Irish bookies Paddy Power have wrapped one of their Dublin betting shops in bubble wrap to protect against potential hooliganism from visiting English football fans.

Sunday sees the Republic of Ireland square off against England in an international friendly at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. To prepare for the expected influx of drunken English hooligans, Paddy decided to “yob-proof” tis adjacent Baggot Street betting shop by covering the shop’s exterior in bubble wrap.

This Sunday’s friendly comes 20 years after a similar match between the two countries was abandoned shortly after it started due to rowdy behavior by a UK neo-Nazi group, which sparked riots around Landowne Road stadium.

The official company line says the bubble wrap – which also covered a bicycle and car parked outside the shop, along with a (probably very confused) dog — was installed in the hope of “avoiding any damage that may come from violent yobs, knobs and hooligans who may infiltrate the Three Lions’ well-meaning travelling support.”