Graham Cummins: Dilemmas and doubts can cloud mind on the final day of season 

The last round of fixtures can be a strange time for the well-known players who are coming to the end of their contract
Graham Cummins: Dilemmas and doubts can cloud mind on the final day of season 

FLYING PHOENIX: Waterford's Phoenix Patterson is one of the few players with plenty to focus on during this final weekend of season. Pic: INPHO/Evan Treacy

After 35 games, the last round of fixtures in the League of Ireland Premier Division will take place and it’s hard to anticipate anything other than ‘flat’ matches on Sunday. 

At a stretch, you could argue the final day does provide some excitement with Derry City and Dundalk battling for second place at the Brandywell but in truth the players couldn’t care less who finishes the best of the rest after Shamrock Rovers. I don’t know any player that hangs a silver medal up in their house with pride. I was unfortunate to receive five runners-up medals (two League, one FAI Cup, and two League Cup) and I couldn’t tell you where any of them are. I don’t even know if I took my silver medal I was entitled to with Shamrock Rovers when we finished second to Dundalk in 2019; the medals were on the dressing room floor and there wasn’t a race to get their hands on one.

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