Dundalk and Drogheda United meet at Oriel Park tonight for their FAI Ford Cup fourth round replay (kick-off 7.45pm).

Drogheda United 1 Dundalk 1

Drogheda United take on rivals Dundalk in the fourth round of the FAI Ford Cup at Hunky Dorys Park tonight (kick-off 7.45pm).

IF they were to get their season back on track, St Pat’s were going to do it against Drogheda — a side they had comfortably beaten twice earlier in the season.

St Patrick's Athletic 4 Drogheda United 0

Drogheda United 2 Dundalk 2

Drogheda Utd 2 Dundalk 2

Shamrock Rovers return to domestic action when they take on Drogheda United at Hunky Dorys Park tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

CORK CITY FORAS CO-OP’S hopes of launching a promotion push in the second half of the season received a setback at Turner’s Cross last night, as Limerick boosted their own chances of going up by taking all three points in a thoroughly entertaining game.

BOHEMIANS have been drawn against Welsh side TNS (now The New Saints, formerly Total Network Solutions) in the Champions League second round qualifying round.

MANAGER Tommy Dunne heaved a sigh of relief after his Cork City side squeaked through against Bluebell United in their FAI Ford Cup 3rd round replay at the Carlisle Grounds on Tuesday evening.

Cork City 1 Derry City 1

MANAGER Tommy Dunne is set to name his strongest side this evening when Cork City host Division One leaders Derry City in one of the biggest games of the season so far at Turner’s Cross (7.45pm).

Shelbourne 1 Cork City Foras Co-Op 1

Dundalk 0 St. Patrick’s Athletic 1

St Patrick’s Athletic will be missing influential centre-half Jason Gavin as they travel north to take on Dundalk at Oriel Park tonight (kick-off 7.45pm).

Galway United boss Ian Foster is hoping that his side can make it three wins in eight days when they travel to play Dundalk at Oriel Park, kick-off 7.45pm.

COBH Ramblers chairman Barry Walsh last night welcomed what he described as a “landslide victory” in favour of an FAI rescue proposal that will see the club sell and lease back St Colman’s Park in an effort to wipe out crippling debts.

St Patrick’s Athletic boss John McDonnell has urged his players to “make a name for themselves” as they prepare to take on Bundesliga outfit Hertha Berlin in the first leg of their UEFA Cup first-round clash

St Patrick's Athletic travel to Dalymount Park tonight to take on league leaders Bohemians, (kick-off 7.45pm).

St Patrick's Athletic entertain Waterford United in tonight's eircom League of Ireland Premier Division clash at Richmond Park, kick-off 7.45pm.

Longford Town will be hoping to edge closer to the pack as they entertain St Patrick's Athletic in tonight's eircom League of Ireland Premier Division clash at Flancare Park, kick-off 7.30pm.

Waterford United take on league leaders St Patrick's Athletic in tonight's eircom League of Ireland Premier Division clash at the RSC tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

Derry City midfielder Ciarán Martyn is set to return to the Brandywell next month from Norwegian side Fredrikstad.

SOME NEW faces ought to be on show when eircom League leaders St Patrick’s Athletic travel to the RSC to play second from bottom Waterford United in the Premier Division tonight.

Leinster-bound Leicester Tiger Shane Jennings and former Munster coach Alan Gaffney have been nominated as the Guinness Premiership Player and Coach of the season, respectively.

Drogheda United v Derry City team news

Victory for Linfield in tonight's Group 1 clash with Derry City at the Brandywell would almost certainly guarantee the Blues qualification for this year's Setanta Cup semi-finals, kick-off 8.05pm.

JOHN FROST wants in-form St. Patrick’s Athletic to put their Setanta Sports Cup semi-final qualification ‘to bed’ with victory over Dungannon Swifts at Richmond Park tonight.

All the latest team details for tonight's four games in the eircom League Premier Division.

NEW boys Wexford Youths grabbed their first ever Eircom League victory with a 1-0 win against Cobh Ramblers at Newcastle Park yesterday.

Sligo Rovers 0 Derry City 2

Sligo Rovers take on Derry City at the unusual kick-off time of 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon for their St Patrick's Day clash at the Showgrounds.

Derry City should start this season's title charge with a home win as they welcome Bray Wanderers to the Brandywell tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

THERE are mixed emotions at Turner’s Cross today as Cork City rue the loss of a valued player but welcome what is believed to be a record-breaking eircom League fee which, after quite a protracted transfer saga, has finally taken Alan Bennett to Premiership Reading.

Derry City 0 Shelbourne 0 (Derry won 3-0 in penalty shoot-out after 30 minutes extra time)

Shelbourne boss Pat Fenlon is preparing his players for testing conditions in Lithuania when his side face FK Vetra tomorrow for the start of their Intertoto Cup campaign.

Shelbourne pair Greg O’Halloran and Gary O’Neill have both been ruled out of Sunday’s Intertoto Cup clash with FK Vetra in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Cork City 2 Shelbourne 1

DROGHEDA United may be lording it over the rest at this early stage of the league season, and Derry City may have been the club who came closest at the end last time, but there’s an inescapable sense of the eircom League’s “big two” colliding as Cork City host Shelbourne in the Setanta Cup semi-final at Turner’s Cross this evening (kick-off 8pm).

Waterford United will be looking to arrest a slide of three straight defeats against a Shelbourne team still looking for their first League win of the season last night.

LEADERS Drogheda United travel to take on St Patrick's Athletic tonight, but there will be no return to Richmond Park for former Pat's man Keith Fahey, who is still a week away from full fitness.

Shelbourne will be hoping to continue their impressive results over Glentoran when they face the Belfast men at the Oval tonight.

Shelbourne could be without five players through suspension for the opening match of the season against Bray Wanderers after David Crawley and Greg O’Halloran were sent off in last night’s 3-0 friendly victory over Shamrock Rovers.