Adam in the Garden of Eden

For those with only a passing interest in football, it might have seemed as if Adam Idah came out of nowhere to dominate the sports headlines last weekend, as the 18-year-old from Douglas marked his FA Cup debut for Norwich with a stunning hat-trick in their 4-2 victory over Preston.

But, of course, as with any ‘overnight sensation’, in reality the Ireland U21 international has been a work in progress ever since taking his first baby steps as a footballer with his boyhood club in Cork, College Corinthians.