Gretna’s Scottish Cup fairytale ended today as the team from the small border town lost the final to hot favourites Heart of Midlothian following a thrilling penalty shoot-out.

Multi-millionaire football fan Brooks Mileson is in talks with St Patrick’s Athletic about sponsoring the club.

One of the prospective buyers of Shamrock Rovers, Brooks Mileson, is still interested in investing in the eircom League with St Patrick’s Athletic and Bray Wanderers top of his short-list.