The ticketless Ireland fan who blagged his way onto the Estonia bench for 4-0 win

Tinie

http://www.101greatgoals.com/the-ticketless-ireland-fan-who-blagged-his-way-onto-the-estonia-bench-for-4-0-win/115323/

Only heard about this today! :P

This is an incredible story. Meet Conor Cunningham, a Republic of Ireland fan who travelled to Tallinn for the first leg of the Euro 2012 play-off with Estonia last Friday night.
The part-time fitness instructor did not have a ticket for the match and refused to pay the ridiculous prices being quoted by Estonian touts.
Cunningham went to the stadium before the match and spotted an open doorway: ”It was a corridor and a dead end. But I did see a bag of footballs and, when I picked them up, spotted an Estonian tracksuit underneath them.”
He then proceeded to put the tracksuit on over his jeans and Ireland shirt!
cont. in link above

curry-muff

Hero :pac:

That_Guy

Brilliant.

Hazys

That is probably the greatest thing i have ever heard in my life.

Derfil

Top class.

Lord TSC

What I love is that here in Ireland, he's a hero and its all positive headlines. If he had done it in England, the papers would have been shocked and disgusted by the breech in security and calling for heads to roll :P

daithijjj

He is on talksport right now.

Oat23

Remi Gaillard style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TaecFvNiqo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj7mBO9G5qo

Lord TSC

Also, I thought the Indo was reporting this happened in Dublin, not Estonia :S

Sir Gallagher

Haha that's brilliant. Good man Conor!

Peadar_85

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

Also, I thought the Indo was reporting this happened in Dublin, not Estonia :S

Yea I thought that too...sounds better now though!

vicwatson

Is he not a criminal, robbed a tracksuit, gained access to the stadium without paying, he's not a hero, he's a skank. Why is he a hero?

flahavaj

The only thing that could possibly make it more epic is if he was a poster on here.:pac:

vicwatson

vicwatson wrote: »

Is he not a criminal, robbed a tracksuit, gained access to the stadium without paying, he's not a hero, he's a skank. Why is he a hero?

He's a smooth criminal

TheMilkyPirate

vicwatson wrote: »

Is he not a criminal, robbed a tracksuit, gained access to the stadium without paying, he's not a hero, he's a skank. Why is he a hero?

Get out.

darragh16

Love sh*t like this...

Like the Dublin fan who got on the pitch and was celebrating with the players after the All-Ireland final or the chap who got in the Man United team photo against Bayern years ago!

ShamoBuc

Legend

Rikand

He's on Matt Cooper right now on Today FM

Jimmy Iovine

vicwatson wrote: »

Is he not a criminal, robbed a tracksuit, gained access to the stadium without paying, he's not a hero, he's a skank. Why is he a hero?

You're some crack altogether.

He's a hero because we say he is. Simples!

born2bwild

Ah, what a legend! Thanks, you've made my day!

vicwatson

Get out.

Ha !

He committed a crime by his own admission :rolleyes: Skanker!

irishh_bob

vicwatson wrote: »

Is he not a criminal, robbed a tracksuit, gained access to the stadium without paying, he's not a hero, he's a skank. Why is he a hero?

hold your horses , the germans are not running this place just yet

vicwatson

hold your horses , the germans are not running this place just yet

No that's from the weekend ! Wie Gehts?

Captain Havoc

vicwatson wrote: »

Is he not a criminal, robbed a tracksuit, gained access to the stadium without paying, he's not a hero, he's a skank. Why is he a hero?

He is but I think the fact he travelled all the way over there and that makes him a bit more than a common criminal, he had already made a lot of sacrifices to get to the match in taking over 24 hours to get there and obviously the cost of the trip. He didn't plan it either.

Mr.Crinklewood

Captain Havoc wrote: »

He is but I think the fact he travelled all the way over there and that makes him a bit more than a common criminal, he had already made a lot of sacrifices to get to the match in taking over 24 hours to get there and obviously the cost of the trip. He didn't plan it either.

He actually donned a pilots cap and flew the plane over....

Captain Havoc

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

He actually donned a pilots cap and flew the plane over....

...............and paid for everything with dodgey airline cheques.

tommyhaas

Captain Havoc wrote: »

...............and paid for everything with dodgey airline cheques.

...Before getting rumbled by a begrudging detective and ending up working for the Garda Fraud Squad

Noo

haha a criminal and skank?
Some people need to lighten up and enjoy the story for what it is. He is hardly a threat to society with malicious intentions. I would love to have a story like this, i'd be telling it til the day i die. Oh but he's a criminal and didnt pay to get into the stadium...so what! ask any paying irish supporter there if this guy should be thrown in jail and theyll laugh at you, dont begrudge the guy for the pair he has!

Captain Havoc

Here's the Ray Darcy Interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5slJJAYZ3Y

Hazys

The balls on him!!


If you like that story try this one:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Crazy-Italian-Packers-fan-celebrates-on-the-Supe?urn=nfl-319633

A crazy Italian Packers fan sneaking into the the stadium and gets onto the pitch to celebrate the Packers who just won the Superbowl.

CSF

This thread is somewhat the equivalent of the idiotic cheer that comes out when some idiot runs onto the pitch during a game.

gustafo

Looks like he is making a few quid out of it with all the interviews aswell...fair play to him.

Crazy Horse 6

The guy's a hero. Simple as that.

vicwatson

The guy's a thief, simples. He took a tracksuit that didn't belong to him - that's theft and he went into the stadium without paying - trespass, and the rest.

Zebra3

If UEFA take action against the FAI, we'll see how big a hero he is. :rolleyes:






*Fingers crossed* :pac:

vicwatson

If UEFA take action against the FAI

Why would UEFA be taking action against the FAI Zebra ?

Justin10

What I was thinking was what the hell was the clown that was meant to look after the balls doing???

Zebra3

vicwatson wrote: »

Why would UEFA be taking action against the FAI Zebra ?

They may, if they wish, take action against the FAI as one of their supporters has obviously entered parts of the stadium he is not meant to be. The FAI do likewise with clubs here.

The fact that people on here think he's some sort of character :rolleyes: won't bother them.

The Davestator

What saddens me most about Ireland is that 10 years ago there would not be ONE idiot saying he's a thief/scumbag etc. we've all watched too much sky news and everything becomes an outrage. Lad is a legend.

Zebra3

The Davestator wrote: »

What saddens me most about Ireland is that 10 years ago there would not be ONE idiot saying he's a thief/scumbag etc. we've all watched too much sky news and everything becomes an outrage. Lad is a legend.

Would he be a legend if he stole from you? :rolleyes:

DOC09UNAM

Zebra3 wrote: »

The Davestator wrote: »

What saddens me most about Ireland is that 10 years ago there would not be ONE idiot saying he's a thief/scumbag etc. we've all watched too much sky news and everything becomes an outrage. Lad is a legend.

Would he be a legend if he stole from you? :rolleyes:

Who did he steal from?

Sir Gallagher

Some amount of Buzz Killingtons in this thread.

Mr. Incognito

This man is a Legend.


He spotted an opportunity and had the BALLS to take it.

Would you have done it Buzz Killington? No, you'd have paid your hefty ticket, bought the 2.5 kids some tea for a fiver and taken your seat, gone home and complained to the wife about the delay on the Dart and collapse of a heart attack 40 years after eeking out a dull miserable existence.

The man has heart and guts and the wit to stay on the pitch. The man wanted to watch his team and took an opportunity that came his way, it was cheeky, it was opportunistic but we like sneaky ****ers- hell we elected Bertie three times- you know why- he was a sneaky ****er.

FAI Prices for tickets- that's 55,000 crimes. Robbing a sponsored tracksuit, provided for free and knitted by chinese children's hands- that's a crime.

You keyboard warriors tut tuting into your cornflakes. Don't admonish what you would never have the guts to do in ten lifetimes

Ya tits.

DOC09UNAM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

This man is a Legend.


He spotted an opportunity and had the BALLS to take it.

Would you have done it Buzz Killington? No, you'd have paid your hefty ticket, bought the 2.5 kids some tea for a fiver and taken your seat, gone home and complained to the wife about the delay on the Dart and collapse of a heart attack 40 years after eeking out a dull miserable existence.

The man has heart and guts and the wit to stay on the pitch. The man wanted to watch his team and took an opportunity that came his way, it was cheeky, it was opportunistic but we like sneaky ****ers- hell we elected Bertie three times- you know why- he was a sneaky ****er.

FAI Prices for tickets- that's 55,000 crimes. Robbing a sponsored tracksuit, provided for free and knitted by chinese children's hands- that's a crime.

You keyboard warriors tut tuting into your cornflakes. Don't admonish what you would never have the guts to do in ten lifetimes

Ya tits.

If he got the dart from estonia to dublin he'd be a bigger legend.

Yakult

Legend, because that's not something you would EVER think of doing and it was a big gamble that payed off luckily for him!

The hero comments tho..

massdebater

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Remi Gaillard videos

That's the same guy who done the annoying Pacman video (it was posted on the Cool Videos/Links forum) where he ran around shops and into a snooker hall and stuff. He does another Mario Kart one which is good too but a bit dangerous.

On topic, that Cunningham chap is a legend!! :D:D

Mr. Incognito

It was in the Aviva btw

lots of people seem to think it was in Estonia

Noo

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

It was in the Aviva btw

lots of people seem to think it was in Estonia

That first video is clearly Estonia

Tinie

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

It was in the Aviva btw

lots of people seem to think it was in Estonia

Eh... no.... watch the videos, its clearly in Estonia. Just by looking at the thumbnails of the videos, you see its in Estonia since St Ledger and keane are wearing the white away kit. He also was talking about the crazy price of tickets by the touts outside the ground in Estonia earlier on Today FM. Not sure where you heard it was in the aviva from... but your wrong anyway.

Mr.Nice Guy

He's got some balls. Some Estonian balls. :pac:

All he's guilty of Bill is spooferism, chancerism, peacocking. Don't see why he warrants criticism. Think of the economy. There are others in this country that have blagged their way into far more profitable situations at our expense.

DOC09UNAM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

It was in Estonia btw

lots of people seem to think it was in the Aviva

Fyp.