Troy Parrott will start for the Republic Of Ireland this evening in an international friendly against New Zealand at the Arriva stadium in Dublin, and the Tottenham boy must be absolutely brimming with confidence.
Tonight’s game is the lads’ first team full debut and the excitement will have been mounting for a while, as the starting line up was announced a day in advance by the FAI.
Ireland vs New Zealand will kick off at 7:45pm on Thursday 14th November 2019. Coverage begins from 7:40 on Sky Sports.
The Eire gaffer Mick McCarthy is an old football hand, and known for not mincing his words, so the praise given here is not to be taken lightly.
Parrott’s senior debut will of course require him to participate in a traditional initiation ceremony business of singing a song in front of his teammates – the thought of this ordeal doesn’t appear to have flustered the Dubliner.
