Fans spokesman Gary McAllister says the treatment NI supporters received in Bulgaria was his 'worst experience' in 27 years of following the team.
NI fans spokesman Gary McAllister said Bulgarian police had turned down requests for the visiting supporters to be providing with shuttle buses to travel to the stadium in PlovdivNorthern Ireland fans spokesman Gary McAllister says the treatment the country's travelling supporters were subjected to at Sunday's Nations League game in Bulgaria was the "worst experience" he has encountered in 27 years of following the team.
This request was made when McAllister travelled to Bulgaria a couple of weeks before the game to discuss arrangements for the game with the Bulgarian Football Union and the local police. "In the end, they accommodated us from the Old Town to the stadium in the heat which took almost an hour and at one point, they had us standing there for 20 minutes and wouldn't allow us to proceed because they were searching through the streets for other Northern Ireland fans."
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