This week on Greatest Games, Michael Walker joins Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller to remember Northern Ireland’s return to Windsor Park after three and a half years of international football exile. The Northern Ireland national team had been playing their “home” games up and down England since their last Windsor Park international in October 1971 […]
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Ireland 1 Netherlands 0, 2001 – Dion Fanning
Island Games
This is an extract from World In Motion: The Inside Story of Italia ’90 by Simon Hart and published by deCoubertin. You can win a copy of the book by entering our competition here. Island games Part 2 – Republic of Ireland The rain came down in Cagliari. Occasionally, so too did the ball. It […]
Ask Me Nothing
Mark Lawrenson obviously had nothing to do on Monday as he somehow ended up doing a Reddit “Ask Me Anything”. The former Liverpool defender and Ireland international spent years (probably too long) being a pundit alongside Gary Lineker and Alan Hansen on Match of the Day, but he hasn’t been seen in a while, except […]
An Evening With The Blizzard | Live in Dublin
We’re heading back to Ireland! Tickets are on sale now for our Q&A in Dublin in December. This time the panel features Jonathan Wilson, Philippe Auclair, Ken Early and Marcus Speller. Get your tickets now to avoid disappointment.
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The Rejected Retraction, Richard Jolly
What if Alex Ferguson had retired in 2001, and Sven-Göran Eriksson had replaced him at Old Trafford? Sir Alex Ferguson rang Maurice Watkins. He had changed his mind, the Manchester United manager reported. Or rather it had been changed for him. The Ferguson family, corralled by Cathy, his wife, had informed him he was not […]