Seamus Coleman chasing elusive Euro dream

As a teetotaller, Seamus Coleman couldn’t even drown his sorrows at missing out on featuring at the last two international tournaments.

Giovanni Trapattoni didn’t feel the emergence of the full-back at Everton was of sufficient pace to earn him a berth in Ireland’s Euro 2012 squad whilst his ambitions of reaching the World Cup two years later were crushed as the Italian’s reign ended with a fourth-place finish in their group.

Watching the Toffees’ English contingent of Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines and Ross Barkley, along with USA’s Tim Howard, voyage to Brazil for the World Cup last year whilst he put his feet up was not Coleman’s idea of fun.