Aciéries d'Angleur was the name of a local steel manufacturing company originally based in the Liège districts of Tilleur and Angleur.
[3] On 12 February 1928 the two national teams had played at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in Liège with Ireland winning 4-2.
Four Bohemians players - Harry Cannon, Jack McCarthy, Jeremiah Robinson and Jimmy White - had all featured in this game.
[4] These international matches subsequently resulted in Bohemians receiving an invite to play in the Aciéries d'Angleur Tournoi.
The game against Charleroi on 15 August resulted in a minor diplomatic incident when, as the teams were led out onto the pitch, the Union Jack rather than the flag of Ireland was raised, much to the consternation of the Bohemian club's management and the local Irish consul, Count Patrick J. O’Byrne.
On 16 August a party representing Bohemians, led by Joe Wickham, met with Count O’Byrne and arranged to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to honour the Irish dead of the First World War.
[5] A number of Bohemians players, including Harold Sloan, had served in the military during the war.
Following the ceremony, O’Byrne also presented Bohemians with an Ireland flag in order to prevent a repeat of the Charleroi episode.