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Jun 6 28 tweets 11 min read
Can you Adam n Eve it? 30 years on from the Bermuda Triangle debacle, misfortune hits the #NornIron squad once again shortly after their arrival in France for Euro 2016... Image
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... the #NornIron team coach is hijacked by French farmers after the Executive refused to serve frogs legs in the Stormont cafeteria, and the team held hostage... Image
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May 29 23 tweets 9 min read
The #NornIron's team flight to Mexico for the 1986 World Cup disappears through that wormhole over the Bermuda Triangle. So, we're on the phone to FIFA again for dispensation to replace the squad (don't worry, the original team all re-appear through a plot hole two weeks later).. Image
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Wigan manager Bryan Hamilton, working as a pundit for ITV, ditches the shiny suit to step in as boss. He is assisted by captain and BBC pundit Martin O'Neill, who has only recently been beaten in his long fight against injury, so missing the tournament. Which 22 will they pick? Image
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May 26 26 tweets 10 min read
Step with me, if you will, through a worm-hole, back to 1982. #NornIron have qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 24 years, but misfortune hits on the Airplane flight...
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The entire squad eats the fish, contracting food poisoning and are ruled out for the duration of the tournament. Danny Blanchflower, in Spain reporting for the Express newspaper, agrees to step in as temporary #NornIron manager, just three years after leaving the post. Image
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