TRAPATTONI WAS KEITH'S INSPIRATION

KEITH ANDREWS has paid tribute to his former Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni and ex-Ireland rugby head coach Joe Schmidt for their roles in his journey to becoming a Premier League manager at Brentford.

- By MARK McCADDEN

Andrews, who also served as assistant manager during Stephen Kenny's Ireland reign, led the Bees to a 2-2 draw against Chelsea at the weekend.

He described how he worked with the Ireland underage squads for free over an 18-month period.

"I went to so many different football clubs, I spent a lot of time with the IRFU and Joe Schmidt, in Gaelic football, hurling, lots of different environments just trying to absorb everything," Andrews told the official Brentford website.