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Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 10:07 pm
by solidarity
Another great result. I haven't been to an away match for a couple of years. I must start going again. The atmosphere is fantastic, win or lose. Could be Holland or Germany in the autumn.

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 5:30 pm
by solidarity
I hear that the chant of the match from the NI fans was 'Your alphabet is sh1t'

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:42 pm
by HwoodMike2umate
Norn Iron v Krauts, today 7.45pm. About to have first drink of the day.

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:45 pm
by HwoodMike2umate
On the count of three ................. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8keA-gMAQio

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 7:45 pm
by Jackie Brown
Classy

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:10 pm
by Vanhelsing
Not a fan of soccer but watched the lads play on tv,they played really well ,gave a good account of themselves.

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 11:44 pm
by big mervyn
heritage6.jpg
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Again, where and what year?

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 11:47 pm
by Dave
Wembley, 1966.

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 9:48 pm
by Cap'n Grumpy
big mervyn wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 11:44 pm heritage6.jpgAgain, where and what year?
Ballymena Showgrounds
early 70s? Late 60's
Certainly pre-1976 (pre-fire)

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 10:28 pm
by big mervyn
Cap'n Grumpy wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 9:48 pm
big mervyn wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 11:44 pm heritage6.jpgAgain, where and what year?
Ballymena Showgrounds
early 70s? Late 60's
Certainly pre-1976 (pre-fire)
Excellent Grumps.
I have a choice of dates with 1976 the earliest so maybe just before the fire?

Get to work on the golf one. I need an answer before midnight! :lol:

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 11:07 pm
by Cap'n Grumpy
big mervyn wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 10:28 pm
Cap'n Grumpy wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 9:48 pm
big mervyn wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 11:44 pm heritage6.jpgAgain, where and what year?
Ballymena Showgrounds
early 70s? Late 60's
Certainly pre-1976 (pre-fire)
Excellent Grumps.
I have a choice of dates with 1976 the earliest so maybe just before the fire?

Get to work on the golf one. I need an answer before midnight! :lol:
Don't know the golf one - I wouldn't know one end of a golf racquet from another, but am 99% certain that is the B'mena showgrounds before it was burnt down in 1976
Arthur Stewart was fired in 1976 after five years of service due to increasing unsuccessfulness. He was succeeded by Eddie Russell, a member of the glorious team from 1958. Right from the start, Russell made a contribution as player-coach with a goal that Ballymena with a 4-0 final triumph over Distillery for the first time in 25 years again the title in the country Antrim-Shield got it. Apart from that, Russell's tenure was not a lucky star. A fire destroyed parts of the showgrounds and the subsequent reconstruction work forced the club to play its games on a practice field until the end of the season. After 13 league games without a win, Russell finally lost the trust of the club's management and was replaced after less than a year by Scottish Billy Johnston. /
source https://de.zxc.wiki/wiki/Ballymena_United

Vague memory is that it was arson by "travellers", but could be wrong about that.

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 11:14 pm
by big mervyn
Excellent. There are 4 options for the place and year so I'm going with the Showgrounds 1976.

It's a Newsletter "heritage" competition and while the locations are getable a couple of them are extremely difficult regarding the precise dates i.e a bloke painting a boat in front of Carrickfergus castle and a pic of a security checkpoint for shoppers in Belfast c. mid 70s :scratch:

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:52 am
by Cap'n Grumpy
big mervyn wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 11:14 pm It's a Newsletter "heritage" competition and while the locations are getable a couple of them are extremely difficult regarding the precise dates i.e a bloke painting a boat in front of Carrickfergus castle and a pic of a security checkpoint for shoppers in Belfast c. mid 70s :scratch:
Guy painting the boat didn't have a white horse by any chance?

Just wondered if it was one of our less well known royals, ensuring it was seaworthy to take him back across the water, never to be heard of again, after his brief Irish visit in June and July 1690?

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:59 pm
by HwoodMike2umate
25.3.2022. Luxemborg 1 Norn Iron 3. Not bad.

Re: NORN IRON

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 9:37 pm
by solidarity
Phew.

I was at the 3 - 2 defeat in Luxembourg ten years ago; what an embarrassment that was, Luxemboug's first home competitive win in 40 years.