Fenlon hoping Bohs can lift the gloom

AFTER a close season of discontent, the start of the new League of Ireland campaign is just over a week away, with Bohemians the team to beat.

But even the reigning champions and cup holders have not been immune to the harsh economic climate, the delay in their planned sale of Dalymount Park a further contributory factor to a new era of wage cuts, trimmed squads and tightened budgets.

Manager Pat Fenlon has seen it all before and worse, not least at Tolka Park where Shelbourne’s dramatic fall from grace was, it transpires, a portent of things to come for other clubs.