Over the last two days the people on the island of Inishmaan have had no water supply.
It got me to thinking of my island neighbours.
Month: June 2010
1966 and all that
So that’s that then.
Ingerlund are out.
If schadenfreude could be choreographed then it would probably look like this for the Germans and for those of us who love to see sporting misfortune fall on Winston Churchill’s boys……
A vintage worth waiting for.
I do not, as a rule, imbibe. In public houses where I am known when I walk in they put the kettle on.
A cup of Lyons is my only man.
However with the correct ambience I can be tempted by a good wine.
Supporting their boys.
In recent years Rangers have made much of their affection and respect for Her Majesty’s armed forces. Last season the Ibrox club has given soldiers free match tickets and invited Falklands hero Simon Weston to be a guest of honour at an Old Firm match.
Taxing times for Rangers.
Exclusive
A few weeks ago I spoke with Rangers chief executive Martin Bain. He kindly took my call on a Saturday morning just after his lad’s football match. I told him that I was a freelance journalist commissioned to do a story for the News of the World. After exchanging some jokes about the perils of being, as I termed it, “a maddie at your boy’s fitba match” I had to tell Martin Bain some bad news.
