Givens, who was Jack Charlton’s assistant manager at both Wednesday and the senior
Whelan was instrumental in grabbing the game by the scruff of it’s neck when Ireland were 2-0 down only to level thanks to goals from Stephen Elliott and John Fitzgerald.
Givens praised his ‘magnificent’ performance by saying: “We have decent players all over the pitch but for my mind he stood out for his passing of the ball and trusty defensive duties - he did everything that was asked of him.”
Meanwhile, Alan Quinn did not even make the bench for the full team in their game against the Poles –