How dream team can fill FAI coffers

If the incoming management team of Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane represent a breath of fresh air to the Ireland players, then the FAI can expect to benefit financially by a gust of goodwill from the public and corporate sector.

It hasn’t taken long for the groundswell to gain traction.

What looked to be another hard sell for the cash-strapped association in Friday week’s friendly against Latvia at the Aviva Stadium has translated overnight into a historic occasion that every Irish football fan wants a piece of.