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17th Jun 2016

Ex-Irish international Keith Andrews is giving away his Ireland v Italy tickets to one lucky fan

Eric Lalor

There might be a bit of a scramble for these tickets.

Former Irish international Keith Andrews is giving away a pair of his tickets to Ireland’s vital last group game against Italy in Lille next Wednesday.

Andrews, who is co-hosting a weekly Euro 2016 live show every Saturday on Radio Nova with your humble reporter, will give away the tickets on the show this Saturday.

PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 13: Ireland players celebrate their team's first goal during the UEFA EURO 2016 Group E match between Republic of Ireland and Sweden at Stade de France on June 13, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

As we can see from all the videos, there are about 17 million Irish fans in France right now and these tickets are like gold dust. Keith had a pair and has decided to offer them as a competition prize during the show.

Keith told JOE: “I’m busy doing media work and a couple of my pals can’t go now either.

“I’ve said before how much it meant that the fans stuck by us throughout a disappointing Euro 2012. I will never ever forget ‘The Fields of Athenry’ bellowing out around the stadium in Gdansk when we were losing 4-0 to Spain.

GDANSK, POLAND - JUNE 14: Andres Iniesta of Spain and Keith Andrews of Republic of Ireland compete for the ball during the UEFA EURO 2012 group C match between Spain and Ireland at The Municipal Stadium on June 14, 2012 in Gdansk, Poland. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

“After witnessing the Green Army first hand as a fan in Paris on Monday, I have now seen it both from a player’s and fan’s perspective. Tickets have been very hard to come by so if I can get two genuine Irish fans into the stadium then happy days.”

Details on how to win the tickets will be revealed on the show on Radio Nova on Saturday afternoon from 12pm-2pm, when the lucky winner will be revealed.

Sound man, Keith.

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