Doolin relishing ‘a bit of a derby’

IT MIGHT, in reality, be the Airtricity League versus the Football Conference but any meeting of Ireland and England comes with added spice and tonight’s International Challenge Trophy game at the RSC in Waterford (7.30) is no exception.

Paul Doolin, the manager of the Irish U23s, is certainly relishing the challenge.

“It’s nearly hard to believe that the game is upon us because we’ve been looking forward to it for so long at this stage,” says the former Cork City boss. “I think it’s going to be a great game of football between two sides that will be going out to win the match.