Kyle's night as Ireland draw in Sweden

We'd all watched England go down to a 2-1 defeat in Russia, then tuned in to see Graham Alexander play left back in Scotland's 2-0 defeat against Georgia in Tbilisi. Meanwhile over in Liechtenstein, Joey Gudjonsson played just short of an hour as Iceland embarrassingly went down to a 3-0 defeat.

But in Stockholm, with Sweden leading 1-0, Kyle latched onto a long ball on the left hand side of the pitch. He shrugged off defender Mellberg with some ease, cutting inside him and curling a right foot shot into the corner giving goalkeeper Isaksson no chance.

It probably wasn't enough to get the Irish into the finals, they lost that chance last month with defeats in Latvia and Iceland, but it meant Kyle was leaving the pitch with a massive smile on his face and receiving fulsome praise from the likes of Jim Magilton.

Again Steve Jones was an unused sub and there was no place either for former Claret Danny Coyne in the Welsh side. His place was taken by Lewis Price with John Toshack's side earning maximum points with a 2-1 win against football heavyweights San Marino in Serravalle.

But this was Kyle's night - his third international goal in his thirteenth game. And according to the experts his value has gone up even further. Well done Kyle.

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