Starlet Sean living the Irish dream

IT’S BEEN boyhood dreams come true all the way for Sean Scannell over the past few months.

First, there was Alex Ferguson presenting him with the Irish Examiner Junior Sports Award for soccer at a gala lunch in Dublin.

Then came a first cap at U21 level against Montenegro in Galway. After that there was the ultimately disappointing business of contesting the Championship play-offs with Crystal Palace, for whom he has been in eye-catching form since breaking into the first team this season.