The big interview: Darren Randolph on Euro 2016, resilience and life after football
Former Ireland goalkeeper reflects on career highs, setbacks and his mission to mentor young players through his academy
THE LONG BALL: Darren Randolph switches onto his right side and launches the clearance that set up Shane Long for that long-remembered winner against Germany over a decade ago in a EURO 2016 Qualifier at the Aviva Stadium. Pic: Stephen McCarthy, Sportsfile
LAST month Darren Randolph flew over from London to go back to where it all began.
Forty years ago his father Ed met his mother Anne in a small town in Clare which had never seen a black man before or, even more incredulously, any man who could dunk a basketball.
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