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Tag Archives: Premiership

Border Hopping

08 Thursday Apr 2021

Posted by laurencereade in N

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Ballymena United, Football, groundhopping, IFA, Newry City, Northern Ireland, Premiership, Showgrounds

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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Rain Clouds Over Leith

29 Thursday May 2014

Posted by laurencereade in H

≈ 4 Comments

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Accies, Easter Road, Edinburgh, Hamilton Academical, Hibernian, Hibs, Playoff, Premiership, Scotland, Scottish, SPFL

Sunday 25th May 2014 ko 15.30

Scottish Premiership Play-Off Final 2nd Leg

HIBERNIAN 0

HAMILTON ACADEMICAL 2 (Scotland 12 Andreu 90)

Agg 2-2 AET Hamilton won 4-3 on penalties

Att 18,301

Entry £10

Programme £2

Team Sheet FREE

I’d wanted to pay Easter Road a visit for ages, for one thing it was the last of the Scots Big 5 for me to do (Rangers, Celtic, Hearts and Aberdeen being the others), and the O.C.D. side of me wanting to visit a ground I’d parked near to a number of times on holidays! There was also the “Which Hibs?” factor to consider, after a trip to the Maltese Hibernians, the additional “S” is important, just ask a well-known groundhopper! The full sorry story, and the trip to the Maltese version can be found here! Continue reading →

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