Seven ambitions for Martin O’Neill’s Ireland 2015

Can Ireland grab a ticket for Euro 2016 in France?

O’Neill and his players have to make the most of home advantage against Poland and Scotland.

We’ve grown so accustomed to the increasingly popular and baleful view of football as a sport ruined by avarice, cheating and self-interest that it can be easy to overlook the beauty still to be found in the beautiful game.