Never a dull moment in green for memory man Kelly

His official title might be Goalkeeping Coach but, as far as the media are concerned, Alan Kelly also doubles as a superb tour guide for trips down memory lane.

So, with the minnows from the North Atlantic about to wash up on our shores, the affable Kelly is the obvious man to ask about an occasion when Ireland spectacularly came undone against another team of little ‘uns – away to Liechtenstein in a Euro qualifier back in 1995.

Jack Charlton was the manager and Kelly was the man between the posts for a match in Eschen which, in the immortal words of the late journalist Peter Ball, saw “Ireland held 0-0 by a mountaintop”.