Conor Sammon rises to occasion

How the Irish fared: It’s a football tradition. Club opts to dispose of player. The player finds new club. The old and the new meet and the player returns to haunt former employers.

On Saturday that player was Conor Sammon. The Derby striker joined Ipswich on a season-long loan last August but after scoring just once for the Tractor Boys the deal was cut short, allowing Sammon to join Rotherham on loan in January.

“We’ve got him for 12 months but it’s completely unfair if he’s not going to play. I’m depriving him of playing, so he’s moved on,” Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy said at the time.