Solitude, Europa League Preliminary Qualifier Leg 2, 4/7/19 Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club Founded; 1879 and the oldest in Ireland Nickname; The Reds Honours Irish League; 1905–06 (shared), 1909–10, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2013–14 Irish Cup; 1882–83, 1887–88, 1896–97, 1899–00, 1900–01, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1978–79 Irish League Cup; 2003–04, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 Current Division; NIFL Premiership Random …
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Balmoor Stadium, Friendly, 3/7/19 Peterhead FC Founded;1891 Nickname; The Blue Toon Honours; League Two – 2013–14, 2018–19 Highland League, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1988–89, 1998–99 Highland League Cup, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1980–81, 1988–89 Scottish Qualifying Cup Winners, 1946–47, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1997–98 Current Division; SPFL League One Random Fact; The Blue Toons highest defeat of …
Croft Park, Friendly, 29/6/19 Blyth Spartans Association Football Club Founded; 1889 Nickname; The Spartans or Green Army Honours; None Current Division; National League North Random Fact; Ali Dia or “George Weahs cousin” that hoodwinked Graeme Souness into signing him for Southampton played for Blyth before his infamous fifty-three minutes for the Saints Once upon a …
Westfield Park, Friendly, 22/6/19 Dunipace FC Founded; 1888 Nickname; The Pace Honours; Scottish Junior Cup 1905/06 Current Division; East of Scotland League First Division Conference A Random Fact; Westfield Park is not found in Dunipace but in neighbouring Denny Due to the proximity to Bannockburn the pre-game plan was to head there and see the …
Watching neutral football opened a can of worms. There was obviously the collection of grounds, but I started to enjoy fitba a lot more when I didn’t give a shite about the outcome. The final change and the final nail in the season tickets coffin. This ending all doubts I had about not renewing. During …
The most important change bar none. On the 20th of September 2014 my life took on a whole new dimension, I became a proud father. I still remember it like it was only a couple of weeks ago. I received a shout from the (now ex) wife that “eh I think the babies coming” around …
“Groundhopper”is not a term I am not very enamoured with, in fact i’d go as far as to say its shite. But it seems to be the most common for what I have gradually become. I prefer to just say I am a football fan. It’s a simple as that. I like to watch football …
Being born at the tail end of ’84 I unfortunately missed the halcyon days of Alex Ferguson and the great Aberdeen Football Club. Being born the year after the historic victory over Real Madrid at a sodden Ullevi in Gothenburg scuppered my chances of attending the most famous night in the club’s history. What also …
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