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How influential is the 12th man?

Northern Ireland pulled off another victory last night to keep in with a shout of making the 2010 World Cup finals. The atmosphere at Windsor for internationals has been phenomenal. When the team is attacking the Kop you can almost feel the crowd trying to suck the ball into the net. I’ve had some truly [...]

NI win 3-2: What was that again Lawro?

Striker Warren Feeney admitted remarks made by BBC pundits Martin Keown and Mark Lawrenson spurred Northern Ireland on to a memorable victory over Poland at the weekend.

The duo dismissed Northern Ireland’s chances of causing an upset at Windsor Park during Saturday’s Football Focus, comments that clearly riled the 28-year-old Dundee United forward and also [...]

Revolution is just a t-shirt away

Over the years I’ve accumulated a fair number of appalling football shirts. Northern Ireland’s home and away shirts by Olympic Sports being particularly bad. You know, the baggy type from the mid-nineties. I’d love to post some photos but even google is keen to forget. Nowadays a George Best or 1982/1986 shirt is the best [...]