Enda McEvoy: Have soccer and hurling got what they deserved? 

So four years after the departure of He Who Must Not Be Named, the FAI still can’t be left to their own devices. Who’da thunk it, eh? Even Jonathan Hill, appointed as the next CEO and general new broom, wound up getting sucked into the hellmouth.

TIMES UP: Stephen Kenny was a victim of the system as much as he was a failure in the Ireland job. With a good team, capable of playing the kind of football he preached, he might have been a good Irish manager, argues our columnist. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

This is how Stephen Kenny’s tenure ends. Not with a bang but with a game of bingo. The predictabilities all present, receipted and filed.

A 1-1 draw against lowly opposition, in this case the team ranked 103rd in the world? Put a ring around that number (or whatever it is bingo players do).