Hair, flair and long throw-ins – the extraordinary rise of Keith Andrews at the Brentford helm

Brentford manager Keith Andrews applauds the fans after the final whistle in Tuesday’s Carabao Cup victory over Grimsby Town. Photo: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire

One afternoon a few years back, we found ourselves, via a mutual acquaintance, in a friendly fourball with Keith Andrews in Portmarnock (no, not the real one).

At the time, this was neither the egregious name drop nor the claim to fame it presumably comes across as. Andrews had had a slot on Newstalk a couple of years previous. He moved in the same circles as some Irish media types back then.