Kevin Kilbane

What was the year?

2006 World Cup, wasn't it?

Yeah.

I think that's what ultimately cost us the place at that World Cup because...

We should have taken probably six points from both games and we ended up with two.

And 2-0 up, particularly in the home game, we were 2-0 up early, we were playing well.

I think Robbie Keane got injured in the game, actually, and went off.

And it just threw us all, I think, really.

Look, I can look at excuses across the course of my career.

I don't think we qualified for enough tournaments while I was playing international football and it's a huge regret.

But those Israel games in particular, I always remember that keeper and the play acting.

And it was very much around that sort of time as well where...

It wasn't the norm, play acting.

It was there, of course it was, but you didn't see it as so much in your face.

That game in particular, the time wasting, the play acting, anytime anyone touched him, rolling around the floor, trying to get our players sent off.

I just remember it being... It was one of those games where you look back on and you think, Jesus, if we'd have just...

maybe better manage that game over periods of time we would have won that game easily and we would have probably beat them over in Israel as well if we hadn't have managed those games better so big regret Owen from the two games absolutely yeah What was the thing that sparked the confrontation between yourself and Dudu Awad you mentioned the time wasting there

Yeah, it was overall.

I just remember every time one of our guys went near him, he was going down holding his faith.

He was rolling around.