WHEN the thin red line of Shelbourne players file out of the Dalymount Park tunnel before they face neighbours Bohemians in an FAI Cup tie this evening, it will evoke a time when cash slushed around domestic football.

THE FAI yesterday welcomed a €15 million government investment in football in Ireland.

Cork City and the Sligo-Leitrim and District League will meet in the final of this year’s Enda McGuill under-21 League Cup on Saturday at Turners Cross at 7pm.

GOALKEEPER JJ Hartigan emerged the hero, saving two penalties in a tension-packed shootout, as Limerick and District League won the FAI Youths Inter-League final at Belfield Park yesterday.

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