Music plays for Hoops dreams

HOW much would you pay to hear Tony Britten’s Champions League anthem fill the evening air at your football club?

For Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the tally is already past half a billion. For the members of Shamrock Rovers, it’s closer to five grand apiece and counting.

On Tuesday night in Tallaght, the Hoops were first to redeem the rewards. When a bean counter has tears in his eyes before a single cheque is signed or cashed, you know you’ve crashed a special evening.