Patient Darren Randolph’s perfect guide to good time ‘keeping

Darren Randolph could hardly have picked a better time to keep a clean sheet at Anfield.

With Shay Given and David Forde both on the bench for their clubs at the weekend, the ‘keeper was able to take advantage of Adrian’s suspension to follow up on a fine performance against Bournemouth by helping West Ham to a shock 2-0 win against Liverpool and so spark speculation he could now be in line to make his competitive debut for Ireland against Gibraltar on Friday.

At 28, you could say the Bray man has had to bide his time and, having learned the virtues of patience, he’s not going to be tricked into counting any chickens.