfurt about an hour and I've seen a group of people injecting heroin and smoking a crack pipe on the same street as my hostel, a bird has shat on me, had to pay to use the toilet in McDonalds, I've ran out of data and WHY DOES NOWHERE TAKE CARD?
Your friendly reminder than Manchester United sold Jonny Evans and have since tried Smalling, Jones, Rojo, Bailly and Lindelof, none of whom are fit to lace his boots. Yes I'm biased. Yes Lindelof's pass last night made me laugh out loud.
It wasn't to be. Couldn't have asked for any more from that squad. I hope that incompetent fuck of a referee endures a lonely and miserable existence for the rest of his days. Until next time: up the wee
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My only contribution to
#alevelresults2019
is that I dropped out of A-Level IT because I got a D after the first year and now I have a Google Docs spreadsheet which lists footballers who are eligible to play for Northern Ireland. Never give up on your passions.
Every game is an away game. 12th year in a row of stupidly early flights to watch the mighty Northern Ireland. Fancy us for a 2-1 win. Enjoy your day folks and up the
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First game for the big girl yesterday,
@PrestwichHeysFC
1-0
@FCIsleOfMan
. Not sure if she was counted in the attendance of 202. Up the fucking Reds today. Bald is best.
@KeithJBailie
No one would've batted an eyelid if the GAA had built the CP it needed with the initial £. Arrogance did for them initially. Piggybacking onto the Euros bid for a stadium well beyond their means/needs meant the only solution was a daft amount of £ from UKG. Scundered themselves.
Nice of Twitter to give everyone 280 characters to allow all the celebrating
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tonight a big Belfast: "Yeooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."
You can't polish a turd but 2 wins in 17 at home is a fucking nonsense. One shot on target at home to Kazakhstan similarly so. IMO this was always going to be a campaign too early but we've wasted a favourable draw and won't be as fortunate for the next WC. Still, up the
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