Fiesty affair ends all square Fiesty affair ends all square
Scotland0-0Northern IrelandWhoever thought that this was just a friendly,Will be eating hiswords,Tempers evenflared before thefirst kick.When the traditional National anthemGod save the Queen was sung,It was met by thousands of jeers from the home crowd,An act in whichsurely boiled the tempers of the Northern
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