Ryanair News

News Release

21.06.12

Ryanair Urges Irish Football Fans To Forget The Euros And Get Behind Their Real Teams – In England!

Ryanair, Europe’s only ultra-low cost airline, today (21 June) called on all Irish football fans to forget their Euro 2012 nightmares and start concentrating on their ‘real’ football teams in the English Premier League. The fixtures for the 2012-13 season were released on the very day Ireland slumped to their third defeat of the European Championships against Italy and the countdown to the new league campaign is already underway.

Ryanair carries thousands of football supporters to and from Ireland every weekend and bookings for the August kick-off are already growing steadily, with fans eager to get over the disappointment of the national side’s humiliation in Poland. Fans are urged to log onto www.ryanair.com to secure seats on Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fare flights ahead of the big kick-off on Sat 18 Aug.

Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:

“After the crushing disappointment of watching Ireland concede nine goals in three games, Irish football fans are counting down the days until the new season kicks-off, when they can get back to following their real teams in the English Premier League. Thousands of football fans fly with Ryanair every weekend and we’re already seeing supporters of the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and champions Manchester City booking seats for the all-important kick-off on 18^th August. Seats will be booked up fast so fans are urged to log on to www.ryanair.com and get ready for the new season.”

Saturday 18^th August*	Fly With Ryanair To:
Arsenal v Sunderland	London Stansted
Everton v Man Utd	Liverpool
Fulham v Norwich	London Gatwick
Man City v Southampton	Manchester
Newcastle v Tottenham	Newcastle
QPR v Swansea	London Gatwick
Reading v Stoke	London Gatwick
West Brom v Liverpool	Birmingham
West Ham v Aston Villa	London Stansted
Wigan v Chelsea	Manchester

*fixtures are subject to change due to television scheduling