Delaney: All the Hollywood goes out the window at showtime on Sunday

'This is probably our best time to be playing United,' the lifelong Red Devils fans said about the prospect of a giant-killing scalp.

GIANT-KILLER? Newport County's Ryan Delaney (L) fights for the ball with Eastleigh's Scott Quigley. Pic: GLYN KIRK, AFP, Getty Images

While the paucity of Irish managers in England is lamented, Ryan Delaney’s experience offers him optimism.

He will captain a Newport County team, managed by Dubliner Graham Coughlan, in Sunday’s glamour FA Cup tie and was previously under the guidance of Corkman Brian Barry-Murphy.