When Ireland's sweetest sixteens took the European Championship

They were Ireland’s sweet 16s, the little team that could and did, bucking all the odds and overcoming three of the game’s traditional superpowers along the way, to lift the European Championship trophy in Scotland on this day in 1998.

8 May 1998; The Republic of Ireland’s U16 Team celebrate following the UEFA Under-16 Championship Final Republic of Ireland v Italy at McDiarmid Park in Perth, Scotland. Photo by David Maher/Sportsfile.

Liam Mackey recalls how Brian Kerr’s kids made Irish football history by lifting the U16 European Championship trophy on this day in 1998.