The best week of his life, was how Markus Poom described his last seven days following Shamrock Rovers 5-1 defeat to Chelsea in the UEFA Conference League on Thursday evening.
A strange sentiment, perhaps, following such a hefty defeat on the European stage, however, for Poom, this is certainly the exception after scoring the Rovers goal at the famous London venue, but more importantly, racing home to Estonia last Friday to become a new dad following the birth of his child.
The Rovers midfielder played a starring role for the Hoops last Thursday night in Tallaght Stadium when Stephen Bradley’s side made history by becoming the first Irish team to make it through to the knock-out stages of European…