Grateful Kevin Doyle eager to enjoy another green day

In Ireland’s hour of need, Kevin Doyle is willing and able to help solve their striker crisis tomorrow night when a goal in Vienna might be badly needed.

The 33-year-old hasn’t featured in a competitive fixture under Martin O’Neill in over two years when he rung the changes for a cakewalk over Gibraltar in Dublin, but his recent success in the Major Soccer League suggests there’s plenty left to contribute by the Wexford man.

As the Irish squad landed in Austria, with fears easing over knocks to James McClean and John O’Shea, Doyle expressed his desire to be part of the action against one of Ireland’s main qualification rivals in Group D.