England to play in Dublin?

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It's been rumoured for a while but now it seems like the appetite is there to see the English national team appear in Dublin at the reborn Lansdowne Road ground. The last time England played there in 1995 the game was abandoned after 27 minutes when England fans tried to demolish the stand they occupied about 15 years too early.

If both teams can avoid each other for group stages of the UEFA Euro's next summer in Poland and the Ukraine then there exists the appetite between both FA's to confirm the fixture. Trappatoni has revealed that talks have been ongoing for a couple of years but the diary was a bit full. Now that qualifying is out of the way and the home fixtures and contractual games are sorted then there is a gap here and there.

Thoughts are that it's still a bit early  to arrange this type of fixture, after all its very close to home and travelling should not be a problem for any ardent English fan, but maybe the type of riot seen all those years ago has finally been extinguished. Rugby fans don't have problems in Dublin, after all they are welcomed with open arms, but they don't carry the patriotic hogwash with them. I have always fancied a trip to Dublin to watch an English team play there, maybe the time is right and we can all celebrate a summer of good football!