Barney Breen. That name rings a bell. Wasn’t he the chap in charge of the Leitrim footballers in 2013? Didn’t he win a Connacht medal with them, too, as a player back in ’94?

The days of the stereotypical punter wearing a shabby raincoat, biro in hand, with a cigarette hanging from the side of his mouth as he studies the form are, it seems, history.

Shamrock Rovers will hope to claim their first FAI Cup title since 1987 when they face Fanad United at Dalymount Park.