March friendly in Poland?

**Paulie** · 23/11/2009, 10:11 AM

I read in one of the Sunday tabloids that we have a friendly lined for March in Poland. This was the first that I'd heard of it. Does anybody have further information on this, i.e. date and venue?

**francesco_1** · 23/11/2009, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by Paulie

I read in one of the Sunday tabloids that we have a friendly lined for March in Poland. This was the first that I'd heard of it. Does anybody have further information on this, i.e. date and venue?

It would be cold at that time would need plenty of homemade produce to keep warm

I asked my polish mate he checked the polish websites and saw nothing. Legia Warsaw are building a new stadium so maybe they want to play one when it opens in there.

**The Betting Man** · 23/11/2009, 11:17 AM

Germany play Argentina and there is Under 21's qualifying on the 3rd on March(thats a Wednesday) so id say that will be the date of the game.

**O'Shea's Boot** · 23/11/2009, 11:23 AM

Bit of a strange one - cant think of many benefits

**Greenforever** · 23/11/2009, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by O'Shea's Boot

Bit of a strange one - cant think of many benefits

Apart from the fact we owe Poland afriendly after they came to Croke Park.

March 3rd is the official friendly international date, but there is some talk of moving midweek internationals from the traditional Weds to Tuesdays.

Poland have 5 stadiums in use for the Euro 2012, so it will be played in one of them and Ryanair fly to all bar Warsaw - and Aer Lingus fly there.

**drummerboy** · 23/11/2009, 12:43 PM

No disrespect to Poland but we always seem to be playing them. Something that goes back about 40 years.

**jbyrne** · 23/11/2009, 12:59 PM

well we all agree that we need more away friendlies and as poland co-host the next euros i would think its a great place to start

**Paulie** · 23/11/2009, 1:08 PM

Cheers folks. I've never been to Poland so I'd definitely be interested in going.

**francesco_1** · 23/11/2009, 1:12 PM

Originally Posted by Paulie

Cheers folks. I've never been to Poland so I'd definitely be interested in going.

If someone offers you a drink called Bimber stay well away

**Gather round** · 23/11/2009, 1:41 PM

Originally Posted by Greenforever

Poland have 5 stadiums in use for the Euro 2012, so it will be played in one of them and Ryanair fly to all bar Warsaw - and Aer Lingus fly there

Few of the Euro 2012 venues will be ready in March 2010. Warsaw, Gdansk and Wroclaw won't be finished until 2011, Poznan currently holds only 17,000 during rebuilding.

As you know, we played there in Chorzow (the country's biggest stadium until Warsaw is finished) in September- but the game was originally planned for the much smaller venue in Szczecin.

**eaststand85** · 23/11/2009, 1:55 PM

Originally Posted by drummerboy

No disrespect to Poland but we always seem to be playing them. Something that goes back about 40 years.

Originally Posted by O'Shea's Boot

Bit of a strange one - cant think of many benefits

Wasn't the story always that the FAI blazers used to go for the "night life" back in the pre Iron Curtain days? Maybe some of them have girlfriends they haven't seen in a while!

**gspain** · 23/11/2009, 2:19 PM

According to this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland_...e_note-march-1

Poland meet Bulgaria on March 3rd.

**drummerboy** · 23/11/2009, 2:40 PM

Originally Posted by eaststand85

Wasn't the story always that the FAI blazers used to go for the "night life" back in the pre Iron Curtain days? Maybe some of them have girlfriends they haven't seen in a while!

Dunphy used to tell a story about the constant trips to Poland in the old days and how all the blazers would cop off with local madams for the price of a bottle of vodka, which in those days was fairly cheap.

**lopez** · 23/11/2009, 2:52 PM

Originally Posted by drummerboy

Dunphy used to tell a story about the constant trips to Poland in the old days and how all the blazers would cop off with local madams for the price of a bottle of vodka, which in those days was fairly cheap.

Paul Rowan's 'Team That Jack Built' speaks of the Bydgozcz friendly in 1981. The FAI told the team we'll see you later. They never left Warsaw. Most of these were dirty old men with wives who wouldn't do it with the lights on let alone have a BJ. The FAI's moved on since then.

**Greenbod** · 23/11/2009, 2:57 PM

Originally Posted by lopez

The FAI's moved on since then.

What!...it's BJs all round now?

**Greenforever** · 23/11/2009, 4:23 PM

Originally Posted by drummerboy

No disrespect to Poland but we always seem to be playing them. Something that goes back about 40 years.

didnt think you were that old

**Greenforever** · 23/11/2009, 4:25 PM

Originally Posted by drummerboy

Dunphy used to tell a story about the constant trips to Poland in the old days and how all the blazers would cop off with local madams for the price of a bottle of vodka, which in those days was fairly cheap.

Ib be sure that Dunphy would have been just as quick to do the same

**Greenforever** · 23/11/2009, 4:26 PM

Originally Posted by lopez

Paul Rowan's 'Team That Jack Built' speaks of the Bydgozcz friendly in 1981. The FAI told the team we'll see you later. They never left Warsaw. Most of these were dirty old men with wives who wouldn't do it with the lights on let alone have a BJ. The FAI's moved on since then.

fair play to you or having such an insight to the blazers bedroom antics

**elroy** · 23/11/2009, 4:55 PM

Originally Posted by Greenforever

Ib be sure that Dunphy would have been just as quick to do the same

See in the paper yesterday the cash the Dunph is on, cant remember exact figure but its in excess of 300k, and thats just his RTE pay.

**4tothefloor** · 23/11/2009, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by Greenforever

Apart from the fact we owe Poland afriendly after they came to Croke Park.

Do we? We only played them recently enough in a boring 0-0 draw if memory serves, I was under the impression that the Croker friendly was them returning the fixture to us.