Magilton fumes over more North Defections

Floreat Ultonia wrote: <span style="line-height: 1.4;">  </span><span style="line-height: 1.4;">It says a lot for the Northern Ireland mentality that an Airport was named after a drunken wifebeater </span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;">It doesn't really. It reflects that Best was a local who's widely ackowledged as Britain's greatest ever player. He'll be remembered more for that than as a drunk.</span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;">A few years ago, a new railway bridge opened in Belfast City Center. It was named not after some politician, genereal or unelected royal, but instead for 19th rilway engineer William Dargan. Presumably that says something for the local mentality too? </span>

A drunk & a wifebeater ! , lets not forget the wife beating part -a marvellous footballer but a dreadful person who most certainly did not deserve to have an Airport named after him.
Mr.Dargan was a fine engineer who richly deserved the honour bestowed on him , a reputation unsullied by abominable behaviour.

Edited by deiseblue - 07 Mar 2016 at 2:09pm

Floreat Ultonia wrote: I understand Terri played in the same league with a current NI international's granda ;)

No, it was the father of a current NI international.

deiseblue wrote: It says a lot for the Northern Ireland mentality that an Airport was named after a drunken wifebeater .

I'm sure if you looked closely enough, you might find any number of memorials in the ROI to public figures whose personal life hardly bears scrutiny.

Floreat Ultonia wrote: Stickittotheman wrote: NI had a real oppurtunity not long ago to...move to a new stadium. They did not. They would not. Would it make guys like mcclean play for NI? Probably not but at the very least it was worth a try, neutral venue, neutral stadium location Stick, the proposed stadium at Long Kesh was, variously a) very unpopular with NI fans (ie the ones who would actually be using it if built) b) of little interest to either the IRFU or GAA who were also approached as potential tenants c) much more expensive as costed compared with improving existing facilities- and that's before you consider the lack of easy access routes, food and drink outlets etc. in an area three miles from the nearest town centre. It's naive to assume that, if built, it would have been welcomed as a 'neutral site'. Both Unionist and Nationalist hacks  would have found some evidence of bias to the other side.

To elaborate further, the IFA actually signed up to the site, their Chief Executive of the time, Howard Wells, being much more enthusiastic then eg his counterparts in the GAA:

ManicManc wrote:  It reflects that Best was a local who's widely ackowledged as the greatest ever Irish player in Britain. He'll be remembered more for that than as a drunk

Floreat Ultonia wrote:  It says a lot for the Northern Ireland mentality that an Airport was named after a drunken wifebeater It doesn't really. It reflects that Best was a local who's widely ackowledged as the Britain's greatest ever Irish player in Britain. He'll be remembered more for that than as a drunk.

Edited by Floreat Ultonia - 07 Mar 2016 at 1:22pm

Territorial wrote: deiseblue wrote: By your own definition therefore we can clearly state that Northern Ireland's most iconic player , George Best , falls into the "tramp " category given his drink driving conviction never mind his predilection for wife beating ! I have never defended or condoned Best for those things.   Though this is where he's meant to have met his wife, Alix:

So you happy to state unequivocally that Best is a tramp ?
It says a lot for the Northern Ireland mentality that an Airport was named after a drunken wifebeater .

Territorial wrote: deiseblue wrote: By your own definition therefore we can clearly state that Northern Ireland's most iconic player , George Best , falls into the "tramp " category given his drink driving conviction never mind his predilection for wife beating ! I have never defended or condoned Best for those things.   Though this is where he's meant to have met his wife, Alix:

Best was a talented boy alright, but no Victor Moreland or Derek Spence...