Forward-looking Duff ready to start Euro journey with Shels

Damien Duff prefers to look forward, rather than be sentimental about Shelbourne’s first European foray for 17 years.

EURO-BOUND: Shelbourne head coach Damien Duff. Picture: Bryan Keane, Inpho

Shelbourne’s financial collapse of the noughties stemmed from aspiring to inhabit the Champions League group stages Damien Duff was a regular part of.

Almost 20 years on and the club and player have the shared ambition of hurdling a round of the subsidiary Conference League against Gibraltarian opposition.