RTÉ News Short – Six One News (17/11/11) 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. www.rte.ie

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Tags: 17/11/11, bench, blags, Estonian, Irish, onto, Soccer

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