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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The “Banished” #NornIron XI Players exiled by the Irish FA or team managers, whether permanently and temporarily, based on reported facts and hearsay… threadreaderapp.com/thread/20937... #GAWA

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LFChistory.net @lfchistory.net · 24/08/2026

Elisha Scott, arguably the greatest footballer to wear the Liverpool FC shirt before the World War II (please accept our apologies, Alex Raisbeck and Gordon Hodgson!), was born on 24 August 1893. He was our first iconic goalkeeper and a man who spent 22 years at #LFC first team. A true Red legend.

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#20 in the @kitbliss.co.nz Top 100 Templates. First worn at Italia 90, Austria also wore it against #NornIron in the Euro 92 qualifiers. Not that commonly adopted, Chris had presented a number of fantasy versions, so the #GAWA can join those!

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Just a few weeks on from preparing this list of #NornIron's 20 most expensive players, Shea Charles has jumped from 2nd (or 1st equal, depending how your accounting works) to 1st by some margin. #GAWA threadreaderapp.com/thread/20814...

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#21 in the @kitbliss.co.nz Greatest Templates, the Nike Cool Motion. We may not be Brazil, but #NornIron would look great in a green version of the shirt Ronaldo et al wore to their 2002 World Cup win. www.kitbliss.co.nz/100gfst/021-...

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

To Celebrate NIFG's 20th Birthday we've produced a Top 20-a-Day throughout July, culminating in the Ultimate #NornIron Top 20 Players. Honestly, blind statistics have thrown in a few curve-balls 😜 Read each daily list here: nifootball.blogspot.com/2026/07/20-y... #GAWA

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Absolutely love Chris' work. Well worth supporting!

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

20 Years of NIFG - The Top Twenty Series In July 2006 Europe was enduring a heatwave, and I remember it well. Hiding in my darkened study, looking round at the stacks of football programmes, shelves of football biographies, and drawers ov... nifootball.blogspot.com/2026/07/20-y... #GAWA #NornIron

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

#22 in the KitBliss Greatest Templates - the Adidas Anderlecht. The shirt that introduced Carlos Valderrama's hair to the world at Italia 90. Colin Clarke wishes he had such luscious locks! kitbliss.co.nz/100gfst/022-... #GAWA #NornIron

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Miles McClagan @theskystrikers.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

If you are following along with the archiving process, we're up to 435 fully scanned editions of Shoot! magazine Annuals, specials, magazines, steak and Strachan To access them all for free, below is the link to click and share #shoot #shootmagazine www.flickr.com/photos/11405...

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This month marks NIFG's 20th Birthday! Thanks to everyone who has contributed, commented and engaged over the past two decades! #GAWA #NornIron nifootball.blogspot.com bsky.app/profile/jcd-... x.com/jcdnifg www.youtube.com/@1979jcd

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We all know, but for an incorrect off-side flag, #NornIron would've won the 1982 World Cup. I'd not be so bold as to say we'd definitely have followed that up with a Euro 84 win had... threadreaderapp.com/thread/20717...

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

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... threadreaderapp.com/thread/20633... #GAWA

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

716 #NornIron kit match-ups and my guess at the 717th #GAWA

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

#23 in the @kitbliss.co.nz Greatest Templates, the Adidas Equipment, re-imagined in #NornIron colours. Michael Hughes in the full suite and David Healy finds the net once again. #GAWA www.kitbliss.co.nz/100gfst/023-...

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

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... #GAWA threadreaderapp.com/thread/20604...

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Thread by @jcdnifg on Thread Reader App

@jcdnifg: 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 ...

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

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... #GAWA threadreaderapp.com/thread/20593...

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

ongratulations to Premier League champions, #Arsenal. No #NornIron involvement this time round, but there's been plenty in years gone by! #GAWA #Gunners youtu.be/mP3psx9e4EI?...

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Northern Ireland All-Time XIs - Arsenal F.C.

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

For the 10th consecutive edition of the Panini World Cup album I have received a faulty publication... the Northern Ireland pages are missing again! I've provided the missing pages for anyone with the same problem #GAWA #NornIron

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

#24 in the KitBliss 100 Greatest Templates, the Puma "Prague" widely used at Euro 2004, so replacing Northern Irelands 2004-06 Umbro efforts. #GAWA #NornIron

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

All-Time #NornIron kit match-ups, updated to last week! Not just #GAWA!

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

🎶Green And White Egg🎶 Happy Easter all!

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

#25 in the @kitbliss.co.nz Greatest Templates series, the Nike Total 90. Made big waves with many nations and was also popular with the likes if Arsenal and Barca. The kit in which Healy would've scored the winning goal at Euro 2004! www.kitbliss.co.nz/100gfst/025-... #GAWA #NornIron

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

#26 in the @kitbliss.co.nz 100 Greatest Templates, the Adidas Golpe. Alternate away kits in styles from the era. Keef looks a bit chilly though! www.kitbliss.co.nz/100gfst/026-...

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

#27 in the KitBliss 100 Greatest Templates. West Germany wore it while winning the 1990 World Cup, I'm sure #NornIron would've done likewise if issued this back in 1988! Presented in traditional #GAWA colour options, plus an alternative "Ulster Banner" coloured version.

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

#28 in the #KitBliss Greatest Templates series - The Umbro Nimbus. Remembered as Villa's kit during their 92/93 title charge, and also Zola et al at Parma, the #NornIron away in blue nods to the early 1900s #IrishFA kits, though we never had a yoke!

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

#KitBliss Greatest Templates #29, the Puma King. Probably most familiar as Spurs' kit, so we've added a bit of green to repurpose that as #NornIron's away. For the home we go green heavy, as the #GAWA should! www.kitbliss.co.nz/100gfst/029-...

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

#30 in the KitBliss Greatest Templates, the Adidas Real II. A bit of desperate defending from Mark Williams and Peter Kennedy in an outwardly stylish and simple jersey with a built-in undershirt. #GAWA #NornIron

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

The Kitbliss Greatest Templates #31 the Adidas Marseille. USSR's kit at Italia 90, but how about if it was #NornIron facing Argentina, Stevie McBride would've given them a quare chasing! The #GAWA in era appropriate colours.

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

#32 in the @kitbliss.co.nz Greatest Templates, the Adidas Prestige. Perhaps most famous as Argentina's WC98 away jersey, here we can see how Phil Mulryne would've looked captaining #NornIron's U21s to to the 2000 Euros with alternatives in era-appropriate colours. #GAWA

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Kitbliss @kitbliss.co.nz · 04/09/2025

The Kitbliss 100 Greatest Football Shirt Templates: No.32 - Adidas 'Contour' * (1997-2000). Time to party like it's 1998... Get all the info at bit.ly/45Odrvh where you'll find links to all the kits and more... (With thanks to @fsworlduk.bsky.social and @shirtquest.bsky.social) * unofficial name

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

"Gentleman Jim McCarthy" by Neil Thompson. I'm chuffed to have played a small part in the research for this book, charting the career of one of the outstanding amateur players of the pre-war years and captain of Ireland's Amateur team #GAWA #NornIron Please share! www.balboapress.com/en-gb/bookst...

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Gentleman Jim McCarthy

The book is about the man in the title and his footballing career and the influence he had on the writers life. The start of international football and the links from amatuer to professional in the ga...

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Best wishes from #NornIron to #MorecambeFC as they continue their fight for survival

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

In the latest NIFG video we chart those players who missed out on joining the 50 Cap Club #NornIron #GAWA youtu.be/hUQ2wH7fdng

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Northern Ireland's Forty Something Caps XI

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

#33 in the Kit Bliss 100 Greatest Templates. Most familiar as being worn by France and Rangers. Simple re-colour for the #GAWA home with IFA logo shadow. For the away there's a more-modern-retro take on kit releases. Inspired by the lace-up collar we've gone St Patrick's blue with an old-style badge

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

#NornIron's Greatest Team as voted for by visitors to NIFG back in 2013! #GAWA youtu.be/NDNBOjiyOXs?...

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Northern Ireland's Greatest Ever Team

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

#34 in the @kitbliss.co.nz 100 Greatest Templates series, the Adidas Santos. Not worn by British teams, but a familiar sight on the international stage - #NornIron don't look out of place in pin-striped Adidas in the early 80s. www.kitbliss.co.nz/100gfst/034-...

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

So, that's a wrap for the Premier League season. Three players: a champion, an FA Cup winner (as an unused sub) and a Europa League runner-up, but that's the equal fewest players #NornIron have had in the English top tier since 92/93, and their 49 appearances the 2nd least!

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

#35 in the @kitbliss.co.nz Greatest Templates series - the Adidas Condivo 20. Another #NornIron had (which is presented in white here) along with an imagined green home and aqua third (based on our previous away colours). The shoulder flashes take us back to the early 90s Equipment era #GAWA

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Kitbliss @kitbliss.co.nz · 17/05/2025

The Kitbliss 100 Greatest Football Shirt Templates: No.35 - Adidas Condivo 20 (2019-22). Read all about it in the blog post by Jay (DesignFootball.com) at bit.ly/4ktCKXX that links to the Condivo 20 gallery page featuring all 49 kits found so far...

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

#NornIron on our way to Mexico 86 thanks to the Leicester boys, John O'Neill, John McVey and Paul Ramsey #GAWA

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jcd-nifg.bsky.social @jcd-nifg.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Feeling bored? Watch some of my content on YouTube. Bad music and some all-time XIs. #GAWA #NornIron www.youtube.com/channel/UCHb...

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Kitbliss @kitbliss.co.nz · 21/04/2025

As some of you may be aware, John Devlin @truecolours.bsky.social had major surgery recently and has been very unwell. As he now begins his recovery, I've decided to create a 1974 World Cup Kits digital poster that you can buy to help raise funds for his medical costs and reduced earnings. [🧵 1/2]

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