Over the weekend of the 26th/28th February a party of 28 travelled to the North East of England for a weekend of R/R after the long football season. The group was made up of Players/Officers/Committee members/Supporters. The group left Belmullet, twice, in the heavy rain. The Party boarded a flight in Belfast in the evening, and on arriving at Newcastle the Erris United Vice President had arranged a bus to ferry the club to Durham, were they stayed, and later that evening the club played a friendly against a Dickie Ord (former Sunderland and England U21 International and now Durham City coach) eleven at the Club ground. Later again, that evening and morning, the party got to know the young and old in the social night spots. On Saturday, after a long lie in, the group were free to explore Durham and further afield. On Sunday the party travelled to Sunderland F.C. and the Stadium of Light where they were given a guided tour of the Stadium (As a rule, no stadium tours on match days, one off special for Erris). The Sunderland Chairman, Niall Quinn, welcomed Iorras Aontaithe/Erris United, before the afternoons game v Fulham, plus the club was featured in the match programme, the Iorras Chairman presented Naill with copy of the clubs 25th anniversary book. While waiting for their flight back to Belfast, later that evening, members of the group met Fulham F.C. and their Manager, Roy Hodgson when they were returning to London.
Pictures from a, great weekend, are now uploaded on the website, and each photo will say a thousand words, more photos will be added as they become available. Click on the page above. Copy Right on all photos.
Iorras Aontaithe with Niall Quinn in the Black Cats Bar