Philip Quinn

has watched Irish football managers stand up, and also fall apart, as the pressure of the biggest job in Irish football presented itself.

As Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane exit stage left after failing players and supporters over the last 12 months, Quinn remembers those who came before them - from Eoin Hand to Jack Chalrton, and the fast days of Brian Kerr, Steve Staunton and unflappable Giovanni Trapattoni.