Madam, – Should France go on to win the World Cup (an albeit remote prospect), might the FAI ask its Gallic counterpart to consider the possibility of the victorious French team playing Ireland in a “friendly” at the new Aviva Stadium?
Such an encounter would go a long way towards restoring the splendid entente cordiale that existed between our two great sporting nations before you-know-who’s infamous “hand of Gaul” denied Ireland a chance to compete against the crème-de-la- crème of world soccer on the playing fields of South Africa. – Yours, etc,