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Originally Posted by gazzae
What did that chant at Old Trafford go like? HHMM something like "Come on England, Shall we sing a song for you". 4 - nil up and the England fans still didn't sing.
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You're mistaking the people who go to home internationals for proper die-hard singing fans. In the case of Northern Ireland it's different, your ground holds maybe 20k tops, so the majority of the fans there will be hardcore fans that will sing. OT holds over 67k, of which maybe 10k max will be hardcore England fans who will sing. So they get watered down by the silence of the others. The Welsh had the same problem at the weekend. We took 6800 fans there (Actually had 15k apply for tickets) and for the large part we outsang the welsh because their hardcore of fans is a lot smaller and the rest of the crowd only perked up to boo GSTQ.
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Originally Posted by gazzae
Of that I have no doubt.
The fans will still be singing no matter what the score is.
Wish I was going, but I was away for some of the earlier matches and couldn't justify the expense. (The IFA made a smart decision in that if you wanted tickets for the England game you needed to buy tickets for the other 4 home games.)
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As it should be. Small ground and only those who attend regularly should get the tickets. Only the top cappers from the EnglandFans will be going to NI on Wednesday + those lucky in the ballot. We only got 1300 tickets. I didn't apply as I'm off to Florida at the end of the week. I'm sure you could have got a ticket if you really wanted one. I know some Enlgand fans have got tickets in the NI end.