Here are links to video of some of the gigs and goals mentioned in the book.

VIDEO
Bloody Sunday
Short video with some photos of Bloody Sunday in Derry set to the song Sunday Bloody Sunday
 
U2 @ LIVE AID 1985
 
Derry City Win The Shield 1986
Check out the commentator's silky accent. Great moment @ 0:47 when a Derry fan shakes hands with a Longford Town player - on the pitch during the match!
 
U2 @ SELF AID 1986
 
 
 
 
 
 
U2 @ Belfast 1987
 
 
ANTHEM FOR THE 80s
U2 @ Croke Park
Joshua Tree Tour 1987
Where the crowd have no space
 
Stephen Roche -
Winner Tour de France 1987
Phil Liggett's bemused "That's Stephen Roche!" is the cycling equivalent of Kenneth Wolthamstone's famous "There are some people on the pitch ..." from the World Cup final of 1966
 

Ireland 1 - 0 England
1988 European Championships

 
 
Lovetown @ The Point Depot
New Year's Eve 1989 / 90
Dave Fanning messes up the countdown to the big moment. Ed thinks he has identified some of the waving, clapping hands as being his and mine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Celtic Champions 1998
I still need to find a clip of the St. Johnstone missed chance
 
U2 @ Super Bowl 2002
 
 
Celts in Seville
UEFA Cup Final 2003
Rab Douglas!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U2 @ President Obama's Inauguration 2009

Pride (In The Name Of Love)

 
 
 
U2 On Roof Of BBC 2009
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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