The Irish team will take to the stage in today’s Furusiyya Series nations cup at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show aiming to continue some stellar performances by the home contingent.

Football these days is full of greedy young men and grasping young women, players and their WAGs, a set of people who inhabit a world of their own, utterly separate from the world of their fans.

David Balleri, one of five players referred to the Italian football federation’s disciplinary commission on suspicion of match-fixing, says he feels “angered” by the accusations made against him.