Fulham defender Stephen Kelly is hoping to banish the memories of missing out on the 2010 World Cup Finals tonight by setting the Republic of Ireland up for a shot at the Euro 2012 Finals next summer.
A point in Dublin for the Irish against Armenia this evening would be enough to secure a play-off place once again, and after suffering heartbreak against the French in Paris two years ago, Kelly is in the mood to put things right tonight.
“The disappointment we had in France was so heart-wrenching and most of us were there to experience that,” said Kelly of Ireland's cruel World Cup qualification exit at the hands of the French.
"To go out the way we did left a sour taste in everybody's mouth. We don’t want something like that to happen again. We are really going to do everything in our power to make sure it doesn’t.
"It's so recent in all our memories, we don't want that to happen again or be in a situation where something like that could happen again.
“That makes us even more formidable in the play-offs because we’ve had our fingers burned. We have experience of them and go into games knowing what needs to be done.
“We are going to give our all and hopefully with a little bit of luck, we might not be in that situation.”
This evening's match between the Republic of Ireland and Armenia will be shown live on Sky Sports 1 from 6.30pm.