Healy scores winner on Sunderland debut

v. Nottingham Forest in the Carling Cup

Healy, a 63rd minute substitute, scored 2 minutes into extra time to give the visitors a 2-1 victory

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New home kit

Nice, but at £45 a pop, before you even get the obligatory numbers on it…

Scotland 0 – 0 Northern Ireland

So a few text updates were all I had to go on for the NI match last week.

Here’s a summary of events from a Mr M. J. “Match was crap. Banter was awesome. Best song – let’s all laught at England”.

Martin Paterson

And a few reflections on the match itself, gleaned from the comments of people who might actually know what they’re talking about on ILS:

Brunt by all accounts was awful, still unable to reproduce his club form for his country. Bring back Elliott or Capaldi (has never really been given a chance in his natural position for us). Also most people seem to be agreed that Evans was our best player. Playing Healy as a lone striker just doesn’t work. We need to play 2 strikers, apart from against the really good teams. And a promising debut from McGivern, apart from the sending off.

BBC Report

NORTHERN IRELAND: Taylor (c), McAuley, Evans, Craigan, McGivern; Baird; Clingan, Davis, Brunt; Healy, Paterson. subs Mannus (not used), Duff (replaced McAuley 76), O’Connor (replaced Clingan 59), Shiels (replaced Paterson 46), Feeney (replaced Brunt 56)

Elliott 20 yard strike v Newcastle

A good pre-season for Doncaster continues:

http://www.doncasterroversfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsFeatures/0,,10329~1351667,00.html

New NI home kits won’t be out till after the Scotland match.