Vinny Perth might be taking charge of his first Champions League match when Dundalk take on Riga FC at Oriel Park tonight but the experience built up in recent years means he won’t be taking the Latvians lightly.

Dundalk will face a trip to Albania or Azerbaijan in the second qualifying round of the Champions League, should they defeat Riga FC.

They won the Latvian league-and-cup double in 2018, and continue to lead the league this season - much like Dundalk in the League of Ireland.

Noel Mooney has revealed he is open to Niall Quinn being part of the FAI’s ‘rebirth’ but admits tensions with the Government will not ease until he departs.

Skonto Riga 2 St Patrick’s Athletic 1: Liam Buckley was looking on the upside last night despite his St Patrick’s Athletic side losing their Europa League first leg tie away to Skonto Riga.

ROMAN PAVLYUCHENKO’S renaissance continues with the striker following up his scoring display at Wigan last Sunday with two more goals last night to set up Tottenham’s FA Cup quarter-final at Fulham.

DERRY CITY and St Patrick’s Athletic resume Europa League action today, but while both clubs go into their second leg second qualifying round games with 1-1 draws under their belts, the advantage ought to be with the Candystripes after they grabbed a precious away goal in the first leg of their game against Skonto Riga of Latvia.

Bolton 0 West Brom 0

Bohemians 2 FK Riga 1 (2-2 on aggregate. Riga win on away goal rule)

FK Riga 1 Bohemians 0

Latvia 1 Northern Ireland 0

Developer Tom Gilmartin says he would have built a very different development at Quarryvale in west Dublin if he had been allowed to develop the site.