Super Norn Iron

Well, I was wrong. Loads of times. When we went 1-0 down, 2-1 down. Wrong.

We won! Can you believe it? I'm still in shock. Lawrie rung the changes, brought in Evans and Lafferty for their first full caps, dumped Jimmy and Tony, and played Bairdy in defensive midfield. If Healy wasn't an idol before, he certainly is now with a splendid hat-trick. The first of his goals was what we as Norn Iron fans are used to seeing. His next two, against a team ranked 7th in the world remember, really were something special. You can check out some highlights from the game here. They're the BBC highlights from the English gits.

His second was obviously worked out on the training ground. We won a dangerous free kick on the egde of the box, right hand side close to the byeline. Sammy Clingan (whose head is actually shaped like a Klingon) cleverly cut the ball back to the penalty spot where Healy had made a run, and he absolutely rifled it into the net. Iker Casilla, yes, Casillas, Real Madrid keeper since he was like 12, had no chance. In fact, I hear he only saw the ball there now. Oh, he's just realised they've lost too!

His third was even better. Long ball out of Taylor's hands, Spanish defence think Healy's offside but he ain't, and he lobs the ball 25-odd yards over Casillas... for the third time that evening! Unreal. And it was a year ago today we beat England. Onwards and upwards.

Though why Roy Caroll started the game is beyond me, Taylor has had more matches and this showed when chubby Rob pulled up after 10mins with a strain. Also rumours about big Lawrie's future being uncertain are a bit worrying. This man's done so much for this team, broke the goal drought, got us a win, got us a goal away from home, beating World Class teams... hope he stays.