SHELBOURNE’S Stephen Paisley might have been the man of the match but there was no doubt who was, in American football parlance, the Most Valuable Player in yesterday’s FAI Ford Cup final.

SHELBOURNE were obliged to come from behind against Cork City to maintain their lead in the First Division, although the Leesiders had the consolation of leaving Tolka Park with their unbeaten record intact.

IT’S all or nothing in the second leg of the Premier Division/First Division play-off at the Carlisle Grounds tonight as Bray Wanderers and Monaghan United battle it out in the last league game of the season (7.45pm).

ONE-NIL to the Monaghan – you could almost set it to music but just don’t sing it on Leeside.