No Turkish delight as play-off ends in melee

OF all Ireland’s play-off defeats, this one was the hardest to take.

It ended with Tony Cascarino being punched and kicked on his way off the pitch at the Ataturk Stadium – by a fan – and when the dust settled the Turks blamed our Cas for the entire melee.

It was a fittingly glum end to a campaign that had promised so much.