Shelbourne confident of creating history

SHELBOURNE are 90 minutes away from the most significant breakthrough made by any eircom league club and you could sense the anticipation in Tolka Park yesterday.

Ollie Byrne was beaming, Pat Fenlon was relaxed. Even among the players, there were no visible nerves.

Hajduk Split arrived in Dublin with a goal advantage, but Alan Moore's late strike in Croatia has sparked some optimism in the Shels camp.