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Eamon Doggett

Wes Hoolahan immediately toasts Cambridge promotion with pint of Guinness

Wes Hoolahan toasted Cambridge United's promotion with a pint of Guinness on the full-time whistle.

The Irish playmaker scored a free-kick as Cambridge coasted to a 3-0 victory over Grimsby yesterday to secure promotion to League Two.

And the Dubliner, who turns 39 this month, didn't take long to start celebrating the feat with a pint of stout.

Hoolahan has been earning rave reviews this season despite his advancing years and has been instrumental in Cambridge finishing second behind champions Cheltenham.

The midfielder moved to Cambridge after a stint in Australia which followed a long time in English football that included a ten-year spell at Norwich City.

Now Hoolahan has the odd distinction of playing under a manager, Mark Bonner, who is three years his junior.

"I was training with Cambridge a couple of years ago because I knew (former manager) Colin Calderwood," he told Sky Sports earlier this year.

"I was on the verge of signing, but then ended up going to Australia.

Wesley Hoolahan in action for Cambridge United (Mark Fletcher/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"I wanted to come back and give it a go and see how it goes. I ended up meeting with Bonner a few weeks before pre-season started. We had a good chat and the rest is history.

"I'm really enjoying it. We've got a great group of lads full of enthusiasm and it's been a great experience. Obviously at the moment it's difficult with the pitches and stuff like that, but I'm getting through it!

"My game is trying to get onto the ball as much as I can, to make passes and create and score goals. It's been no different to my game in the Championship or Premier League."

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