Trouble in Block D2 last night.

There was also a letter sent into the Indo by a Danish man who went to the game with his family and he had nothing but good to say about Irish fans. I suppose one mans meat and all that.

I didn't see too much but I did see the pints going up in the air at the end and there was also a coupleof lads ready to have a go off each other but their friends quietened the main culprit down. There will always be drunk lads at games and most of us have been there at some stage over the years. I know I've been at a couple of games where I was notable to stand up straight but thankfully I don't do shots or spirits anymore. While I would argue that we should be able to drinks pints inside a ground I'm beginning to think that maybe bars should shut 10 mins after the game has started. We had a couple of drinks spilled over us by lads but it probably didn't help that we were standing atthe barrier just inside the entrance.

There were plenty of drunks alright and I had one lad in me ear shouting continuously 'blow it up ref, blow it up ya bollicks' this continued untill I told him FFS lad there's only 19 minutes gone!

The beer I wouldn't be too worried about with most lads. I'm sure there always was and will be lads who are trouble with booze in them but the powder is a different story. It makes lads more ballsy and aggressive so that combined with pints and shots is a recipe for craziness.

Like others we tend to stay away from the big mad bars etc more because we're older and can't be arsed being bumped and having drink spilled etc etc so don't tend to see that much aggro.

On the match atmosphere, it was brutal. We had a bodhran up the back and bar a few lads around us it was like getting blood from a stone. Just no energy in the crowd at all. I honestly thought we'd have had an atmosphere similar to Wales but that was way off the mark.

I suppose the bottom line is that Irish support comes from across society so there's always going to be a percentage of dickheads however like others have said there does seem to be a lot more of the 'stag' type groups travelling now and I doubt that's just down to ticket allocation. There were a few in Georgia and Moldova.

reddladd wrote: There was also a letter sent into the Indo by a Danish man who went to the game with his family and he had nothing but good to say about Irish fans. I suppose one mans meat and all that. I didn't see too much but I did see the pints going up in the air at the end and there was also a coupleof lads ready to have a go off each other but their friends quietened the main culprit down. There will always be drunk lads at games and most of us have been there at some stage over the years. I know I've been at a couple of games where I was notable to stand up straight but thankfully I don't do shots or spirits anymore. While I would argue that we should be able to drinks pints inside a ground I'm beginning to think that maybe bars should shut 10 mins after the game has started. We had a couple of drinks spilled over us by lads but it probably didn't help that we were standing atthe barrier just inside the entrance. There were plenty of drunks alright and I had one lad in me ear shouting continuously 'blow it up ref, blow it up ya bollicks' this continued untill I told him FFS lad there's only 19 minutes gone! The beer I wouldn't be too worried about with most lads. I'm sure there always was and will be lads who are trouble with booze in them but the powder is a different story. It makes lads more ballsy and aggressive so that combined with pints and shots is a recipe for craziness. Like others we tend to stay away from the big mad bars etc more because we're older and can't be arsed being bumped and having drink spilled etc etc so don't tend to see that much aggro. On the match atmosphere, it was brutal. We had a bodhran up the back and bar a few lads around us it was like getting blood from a stone. Just no energy in the crowd at all. I honestly thought we'd have had an atmosphere similar to Wales but that was way off the mark. I suppose the bottom line is that Irish support comes from across society so there's always going to be a percentage of dickheads however like others have said there does seem to be a lot more of the 'stag' type groups travelling now and I doubt that's just down to ticket allocation. There were a few in Georgia and Moldova.