My girls loved their first League of Ireland game — they nearly got a high-five from Zac Elbouzedi

The skill is high, the surface is good, there was drama because St Pat’s went down a goal to Waterford at the start

Colm O'Regan: 'I should say upfront, I am not a proper League of Ireland fan. I watch the highlights of the Greatest League in the World on YouTube. Man ‘Discovers’ A Thing Everyone Else Already Knew About columns are too common. But it reinforced something I’ve been ageing into.'

A quick scan of the ticket, a beep and we’re in! Me and the two small girls wandering around the ground trying to find a place to lean where they can see at least some of the pitch. They’re at their first League of Ireland match. Yes, it should have been Cork City, but going to a St Patrick’s Athletic game five minutes walk away from home is a compromise.

It’s also a vaccine against them accidentally turning into Dublin GAA supporters and before you know it singing BOOM BOOM BOOM lemmehearyasay JAYO. The signs are positive.