Turkish delight for Irish amateurs who aim to take on the world

NEVER write off those dreams of picking up an international cap. A cheeky drunken email has bagged eight Irish amateur footballers a place at the football tennis world championships in Turkey next month – even though they’ve never played the sport before.

Jamie Mulrooney had been enjoying a few drinks when he read about the Istanbul tournament, scheduled to run over three days from December 9.

Noting that free accommodation and meals were promised and probably recalling an occasional bout of head tennis in training, Mulrooney fired off an entry email to the organisers FIFTA.