Category: Sport
No Plan B eh?
New Group Proposes Maysfield for National Stadium
Last week the Strategic Investment Board claimed that they had no alternative proposal to the Maze to consider at the moment. Despite the government's protests that the Maze is the only viable site f… more »
SIB Push Case For Maze Stadium
The Strategic Investment Board and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure have been pitching the Maze Stadium proposal to football fans this week at meetings around Northern Ireland which included a presentation made by Mr Tony Whitehead of the SIB… more »
Scots Opt Out of Team GB
The Scottish FA have stated they will not join a Great Britain and Northern Ireland football team for the olympics in 2012, despite assurances from Sepp Blatter that their participation would not undermine Scotland's position as a footballing nation and… more »
Ignorance is... Ignorance
Sitting in work I heard a discussion regarding the new stadium. Many of you will already know it's one of my pet peeves. Another thing that riles me is people stating as fact their opinions and conjecture regarding issues they know nothing about. Oh this… more »
Northern Ireland Face Portugal in Anniversary Friendly
As part of the celebrations surrounding the 125th year of the IFA, Northern Ireland have lined up a match against Portugal at Windsor Park next month. There was some wrangling over a dispute on TV coverage between the two FAs (no details as to how this w… more »
Paramilitaries Still Assaulting Ulster
It seems everyday life in Northern Ireland is still being disrupted by gangs of thugs intent on wreaking havoc for the sake of something to do. This weekend saw Denis Bradley, Vice Chairman of the Policing Board, state he would not resign before April wh… more »
Anti-Northern Ireland Bigots In Full Voice
The usual suspects have been having a whinge at Slugger (and I'm sure on plenty of Celtic supporters websites too) about how "sectarian" Northern Ireland fans are after yesterday's match with Wales. Perhaps they prefer to focus on Northern Ireland's matc… more »
We Got A Great Big Convoy
Northern Ireland are set to play Wales at Windsor Park tomorrow and the fans are planning on taking a convoy of open-top buses from the city centre up to the ground. The buses will set off from Custom House Square at 12:45 and travel past the City Hall,… more »
Ruane Backs Healy Park?
The members have been discussing this over at Our Wee Country but I felt it deserved a post. Apparently Caitriona* Ruane has attacked the SDLP's Down councillor Margaret Ritchie for not supporting the move to rename one of the council's parks after North… more »
Good Beer, Good Football and Good Slags
It looks like some bright young entrepeneur is setting up a super-brothel specifically to cope with the influx of football fans to Berlin when the world cup comes to Germany in 2006. The Artemis brothel's going to be only "yards" from the main stadium in… more »
