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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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By Grinne N. Aodha

Security plans ahead of 1995 Lansdowne Road riot ‘not clearly understood’

English fans rioted during a friendly at Lansdowne Road in 1995 (PA) - (PA Archive)

A report into a riot by English spectators at a football match between England and Ireland in Dublin in 1995 found pre-game safety decisions and information was “not clearly understood”, according to archive documents.

The Lansdowne Road riot broke out in the first half of the friendly match on February 15, 1995.

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