“Much love and respect to the Irish people… We will never forget your solidarity. ” This was the message from one Kosovan football fan page this week about the Irish Government’s decision to refuse visas for the Yugoslavian team to play a Euro 2000 qualifier in Dublin in June 1999 over war crimes being perpetrated in Kosovo at the time.  This was echoed across several other prominent sports social media pages in the run up to the young country’s clash with Ireland on Thursday in the Nations League. (I am sure they were also grateful for our performance on the…

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