Ireland's Under-17 World Cup campaign comes to an end, as Switzerland win 3-1. With everyone expecting Rory Finneran to cross from a free-kick out left, he goes for goal, but the Swiss keeper is equal to it. There are SEVEN minutes of additional time.

Troy Parrott was left crying tears of joy after scoring a remarkable 96th-minute winner to secure his hat-trick and the Republic of Ireland a World Cup play-off spot by beating Hungary 3-2.

Five goals from Troy Parrott stole the show – but it was a group effort from Heimir Hallgrimsson's side that has kept World Cup hopes alive

Troy Parrott’s last-minute winner against Hungary gave Ireland a thrilling comeback win in Budapest to keep the Irish's 2026 World Cup hopes alive.

No other competition inspires such uncomplicated, widespread joy. When you strip it back to its core, the World Cup is cynicism-proof

Within four days, Parrott first fired the Irish into the World Cup playoffs almost single-handedly, with a brace against Portugal and then a hat-trick in Hungary. The last time Ireland took part in a World Cup was 23 years ago. That same year, Parrott was born.

Ireland capped off with a dramatic fightback against Hungary in World Cup qualifying to keep their hopes of a spot in next summer's tournament.

On this day in 2009, Ireland were cheated out of a World Cup place by a handball, with the Boys in Green on the wrong end of one of the most grievous handballs in the history of football.In a World