Fans face longest night as title battle takes final turn

FOR the fans of Cork City and Shelbourne in Turner's Cross and Richmond Park this evening, it won't be a game of two halves so much as a night of two games.

Eyes on the action and ears to the radio, they will try to absorb 180 minutes of football inside the standard 90, as the Eircom League season concludes with the prospect of some Friday night fever.

Three points clear at the top, Shels need only a draw against St Pats to secure back-to-back titles. Cork City, having come spectacularly good in the run-in, need to beat Bohemians and hope that the team for so long deemed champions-elect collapse at the finishing line.