Look back in wonder

SO all we need from the FAI Cup decider tomorrow is a 4-3 thriller, featuring at least two candidates for goal of the season, one save to rival Banks against Pele and, just to keep the fantasy football dream intact, a hat-trick. Or two.

Failing that, we will settle for a display of good, attacking football, a couple of goals, and enough end-to-end action to impress the television audience and keep a big crowd glowing on an early winter’s afternoon at Lansdowne Road.

That, at least, would be a match in keeping with the dramatic highs of the year, as the curtain comes down on a memorable domestic football season.