It’s become an abiding memory of the tournament for onlookers around the world, not least in Germany. We look back at the moment when a German TV commentator stopped talking during the fans’ singing of the Fields of Athenry in Gdansk at Euro 2012.
“Listening to them (the fans) singing during the last five minutes of the game… I will remember it for as long as I live”
Back to reality. As Euro 2012 builds to a climax, the last camper-van has long since pulled out of Poland but the Irish have left a lasting impression. The whole world saw the pictures from Gdansk and the word repeated again and again from fans around the globe was ‘respect.’ How shameful then, that Irish supporters should encounter such a lack of it at home.