Tommy Martin: Even if it's fleeting glimpse of glory, Troy allowed us to love again

Even if Ireland don’t qualify for the World Cup, we might see that night in Budapest as part of an historic narrative turning point.

TROY OF THE ROVERS: Ireland's Troy Parrott and Séamus Coleman celebrate. Pic: ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Wayne Rooney had a point. He was wrong. But he had a point.

“I think it was a little bit over the top,” he declared to rest of the Stick To Football podcast crew in the days after Troy Parrott and all that. He said, watching the celebrations, that it looked like we’d qualified. Just checked again – dammit, we haven’t. (Feel free to check out the Airbnb situation in downtown Guadalajara by the way. No judgement here.)