'I think expectations are a bit unrealistic after last year' - Caulfield on Cork City's opening European tie

The map of Europe presents a very different picture now to the days John Caulfield was gnawing at the ankles of elite club defenders.

Back then, a trip to Estonia would have meant a trip to the outer reaches of the crumbling remnants of the Soviet Union, a grey backwater cautiously peering out at western Europe. These days it’s a popular weekend destination for Irish travellers and a symbol of the new Europe. Different times.

The mindset of Irish football has also changed forever since those pioneering days for Cork City and other League of Ireland teams.