Republic of Ireland V England - Sunday 7th June 2015 - Friendly

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/nov/19/lack-imagination-england-fans-chants

Oh boy..

[BonnieShels]

Indeed...

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/nov/19/mindless-chanting-sadly-familiar-england-fans

[ArdeeBhoy]

Yeah, but what do you expect from those planks?

Most of them would struggle to find Dublin on a map, let alone know anything about Irish history or culture.

There's loads of links between them and fascists/loyalists in the North and elsewhere. Tbf, the latter make even today's uber-loyalist look pretty benign by comparison, especially in a 'football' context.

[Fixer82]

Have tickets gone on sale for the England/BNP/Combat-18 game yet?

[ArdeeBhoy]

Only by default if you have a season ticket...

[jbyrne]

Have tickets gone on sale for the England/BNP/Combat-18 game yet?

yes, but only as a 3 game (poland, eng, scot) package

[samhaydenjr]

Should the FAI add a security deposit to the price of tickets sold in England? And should we get a one-goal head-start (credited, of course to David Kelly)?

[Charlie Darwin]

Would that make David Kelly the oldest-ever player to score in an international fixture?

edit: going by this it seems it would. Wales' Billy Meredith is the holder, scoring against England aged 45 years 73 days.

[Fixer82]

yes, but only as a 3 game (poland, eng, scot) package

ah balls. i'm not made of euros

[Stuttgart88]

A mate was telling me the KO time will be 11.30am to curtail pre match drinking. Has anyone else heard this?

[Closed Account]

A mate was telling me the KO time will be 11.30am to curtail pre match drinking. Has anyone else heard this?

I think Ken Early said it but then said that he wasn't sure. 2.30 is what I heard.

[Stuttgart88]

Good, I won't have to miss Mass.

[DannyInvincible]

A mate was telling me the KO time will be 11.30am to curtail pre match drinking. Has anyone else heard this?

That'd be a bizarre kick-off time for an international game on a Sunday. Are they expecting greater amounts of alcohol to be consumed than usual or is there a genuine fear of trouble breaking out? Do Combat 18/EDL types still follow England around in significant numbers? I thought the FA had largely managed to stamp out their influence at England games, but maybe not. You might just get a few knuckle-draggers turning up simply for the occasion rather than the game itself.

I had read on YBIG prior to the Scotland game that ticketless Bohs and Rovers casuals were heading over to Glasgow simply to make their presence known, but I didn't hear wind of any trouble whatsoever either before or after the game.

[Stuttgart88]

My mate said an 11.30am start to limit alcohol consumption before the game wouldn't work. If Poznan was anything to go by the young Irish would just stay up all night drinking. A bit like Bonnie actually.

[ArdeeBhoy]

An early KO would just deflect the problem to later in the day, or to Temple Bar the night before...

Unless their cops put a lot of banning orders in place, would expect the usual plankton to be attracted plus 1-2 of their friends from the North...
Shame for their decent fans as you know, but their songbook the other night was undoubtedly a warm-up for the main event next year.