Conor Cunningham - Take a Bow Son!

McBauer

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/1117/ireland_fan.html

A stolen tracksuit and a bag of balls helped one ticketless Ireland fan to the best seat in the house for their Euro 2012 playoff win over Estonia - in the opposition dugout.

Corkman Conor Cunningham travelled to Tallinn's A. Le Coq Arena and managed to bypass security after sneaking in a stadium side entrance.
After sitting next to Estonia manager Tarmo Ruutli for Ireland's 4-0 first victory last Friday, he was spotted by TV cameras on the pitch afterwards celebrating with the Ireland players.

"I just spotted an open door and I thought I will stick my head through there but it was just a closed-in room but I found an Estonian tracksuit and I just threw it on," he told the Mirror.

"I threw the bag of balls over my shoulder and just went for it. I didn't know what to do, to be honest, so I thought I'd better go into the Estonian dug-out."

"No one said anything to me and then I realised I was sitting beside their manager (Tarmo Ruutli).

"It was about 10 or 15 minutes into the match when a UEFA official got suspicious of me. He came over and, after talking to me, told me I had to move.

"Even after the match I just strolled out on to the pitch."

He was unable to travel to Dublin for Tuesday's return leg as Ireland qualified for Euro 2012 with a 5-1 aggregate win.

This story brought a smile to my face. Always like to hear of people pulling off stunts like this! And its a nice change from all the negative stories floating around these days. So in the words of Andy Gray "Take a Bow Son!"

AnonoBoy

Just heard him on The Last Word.

Great stuff.

Saila

thought this was a pardoy on that lad who did similar in the all ireland final dublin match at the gaa

John Doe1

sneaky corkonians

ahal

I have to say I despair when I see the likes of this scumbag becoming some sort of a local hero. He stole a tracksuit and defrauded to the tune of €600 through deception. He should've been arrested on his return to Ireland.

A strange thing about us Irish is that we love 'endearing' sort of crime. What this guy did is no better than walking into a jewellers dressed as an alarm systems engineer and pocketing a watch worth €600.

The gas thing is, the very people who congratulate him are probably the very ones who would say we should go after the Bankers more ferociously. There's no difference bar the figures. We love a chancer clearly, so no point bitching about Bankers when you can't pay for your electricity, 'cause the overwhelming majority like corruption.

vicwatson

I have to say I despair when I see the likes of this scumbag becoming some sort of a local hero. He stole a tracksuit and defrauded to the tune of €600 through deception. He should've been arrested on his return to Ireland.

A strange thing about us Irish is that we love 'endearing' sort of crime. What this guy did is no better than walking into a jewellers dressed as an alarm systems engineer and pocketing a watch worth €600.

The gas thing is, the very people who congratulate him are probably the very ones who would say we should go after the Bankers more ferociously. There's no difference bar the figures. We love a chancer clearly, so no point bitching about Bankers when you can't pay for your electricity, 'cause the overwhelming majority like corruption.

+1 he's a thief, why love a thief?

It's also here -

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056454202

mattjack

ahal wrote: »

I have to say I despair when I see the likes of this scumbag becoming some sort of a local hero. He stole a tracksuit and defrauded to the tune of €600 through deception. He should've been arrested on his return to Ireland.

A strange thing about us Irish is that we love 'endearing' sort of crime. What this guy did is no better than walking into a jewellers dressed as an alarm systems engineer and pocketing a watch worth €600.

The gas thing is, the very people who congratulate him are probably the very ones who would say we should go after the Bankers more ferociously. There's no difference bar the figures. We love a chancer clearly, so no point bitching about Bankers when you can't pay for your electricity, 'cause the overwhelming majority like corruption.

are you Estonian ?

ahal

No, I'm not Estonian. I'm Irish.

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Ellis Dee

If he tries a similar stunt in Poland or Ukraine, where they will be taking security very seriously indeed, unlike in easygoing Estonia, and gets himself thrown into jail or worse, what will people be saying then?:rolleyes::rolleyes:

eamonhonda

ahal wrote: »

I have to say I despair when I see the likes of this scumbag becoming some sort of a local hero. He stole a tracksuit and defrauded to the tune of €600 through deception. He should've been arrested on his return to Ireland.

A strange thing about us Irish is that we love 'endearing' sort of crime. What this guy did is no better than walking into a jewellers dressed as an alarm systems engineer and pocketing a watch worth €600.

The gas thing is, the very people who congratulate him are probably the very ones who would say we should go after the Bankers more ferociously. There's no difference bar the figures. We love a chancer clearly, so no point bitching about Bankers when you can't pay for your electricity, 'cause the overwhelming majority like corruption.

You sound like great craic

Lord Trollington

ahal wrote: »

I have to say I despair when I see the likes of this scumbag becoming some sort of a local hero. He stole a tracksuit and defrauded to the tune of €600 through deception. He should've been arrested on his return to Ireland.

A strange thing about us Irish is that we love 'endearing' sort of crime. What this guy did is no better than walking into a jewellers dressed as an alarm systems engineer and pocketing a watch worth €600.

The gas thing is, the very people who congratulate him are probably the very ones who would say we should go after the Bankers more ferociously. There's no difference bar the figures. We love a chancer clearly, so no point bitching about Bankers when you can't pay for your electricity, 'cause the overwhelming majority like corruption.

€600, where the fock did you pull that figure out of, your hole?

Some people need to lighten up a little.

Sky King

Hang on.... wasn't it ticket touts he defrauded out of €600?

I love ticket touts myself. Sound bunch o lads. Fuck sake.

ahal

Lord Trollington wrote: »

€600, where the fock did you pull that figure out of, your hole?

What a disgusting term.

Some people need to lighten up a little.

I think you need to wash out your mouth.

Helix

ahal wrote: »

He should've been arrested on his return to Ireland

why? he broke no laws in ireland, since he was in estonia like

Lord Trollington

ahal wrote: »

What a disgusting term.

Hole... a disgusting term? You need to get out more buddy.

Sky King

Lord Trollington wrote: »

Hole... a disgusting term? You need to get out more buddy.

I prefer 'shitbox.'

phasers

I don't think he kept the tracksuit if that makes you dry shytes feel any better.

The fact that he travelled over to the stadium would imply to me that he had a ticket, so he simply moved up to a better seat.

Lord Trollington

Sky King wrote: »

I prefer 'shitbox.'

Cockholder....

mattjack

Lord Trollington wrote: »

Cockholder....

ring piece ...

J K

I love the idea that the Estonian manager Tarmo Ruutli probably noticed him a couple of times beside him and thought who the fck is this cnt. But had to divert his focus back to more immediate problems on the pitch.

Helix

phasers wrote: »

I don't think he kept the tracksuit if that makes you dry shytes feel any better.

The fact that he travelled over to the stadium would imply to me that he had a ticket, so he simply moved up to a better seat.

he didnt have a ticket since he wouldnt pay what touts wanted

vicwatson

If he tries a similar stunt in Poland or Ukraine, where they will be taking security very seriously indeed, unlike in easygoing Estonia, and gets himself thrown into jail or worse, what will people be saying then?

His family will be on the Joe Duffy show whining and whinging to try get him released !

I don't think he kept the tracksuit if that makes you dry shytes feel any better.

He's a thief, no two ways about it, he admitted it, for him to even get radio time in this country is not surprising, newstalk, today fm - tabloid stations.

The fact that he travelled over to the stadium would imply to me that he had a ticket, so he simply moved up to a better seat.

From the indo -

A ticketless Conor Cunningham (27) successfully bluffed his way into last Friday night’s sell-out play-off game in Estonia before taking up the best seat in the house

"I was just determined to see the match -- 11 of us arrived in Tallin for the game and we were being quoted €600 for tickets," the Corkman said yesterday."

phasers

Helix wrote: »

he didnt have a ticket since he wouldnt pay what touts wanted

So that means the game was sold out?

then nobody lost anything really, whoever thinks he should be arrested seems to be supporting ticket touts.

Lord Trollington

ahal wrote: »

What a disgusting term.



I think you need to wash out your mouth.

I think you need a good ride.

up for anything

He was willing to pay the €14 face value for a ticket. He'd even have gone to €80/90 like some of his friends who got lucky but to travel over and pay €600 would have been madness.

There should be less about arresting him and more about the Estonian police getting their bloody fingers out (of their holes, excuse the vulgarity) and arresting the gougers trying to make €596 out of desperate fans. :mad:

ahal

Lord Trollington wrote: »

I think you need a good ride.

No thanks. Buy some deoderant you fecker :pac:

oppenheimer1

ahal wrote: »

I have to say I despair when I see the likes of this scumbag becoming some sort of a local hero. He stole a tracksuit and defrauded to the tune of €600 through deception. He should've been arrested on his return to Ireland.

A strange thing about us Irish is that we love 'endearing' sort of crime. What this guy did is no better than walking into a jewellers dressed as an alarm systems engineer and pocketing a watch worth €600.

The gas thing is, the very people who congratulate him are probably the very ones who would say we should go after the Bankers more ferociously. There's no difference bar the figures. We love a chancer clearly, so no point bitching about Bankers when you can't pay for your electricity, 'cause the overwhelming majority like corruption.

If this was a crime at all, it is genuinely a victimless crime. You cannot compare this to the banks because no one was out of pocket because of it. His actions haven't imposed austerity on the entire population either.

There is a difference between harmless antics and imploding the national economy in terms of seriousness.

Super-Rush

vicwatson wrote: »

It's also here -

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056454202

...and thats where it will stay.