Saints’ Euro heroes bid to close on Rovers

JUDGING by the number of times he was name-checked in the post-game analysis, you’d swear that Borat had been man of the match after St Patrick’s Athletic knocked IBV of Iceland out of the Europa League in Inchicore on Thursday night.

Asked about the prospect of journeying to Kazakhstan for Thursday’s next round game against Karandy, striker Daryl Kavanagh said: “I didn’t think it was a real place until now! I thought it was just in the movies.

“The lads were having a bit of craic saying they were going to get Borat costumes. But in all seriousness, Pete [Mahon] and John [Gill] were saying: ‘Lads, it doesn’t matter where you go, it will always be great memories. But you’re not going over there for a holiday, you’re going to win’.’’