Irish fans welcome English team

Only 3,000 England supporters are making the trip to Euro 2012 to cheer on their players

Only 3,000 England supporters are making the trip to Euro 2012 to cheer on their players. But never fear, Irish fans more than made up the numbers to greet the England squad when they arrived at their Kraków base yesterday.

As the footage reveals, in the spirit of being neighbourly, Roy Hodgson and his band of merry men were greeted in Poland by renditions of the Fields of Athenry, You’ll Never beat the Irish and even the national anthem - that's Amhrán na bhFiann, not God Save the Queen.

Damian Cullen

Damian Cullen

Damian Cullen is Health & Family Editor of The Irish Times