Folan gives Trap food for thought

YOU know it is a night for the diehards when a soon-to-be 37-year-old Andrew Cole is the most famous face on show, but Giovanni Trapattoni’s ‘B’ boys did their best to raise their own profiles with a comfortable win over the English visitors.

Others have tread this path before them. After all, Denis Irwin, Terry Phelan and Niall Quinn all played on an Irish ‘B’ team that beat England in Turner’s Cross in 1990.

Of more interest to last night’s hopefuls will be the case of Glenn Whelan who featured for the ‘B’ side the last time they togged out, against Scotland in Airdrie 11 months ago.