How many away games have you been to?

Cracking sunshine in Lyon alright but the weather was garbage for most of the trip. 

Same in Poland bar a few days. Went to Sopot with the missus to unwind for five days after the Italy game as payment for going to Berlin and the first Poznan game with the lads and it p1ssed it down for the five days before finally turning on the day we were leaving!

Not as if you're going for the weather anyway. 

Then under Hand Brussels 0-1 robbed,Paris 0-2 robbed again, Rotterdam twice 1-2, good game,2-2 great game,Malta 1-0 we robbed them lol,went to all Hand era homes plus  all charlton era homes but gave up on aways .88 was unemployed and had just started a new job in 90 so missed the two biggies,had become a bit jaded after that tbh and been to very few internationals since.

So was shane duffy 

Was that the play off game in Bursa?

Which Lille game did you go to? Certainly not the Ireland/Italy game. Clear sky and sun the day of the game.

Sounds like an ordeal but the memories will last longer.

I’m sure it’s a memory you’ll take to the grave 

In answer to a few posts.

A couple of friends have been going since the early 70's.

France 73 was probably the start of large away crowd.  Hundreds went.  ditto for Berne 75 and most went overland.  Paris 76 saw a couple of thousand.  A decent crowd went to Bulgaria in 77 but very few in 79.  Wembley 80 had decent support (my Dad went without me).  

Travel really took off for the 82 campaign.  I remember listening to Cyprus away on the radio and loads of Irish soldiers were there.  Paris, Brussels and Rotterdam were all accessible then albeit overland for most.  It was at least 24 hours travelling to reach Rotterdam in 1981.  Support was huge in those days.  We had big support long before Jack arrived.  Football was also the most played sport in the country before Jack took over.         

Istanbul 91 was scary.  Loads with tickets locked out.  I was lucky to get in.  Afterwards we were attacked.  Even the under-21 game the day before was hairy.  Bursa 99 was a great trip.  No issues at all.  

Prior to the 70's away travel was difficult and expensive.  A few hundred took the packet to Liverpool in 1949.  Wembley 57 and Hampden 61 also had decent travelling support but hundreds I understand.  There was a trip by air to the Nations Cup quarter final in 1964 but I believe the numbers were in double digits.  I recall an article that claimed 13 fans made the trip to Paris in 1965 for the playoff.      

 

Correction  - I said 'I am not a people person'

 

SeanPeadir wrote: Which Lille game did you go to? Certainly not the Ireland/Italy game. Clear sky and sun the day of the game.

Mon - rain barely 20 deg

Tues rain barely 20 deg

Wed - sun only came out late afternoon 27 deg

 

Ergo mostly sh*t  and in a similar vein to Bordeaux the weather was great the preceeding days before we arrived