In March 2007, an important event took place at Croke Park when Ireland’s footballers took on Wales. It was the first time Ireland’s footballers had played at Croke Park but all the history seemed to have been used up a month earlier when the Irish rugby team had played England. Some did their best to give it significance. “I never thought sport would beat politics but it has,” Niall Quinn, who always feels the hand of history on his shoulder, was quoted as saying. The game, if anything, was a reminder of how quickly sport moves forward rather than looks…

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