Picture 1 of 1

Stock photo

The Gaffers: Mick McCarthy, Roy Keane and the Team They Built,Pa - Picture 1 of 1

The Gaffers: Mick McCarthy, Roy Keane and the Team They Built. by Paul Howard (Paperback, 2002)

Chiron_Media_Store (1100499)

99.5% positive Feedback

Price:

£3.29

Free delivery in 2-3 days

Estimated between Thu, 22 May and Fri, 23 May

Returns:

30 days return. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay delivery label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.

Condition:

Good

Item Condition: used item in a good condition. Will be clean, not soiled or stained.

About this product

Product Information

01 September 2001, Lansdowne Road: Ireland vs Holland. With the Dutchmen standing firmly between them and the World Cup, the task Ireland faced seemed impossible to fulfil. What followed, however, was completely unexpected. In one of the biggest upsets ever seen in soccer the Irish team beat the formidable Dutch team to gatecrash the party. But for Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane - the chief architects of this extraordinary achievement - there was no warm victory embrace. They shook hands briefly and awkwardly. In a moment that foreshadowed the most extraordinary debacle in Irish sporting history, the manager and his captain behaved like strangers, with no hint of the cameraderie said to exist in the team. Paul Howard examines the complex and explosive dynamic between the two men who brought the Irish team to the World Cup, but whose relationship could not endure to the final round. He talks to the players, the management team and the fans, and raises serious questions about the FAI and its handling of the situation.