Life in a northern town

Alvin Rouse could be forgiven for complaining about life in the eircom First Division. Instead Monaghan United’s goalkeeper from Barbados is loving every minute of it. Well, almost every minute. Colm O’Connor reports.

IT’S a really bad week to be a brass monkey in Ireland where nasty northerly winds and plunging temperatures have them reaching for the thermals and trying to save the family jewels.

They’re not the only ones finding it tough though.