How the Irish fared: Robbie Brady slides out of glorious year with red card

A year that featured the glorious high of scoring Ireland’s winner against Italy in Lille ended in frustrating fashion for Robbie Brady as the Dubliner was sent off in Norwich City’s 0-0 Championship draw at Brentford on Saturday.

Just 10 minutes remained when Brady and Brentford midfielder Ryan Woods both went sliding into a full-blooded tackle. Woods came off worse in the exchange and Brady saw red.

It looked a slightly unjust call given both players dived into what looked like a 50-50 challenge.