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Published 11:02 16 Jul 2016 BST
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"I managed to go and watch them against Italy. I was in Lille for a couple of days. All my friends and my uncle had come over and they booked me on the Eurostar with them. "It was really nice and obviously it was a brilliant game. When Robbie Brady scored at the end, they went mental. It was an amazing experience. It would have been brilliant to be there as part of the squad, but this was the second-best way.""Mental" is how he describes the scenes when Brady's header sent Ireland into the knockout stages. With a smile, he recalled:
"I probably shouldn’t have gone as mental as I did. I got jumped on from behind and the front. I’ve still got the bruises on my calf from the seats where we fell over. It’s not very often you see us win against Italy."Interestingly, Elliot says he was able to slip in and out of the joyous huddles of fans without being copped as Ireland's injured goalkeeper. "I had face paint on and probably was a bit tipsy," he said. "All the fans I saw were brilliant; they were immense." https://twitter.com/the_dilsh/status/745726766929616896 Elliot said it was brilliant to be a fan again. "You don't get that opportunity very often in football," he continued. "I really relished it. It's something that I'll always remember. It could have been different but I still had a great time." The 30-year-old is unlikely to be Newcastle's No.1 come the start of the Championship season but he should be pushing for that position again once he gets fully fit. Club first, country next. One milestone at a time.
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