When Ireland went four years without a win: Paddy Mulligan recalls nightmare run

Mulligan, who won a European Cup Winners’ Cup medal with Chelsea in 1971, is well placed to talk about Ireland’s current dismal run

CLEAN SHEET: Hungary keeper Antal Szentmihály defies an Ireland attack in the visitors’ 2-0 win at Dalymount Park in June 1969. Picture: SSPL/Getty Images

The FAI should have created a pathway for Stephen Kenny to work with Mick McCarthy prior to succeeding him as manager of the senior national team, according to former Republic of Ireland defender Paddy Mulligan.

“I think Stephen’s in a horrendous position at present because the transition was handled badly,” says Mulligan, capped 50 times between 1969 and 1979.