Come Here To Me!

What a night last night in Inchicore.

European nights are what following Saint Patrick’s Athletic is all about. We’ve not been the most successful club on the go in recent years, but we’ve seen some excellent European nights. Hertha Berlin, IF Elfsborg, Krylia, Celtic, Valetta and eh…..Zimbru. There is a buzz on European nights which can not be beaten. Along with the diehards, a much larger chunk of southside Dublin emerges on these nights, along with a few club legends and faces of old.

ÍBV hammered our goal out of it towards the end of last nights match, and I’m amazed I’ve ANY nails left to chew on at all. Still, the 2-0 result, which puts us through at 2-1 over the two legs, was probably fair. Paddy Power offered me odds of 11/2 on this exact result, and once I publish this post I’m off to collect the winnings. What a strange and unusual feeling that is!

Where to from here for Mahons Army? Kazakhstan. I know nothing of Kazakhstan, beyond what I learned from Borat. I imagine this is akin to saying ‘I know nothing about Ireland beyond what I picked up from Father Ted’, so mankinis are out of the suitcases. Not that there will be many of them, beyond the team its unimaginable any fans will make the trek.

Still, if Israel are in the Eurovision why not Kazakhstan in the Europa League? I’m hopefull. Ireland’s European Team go marching in.