Football Special

Bagheera

I read a few months ago about football special going national. It was featured on the show 'nationwide' earlier in which they confirmed this.

I personally love the stuff and will always try and pick up a couple of bottles when I'm up in Donegal. Will be interesting to see if it becomes popular everywhere else but I think it will lose it's appeal a little for me if I can pick it up in my local shop in Dublin! Hopefully it will do well though.

Anyone else a fan?

Flibbles

I love Football Special! If I moved back to Scotland (or anywhere else) I'd sure miss it.

irish_goat

Sweet nectar, a bottle of it goes down great when you're hungover and thirsty.

overshoot

just realised i havnt had a bottle in ages, licking lips and off to the shop

North_West_Art

always a fan of it, goes well with a shot of Morgan's Spice rum!

The Mary Clarke

I had it for the first time a few months ago. Not a huge fan...sorry... It actually reminded me a wee bit of Cavan Cola...then again it is years since I had Cavan Cola so maybe my taste buds are just gone a bit mad.

retalivity

Cavan Cola! They still sell that?????

That stuff was sweet ambrosia, not a patch on football special mind, another nectar from the gods

homer simpson

North_West_Art wrote: »

always a fan of it, goes well with a shot of Morgan's rum!

Is that a home brew :pac:

The Mary Clarke

retalivity wrote: »

Cavan Cola! They still sell that?????

That stuff was sweet ambrosia, not a patch on football special mind, another nectar from the gods

Nah...think Cavan Cola is long gone....might have a football special today just to see if I am missing something

KERSPLAT!

I've never had it, where can I pick up a bottle?

Redsoxfan

Never had it! You haven't lived at all then!

Mac's Mace on the High Road certainly have it.

icescreamqueen

I remember during my young pubbing days, myself and my sisters would push a straw up and down into the glass bottle and the football special would explode over the edge. Is it still available in the glass bottles?

KERSPLAT!

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Never had it! You haven't lived at all then!

Mac's Mace on the High Road certainly have it.

Might venture down later, sounds nice!

harpstilidie

icescreamqueen wrote: »

I remember during my young pubbing days, myself and my sisters would push a straw up and down into the glass bottle and the football special would explode over the edge. Is it still available in the glass bottles?

Had it in a glass bottle recently in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel, much nicer from the glass bottle

icescreamqueen

harpstilidie wrote: »

Had it in a glass bottle recently in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel, much nicer from the glass bottle

Yeah it definitely is. Tasted it not so long ago out of the plastic bottle and it just wasn't the same. Must try to recreate the football fountain out of the glass bottle for old times sake.

homer simpson

We used to love blowing down the straw into the bottle to get the "foam" up took all the fizz out of the drink itself but the "foam" was class

North_West_Art

home brew indeed was always partial to the stuff..

heres a link to RTE's Nationwide where they do a feature on McDaids Football Special.. skip to 7 minutes in
http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1110544

92 DL SAM

Nectar of the Gods it is.