You’d never guess who Gerry Armstrong supports…
Well it turns out that the former striker is a bit of a fan of Northern Ireland and, as plenty of supporters of the national team understandably were, he’s really pissed off about the manner in which Michael O’Neill’s side missed out on a place at next year’s World Cup.
A ridiculously harsh penalty decision which went in Switzerland’s favour during the first leg of last week’s World Cup play-off ultimately decided Northern Ireland’s fate.
The second leg saw Armstrong, who scored 12 goals for Northern Ireland between 1977 and 1984, on commentary duty and his hilariously biased commentary soon went viral.
https://twitter.com/_JamesLorenzo/status/929818922978856960
The next game Armstrong commentated on was the Madrid derby on Saturday night.
The 0-0 draw between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano was relatively uneventful as the La Liga goal droughts of both Cristiano Ronaldo and Antoine Griezmann continued.
And with little to discuss in the way of clear goalscoring chances, Armstrong took the opportunity to dredge up Northern Ireland’s misfortune over the international break.
To be fair to the 63-year-old, he did segue into the Switzerland penalty decision off the back of a potential handball in the Atleti box but, still, viewers couldn’t believe that he was still talking about it.
It's taken 59 minutes of the Madrid derby for Gerry Armstrong to mention that penalty Northern Ireland conceded against Switzerland
— Emlyn Begley (@EmlynBegley) November 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/Davyohagan/status/931991814596431880
Madrid derby on here, Gerry Armstrong still going on about Northern Ireland
— Adam Bailey (@ABailey_1993) November 18, 2017
Gerry Armstrong still banging on about Northern Ireland during the Madrid derby .
— Bryan (@bryan_regan96) November 18, 2017
Gerry Armstrong commentating the Madrid derby, still brings up the handball in the NI game🙄
— Kyle Crawford (@Kyle_Crawford98) November 18, 2017
59 minutes before Gerry Armstrong brought up the Ni peno 👍 shocked it took that long.
— Anthony Byrne (@kdjacl) November 18, 2017
Gerry Armstrong just couldn't wait to throw in the Northern Ireland handball incident whilst commentating on the Madrid derby 🤦🏻♂️😂
— Lee (@CarrickAfc) November 18, 2017
Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid. Crap game made even worse by Gerry Armstrong going on about that penalty…
— Silva's Left Foot (@Colsterfive) November 18, 2017
Gerry Armstrong bringing up that Northern Ireland handball pen during Real v Atleti hahaha
— Maurice Brosnan (@m_brosnan) November 18, 2017
Jesus Christ Gerry Armstrong still going on about the Switzerland Penalty. I can't cope 🙈🙉 #MadridDerby
— 🍀🎮I.S Gaming🎮🍀 (@The_IrishSinner) November 18, 2017
Gerry Armstrong still talking about the Northern Ireland penalty decision during his Atletico v Real commentary. He’s some guy, completely agree 😂 #LaLiga #ATMRMA
— Daniel Wood (@danielwood100) November 18, 2017
Gerry Armstrong commentating on the madrid derby and still harping on about the penalty northern Ireland conceded ffs..give it up man..😂😂
— Darren Glendinning (@shortybhoy1) November 18, 2017
