Northern Ireland National Football Team

I actually have quite a soft spot for the Northern Ireland football team. They are of course discounted before the beginning of every qualification group because they have never reached the European Championships and indeed have hit any kind of high since they reached the quarter finals of the World Cup 1958. However they are the perennial underdogs and battlers and like wales are comprised of a handful of top league players as well as championship league players and a smattering of scottish league players. While there maybe a gulf in class between the better players and the majority of others, what the northern irish have got in abundance is team spirit. ...  Read the complete review

im a big supporter of Northern Ireland and my dads been taking me to the games and their home ground Windsor Park in Belfast since i was a little'un but never have i been so proud to be a northern ireland football fan as i am at the moment. Over recent years at windsor park Northern Ireland have pulled of memorable results such as beating spain 3-2, beating sweden and of course that memorable night when david healys goal beat england 1-0. Northern Ireland's poor away form meant they were unlucky to qualify for Euro 2008 and they have at a rocky start to the 2010 world cup campaign under Nigel Worthington but they still hold out some hope of ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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; ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review