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We Got A Great Big Convoy
Northern Ireland are set to play Wales at Windsor Park tomorrow and the fans are planning on taking a convoy of open-top buses from the city centre up to the ground. The buses will set off from Custom House Square at 12:45 and travel past the City Hall, along the Dublin Road, past Shaftsbury Square and up the Lisburn Road to the ground.
It all sounds like great crack and hopefully I won't miss it (don't ask - fascist slavedrivers at work). If I catch it I'll be sure to post photos here.
The match starts at 2:00pm with coverage on BBC Northern Ireland. If Northern Ireland somehow win both their remaining games (the other is Austria on Wednesday) they could finish 3rd in the group.
Follow up:
Part of the reason for the bus journey is to celebrate the side's recent win over England in their last match, and also because it's the closest they can come to replicating the march to an away match here in Belfast. When supporters travel to a match overseas there is usually a march from the City Centre to the stadium, however in Belfast such a march would have to be approved by the Parades Commission. No, I'm not joking - and doubtless, someone, somewhere, would get "offended" and kick up a fuss.
More info on the cavalcade at Our Wee Country's forum in the section on the Wales game.