Tag Archives: Northern Ireland

2500 & Glentoran

27 Tuesday Feb 2024

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Saturday 17th February 2024 ko 15:00

IFA Premiership

GLENTORAN 8 (Fisher 3 45 Burns 18 O’Connor 27 35 54 Junior 67p Lindsay 90+3)

NEWRY CITY 2 (Salley 10 Carroll 82)

Att 1,725

Entry £13

Programme £4

Glentoran socks £5

When people discover I’m a groundhopper I tend to get asked two questions. One is how many grounds I’ve visited, which is easy enough to quantify and the second is what is my favourite? Back in the day that was more difficult, do I give a ground most will know about like the Nou Camp or something I loved like Hastings United that isn’t quite as well known. Then 10 years ago I headed for Belfast, visited Glentoran and ever since it’s been 2,500, and Glentoran.

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Shamrock

25 Sunday Feb 2024

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Friday 16th February 2024 ko 20:00

IFA Championship

PORTADOWN 2 (Mayse 69p 90)

BALLYCLARE COMRADES 2 (Roohi 41 Hassin 52)

Att c1,000

Entry £8

Teamsheet FREE

The plane landed at Belfast City Airport and I allowed myself a wry smile at the oddity that is residents of Great Britain flying to Northern Ireland. We’re hardwired to expect a plane flight to result in us landing in a different country, so having no passport control, and paying for the hire car in Sterling was convenient, if a little unusual!

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Border Hopping

08 Thursday Apr 2021

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Saturday March 2011 ko 15.00

IFA Premiership

NEWRY CITY 1 (McCann 73)

BALLYMENA UNITED 1 (Boyd 90)

Att 198

Entry £9

Programme £2

For a border that has been subject of so much upheaval the act of crossing from the Irish Republic to the United Kingdom on the A1/N1 is something of an anticlimax. The first thing you notice is that the yellow dashed line on the left hand edge of the road suddenly becomes solid and white, then there’s a sign informing you that from now on all distances and speeds will use miles, not kilometres as their basis. Other than that the only other clue is adverts for business who’ve set up to take advantage of whatever tax differentials exist between the two countries. You can see an example in the one of the photos.

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Titanic

01 Wednesday Oct 2014

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Saturday 27th September 2014 ko 15.00

IFA Premiership

GLENTORAN 1 (McAlorum 81)

DUNGANNON SWIFTS 0

Att 782

Entry £10

Programme £3

It’s impossible to visit Glentoran’s Oval Grounds home and not think of shipbuilding. You are in East Belfast and the Harland and Wolff shipyard is visible for miles around, with the towering presence of the giant yellow cranes named “Samson” and “Goliath” as focal points. The planes taking off from the nearby George Best Belfast Airport seem to climb more steeply than normal to avoid them all. Continue reading →