Northern Ireland National Football Team

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is by no means the best national football team but being from there I think they are! We have reached the world cup finals on 3 occasions in 1956, 1982, 1986. Over the past few years things are looking better and we have beaten England and Spain. Our main saviour is David Healy who set a record with 13 goals in qualification for Euro 2008 including a hat trick against Spain. We started badly for 2010 World Cup qualification with a 2-1 defeat to Slovakia but a promising 0-0 draw with the Czech Republic has given some hope to this campaign. The current team has a great blend of youth and ...

The 2006 World Cup is almost upon us, and with it, an England team who reportedly have the best chance of winning it for 40 years. Five years ago, when Sven became England manager, he predicted that the 2006 World Cup would represent England's best chance of winning a major trophy. And now that tournament has arrived, with a ridiculous amount of press hype and media. Here's my own opinion of the England team's chances, based on their starting eleven, which for the first game, should be: Paul Robinson. Gary Neville; John Terry; Rio Ferdinand; Ashley Cole. David Beckham; Frank Lampard; Steven Gerrard; Joe Cole. Peter Crouch; ...

This was the anniversary pilgrimage to Lourdes?or was that Lords? As it turned out, we ended up in Birmingham. Always one of THE highlights of the year is the trip to the cricket to see the England national team play and this year proved just as eventful as times gone by. The West Indies were due in town and after a trouncing in the first Test, everything pointed to another England win in the second Test. The first day had seen a good score posted by the England boys and with Freddie Flintoff still in on 42 not out, things were set fair for a fine day what with the weather forecast for hot ...