Lilywhites looking for a fairytale finish

Had you predicted a few years back that the 2014 SSE Airtricity League Premier Division title race would be a straight shootout between Dundalk and Cork City, you’d have to forgive people for giving you a few strange looks.

While Cork’s problems of recent years are well documented, Dundalk are equally fortunate to still even be in existence.

The Louth club might not have went before the courts in the public manner that their opponents on Friday night did, but they were equally on the brink of going out of business just over two years ago.