Paddy Mulligan recalls Jimmy Holmes horror story following Coleman’s calamity

Different era, same trauma. For Séamus Coleman 2017 read Jimmy Holmes 1979.

Paddy Mulligan recalls Jimmy Holmes horror story following Coleman’s calamity
Mon, 27 Mar, 2017 - 01:00
Paul Kelly

Two full-backs – one right, one left - who suffered appalling leg injuries playing for the Republic of Ireland.

“I was screaming at Jimmy from the touchline,” recalls Paddy Mulligan, a substitute in Sofia that day 38 years ago.

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