League of Ireland Dundalk made history following a 3-0 win in their Champions League third round qualifier.
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They could face the likes of Manchester City, Roma or Porto.
Irish football fans have gone from former global boss Giovanni Trapattoni claiming that “in Ireland there is no league”, to current manager Martin O’Neill staunchly backing the domestic game.
“We make the best of everything we have”, Kenny told Off The Ball.
But not even this minor inconvenience could derail the Dundalk boys, as they ran out deserved winners on a memorable rain-soaked night in the Irish capital.
“Everyone played to their potential and showed what good players they are”.
But Dundalk’s wonderboy of old Richie Towell was also a recurring theme on Twitter. Towell, the Lilywhites’ top scorer and star performer in 2015, departed for Brighton at the end of last season.
“It was fantastic for any person that was involved with the League of Ireland and puts their life and soul into the League of Ireland”. We had a meeting last night and everyone believed that we could do it.
O’Neill called into the dressing room afterwards – and his congratulations went down a lot better with the players than the FAI’s did with League of Ireland fans. I was cheering them on, to be fair. But when I thought more about it there were mitigating circumstances, such as the travelling. “To a man, they were brilliant”, Bolger said. The Borisov team will learn their rivals in the second biggest continental tournament on 5 August after the drawing ceremony takes place in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon Switzerland. I think it’s great for the league.
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The Louth club expect to confirm the venue for their home game before tomorrow’s draw as they would be expected to turn up in Switzerland with plans in place.
