If there’s one thing Ireland fans dream of, it’s a team of Gary Breens, writes Stephen Barry.

Now that dream has come true, in an advert for a SPAR fan competition to send a Team of Gary Breens to France.

We have previously brought up the general awfulness of football ads, so rare exceptions like Breen’s cameo stand out.

In fact, the hit-and-miss nature of these promotions can be summed up in the advertising career of Jason McAteer.

Here’s the bad…

And here’s the absolutely brilliant…

We bet Trigger is dreaming of a team of Gary Breens too.