Northern Ireland v Austria

CALLING OCCUPANTS OF INTERPLANETARY KOP

One of the great joys of going to Northern Ireland away matches is sharing the camaraderie you only get with the GAWA.

Hi Donald. When did you start following Northern Ireland and becoming one of the GAWA? My father took me to my first away game in Luxembourg in 2013. Unfortunately it was a night to forget but I was hooked. The GAWA were awesome and I was now a superfan. Plus I’m green... and all the other teams that play in green are rubbish! Quite so. Who's your Earthling family? I generally get carried about by Button and a group of the GAWA from Lisburn and Craigavon. I’ll stay with them until I get a better offer. Can’t think who, but are you named after anyone famous? I had a fine head of hair in Basel and it was styled like Donald Trump. However, he’s not too keen on aliens, although I am legal.

And there’s one fan I have long dreamed of meeting; someone who brightens up the lives of everyone he meets and, even when deflated, always has a look of wonder on his face. He may be from another planet (which, I’ll agree, is something you could say for any number of GAWA members) but he’s proudly green, inside and out. And, lo, my dream came true when I bumped into this roving supporter at the Vienna fanzone ahead of our Austria match. I’m talking, of course, about Donald The Alien. And, back on Planet Belfast, the Windsor Road Rocketman has agreed to share his story with all you fellow footy fans. I think you’ll agree his musings are, quite simply, out of this world.

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