Irish out to raise the roof at Lansdowne Road
14th Nov 2006, 08:06 GMT
Irish football bids farewell to Lansdowne Road, its rickety home stadium of 35 years on Wednesday in what could hardly be less auspicious circumstances. A team in gradual decline since the Charlton era of the 1980s takes on San Marino, the smallest country participating in the Euro 2008 qualifiers -- and officially the worst team in the competition.
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