Defender Damien Delaney won his fifth Republic of Ireland cap as a very late sub as his side beat Italy 2-0 in a friendly in Liege this evening. Delaney came on in the fourth minute of injury time after Keith Andrews and Simon Cox, a Town loan target earlier in the year, had netted a goal in either half.

Former Blues loanee Darren O’Dea played 83 minutes, while exiting Town keeper Brian Murphy is still waiting to win his first cap having again been an unused substitute.

Preston winger Keith Treacy, believed to be a player interesting Blues boss Paul Jewell, came on in the 75th minute and his Lilywhites team-mate Sean St Ledger, the subject of a Town bid in January, played the full 90 minutes.

Elsewhere, Town keeper Márton Fülöp was left out of the 18 as Hungary won 3-0 in San Marino in a Euro 2012 qualifier.

Jaime Peters was an unused sub as Canada kicked off their CONCACAF Gold Cup group games with a 2-0 defeat to hosts the US in Detroit.

Republic of Ireland: David Forde, Kevin Foley (Glenn Whelan 60), Seamus Coleman, Darren O'Dea (Stephen Kelly 83), Paul McShane, Sean St Ledger, Stephen Ward (Damien Delaney 94), Keith Andrews, Stephen Hunt, Andrew Keogh (Keith Treacy 75), Shane Long (Simon Cox 60).

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Loyal_S added 22:54 - Jun 7 94th Minute...must of made an impact.
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StochesStotasBlewe added 23:12 - Jun 7 Good run out then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Eireannach_gorm added 00:55 - Jun 8 He had no-one to take out. Robbie wasn't playing.
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DiamondGezzer added 06:16 - Jun 8 A feather in his cap !
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bedsitfc added 06:55 - Jun 8 now that irelands games are finished will be interesting to see if treacy signs for us, i think it would be a very good signing along with st ledger and cox (dreaming again).
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Radlett_blue added 07:36 - Jun 8 1. Why play an international friendly in June (Italy in Belgium?!?). 2. Why make a substitution in the 4th minute of injury time?
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dirtydingusmagee added 08:24 - Jun 8 just in time to hug the team as they came off then , gained international cap though,have to remember how easy that is when eyeing up prospective ''internationals'' signings.
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Bergholtblue added 09:38 - Jun 8 Echo Radlett Blue. Just what you need after a long hard season, a meaningless friendly. Still at least he shoudln't be exhausted after playing his part and will be able to come back to Town after his holiday refreshed and ready to go.
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tractorintheloft added 11:28 - Jun 8 100% pass completion
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Topps added 15:14 - Jun 8 My first thought when reading the headline was "how the hell did Italy not manage to score with Delaney at the back". Then I read the content and the answer became clear!
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ITFC4daprem added 16:29 - Jun 8 not worth a cap
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