The dark backdrop to a golden goal

“I still don’t buy a pint when I come to Ireland,” says Jason McAteer.

“Listen, I’m the guy who did the hair commercial and if I hadn’t scored that goal, I’d be remembered for that.”

The former Ireland international is chuckling as he recalls the celebrated goal which condemned the Netherlands to defeat at Lansdowne Road in 2001 and sent Mick McCarthy’s team on their way to eventual qualification for the World Cup in Japan and Korea.