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He was on the grill for 50 yards - Must be true - Gerry says so

Judge for yourself, from 4.05

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K2juHYzDKs&sns=em

Case closed - Gerry himself says it was "for at least 100 yards"

He was on the grill for 50 yards - Must be true - Gerry says so

I have only had bother when I have let out property to locals (Belfast).  Decent hard-working Eastern European folk are the way forward.  Also, a bird in the hand and all that.  i.e. If you have good tenants, keep the rent down and look after them.  If you chase an extra £30 or £40 a month it means f**k all if the property is not let for a month or two.  Have the place in decent order and get things fixed as soon as problems occur, and good tenants will more than likely stay.
Also, if you are going to be doing self-assessment and paying tax on any profits earned, keep all receipts for tradesmen used, repairs etc.

Surely the gays are at an advantage as they're more likely to stay hard at the sight of other fellas c**k while a straight lads bound to go all soft unless he's got a vivid imagination.

Sorry, is this meant to be a joke?

[Sligo were unfortunate to be knocked out last year.]

The teams from the Airtricity league have had some decent results over the years in Europe, hardly the same can be said for the Irish League. Crusaders won it last year but were shown up this year. Maybe they had injuries or whatever. They were only side to make it to the semi's last and then reached the final and won it out. Big decline in a year

Other than Shamrock Rovers a couple of years ago the sides in the Airtricity League have hardly set the world alight when it comes to Europe.
The standard in the Airtricty League is every bit as poor as the Irish League, anybody who watches both and is anyway honest will admit as much.

I would still rate it over the Irish League. It might be poor but an improvement on Irish League. St Pats have had decent results over the last few years in the Europe League, nothing to shout about but bit of progression anyways. Sligo were unfortunate to be knocked out last year.

But were still knocked out.

Your original point was that it would be more beneficial to the IL teams should both amalgamate into one league.
I fail to see how it would benefit them more than the southern sides. Both leagues are poor, and surely if the top AL sides were playing Cliftonville and Linfield each week rather than the likes of Shels it would also be beneficial to them?  Anyway, think we've gone slightly off topic here rather quickly 

Don't know much about League of Ireland football, but Irish League football is dying a slow death.  Even the self proclaimed biggest team in Ireland, Linfield, averaged only 1887 fans per home game this season.  Can't really see what can be done to reverse the decline.  People have suggested summer football but can't see that having much impact.  As someone who plays football on a Saturday afternoon, they really should make more of an effort to play matches on Friday nights or Sundays.  Obviously, though,  there are a fair few opposed to playing on the Sabbath and all that bullshit.  They should also make it free for all Under 16s in my opinion.  If you are not a season ticket holder it is £10 to go and see matches which is dear enough given standard of fayre on offer.  For me the biggest problem is the lack of atmosphere at games.  When you go to The Oval, for example, it feels like a non-event given the vast swathes of empty terraces in a ground that could easily accommodate 15k fans.

I wasn't born then.

Although you don't have any real interest in the NI team, would you want them to lose / support the opposition team when they are playing?

Couldn't care most of the time. Just expect them to be beaten really. Was glad when they beat the Brits though. I went to see them at Windsor twice a couple of years ago. Czech Rep and Israel. Wasn't bothered who won.

Most people I know like to see them beat I think.

How did you find Windsor Park?  Was it the cauldron of hate that most people on here seem to think it is?

I wasn't born then.

Although you don't have any real interest in the NI team, would you want them to lose / support the opposition team when they are playing?

[This is only actually the case if you're referring to GAA-loving Catholics from close to the border]

Very few Catholics in the North (except Marty Clarke maybe) give a toss about the NI team.

This is only actually the case if you're referring to GAA-loving Catholics from close to the border. Northern Ireland is a small place, but it's not as a smallminded as you perceive.

What?

Call it small minded or whatever you want but I'd say his comment is very true. I don't think I've ever met "one of our lot" who has had any interest in the NI team. Surely it is very rare.

What about in 1982 and 1986 when the team was doing well?

['countrybound']

I think i've felt exactly how you were feeling today.
we were heading home 'countrybound' on m1 one day and heading towards one of the slip-ON's to the motorway but i was in fast lane and just thought i'd look down to change radio station, suddenly my female passenger shouts WATCH and within a second all traffic was slowed from 70 til about 20MPH and i knew i couldnt get stopped or i was going to hit the car in front with an almighty force.
So in that split second, without even looking in any mirrors, i knew there was only one place i could go and that was left.
Now, til this day i will always be thankful, but our lives were saved only by the alertness of a lorry driver in the slow lane just slightly behind us, who either predicted a build up of traffic ahead as we approached or he could see the road ahead better than us but he slowed down giving me the space to get into, i didnt even have time to signal , i just had to go for it.
i was in big shock for a bit and pulled over a mile down the road and signalled my appreciation to the lorry driver, he knew i think that he had saved a potential motorway disaster situation !
i said some prayers that night !

Is the use of 'countrybound' in relation to motorways a Norn Iron thing?  Always sounds a bit odd to me.

I see another player born in the North has opted to play for the Republic. Liam McAlinden, from Wolves. And Rory Donnelly (Swansea) doesn't want to be considered for NI.

Not born in the 'North'.  As far as I know he is English, has a Grandfather from Northern Ireland and decided to switch allegiance after being approached by the FAI, having previously played for NI at various underage levels.

[quaff foreign wines]

Isn't everyone from Armagh a culchy?

Armagh's a city, don't you know. Its sophisticated denizens quaff foreign wines al fresco and people from places like Cavan and Romania make it their ambition to live there.

Buckfast from Devon, England?

[but the culchies got them]

Someone should ask him why the Churches whose flock block two thirds of the mall in Armagh every Sunday never have tickets written for them, a mile up the road when Armagh are playing the ring road is full of the b**tards and they can't write the tickets fast enough.

You seriously have had a ticket on a Sunday whilst attending an Armagh Match - thank God I just walk to them!

I never got one, didn't say i did, I walked to them all my life, but the culchies got them, as did the oppositions fans, they got them in droves, in Armagh it is a case of the brethren get looked after and let's fcuk those gaa b**tards.

Isn't everyone from Armagh a culchy?

David Kitt's cover of Thin Lizzy's Dancing in the moonlight is pretty cool (As his cover of Magnolia by JJ Cole - Can't find it on You Tube unfortunately)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvBICZ7UZb0

Yes - Written by your man from the New Radicals I believe

Townsend has always considered himself Irish, pity yis tease him for effectively his accent

How come then he refers to England as 'we' in other England matches not featuring the ROI that he is covering?