Northern Ireland v Luxembuourg (05/09/2024)

WORDS: CUNNINGHAM PEACOCK

An icy March wind was whipping the bare branches of trees around Hampden Park as we left the pizza restaurant. The cold was entering my old bones.

GLASGOW BELONGS

TO ME - AND CONOR B! CONOR BRADLEY CELEBRATES HIS WINNER AGAINST SCOTLAND IN GLASGOW BACK IN MARCH.

My granddaughters in no way shared my foreboding. Full of pizza and Coke, they were fresh-faced and enthusiastic as they drank in the experience of their first big game. They observed the colourful crowds heading to the stadium with great interest. “There’s a kilt,” said May. “There’s another one,” said Beth.

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