Quinn keeping foot on the gas

Stephen Quinn admits he was pinching himself when, in short order, his unfancied Hull City side found themselves two goals to the good against Arsenal in last Saturday’s FA Cup final.

“I think was thinking, ‘Blow it up! Blow it up! Call it off now and we could lift the trophy’,” says the affable Dubliner. “Being that close, for the rest of your life you’d be thinking we were the nearly men against Arsenal.

“There is no shame in getting beaten by Arsenal but it’s a bit gutting going two goals up and then losing it in extra time. It’s heartbreaking.