Dundalk take on Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel on Thursday in a make-or-break fixture in the Europa League group stages.
Despite putting in some fantastic performances on the journey so far, they go into the final group game needing a favour from Zenit St.Petersburg and a positive result to guide them through to the knockout stages.
There will of course be fans making the long journey over to watch the Lillywhites, and Eir Sport decided to reward two of them who were making the same trip as the players by upgrading them to VIP seats for the match.
Stephen O'Donnell took to the PA system to announce that two Dundalk superfans who have followed the team everywhere had the VIP tickets waiting for them.
With the help of @DundalkFC & @StephenODonne6, we had a little surprise for two Lilywhites fans on the flight to Israel today! #LOIinEurope pic.twitter.com/KFxZaFbT87
— eir Sport (@eirSport) December 6, 2016
A lovely gesture, and it's so refreshing to see the tickets given to fans who have proven their support by going above and beyond the call of duty, rather than a standard giveaway. Fair play to Eir Sport.
Best of luck to Stephen O'Donnell and the all of the Dundalk lads, Thursday's match kicks off at 6pm and it really is unmissable for Irish football fans as there's a chance that we could be witnessing a very memorable night for the League of Ireland.
