Dublin men give it five

Red Lion, an amateur football team from Dublin, have reached the finals of the largest five-a-side football tournament in the…

Red Lion, an amateur football team from Dublin, have reached the finals of the largest five-a-side football tournament in the world. Tomorrow the team travels to Highbury, home of the Gunners, where they will play against 15 other sides for the Dreamcast Millennium Cup.

Some of the game's biggest names, including Terry Venables, Peter Beardsley, Dion Dublin and Peter Shilton, will be involved in coaching the finalists - out of sheer interest no doubt.

The competition kicked off in June 1999 and attracted over 4,000 teams from across Ireland and Britain to make it the largest tournament of its kind in the world.

Anthony Callaghan is the captain of Red Lion, which is actually a composite side of three Dublin five-a-side teams. Naturally the side are hoping for Dion to be their designated celebrity manager.