Dunmanway D-Day as Red Army roll in

THERE has been enough chat about D-Days in domestic football in recent weeks so it comes as something of a relief to be able to talk about Dunmanway’s day in the football limelight.

West Cork League Premier Division side Dunmanway Town will host a Liverpool XI in a friendly later this afternoon at the Maria Immaculta College in the town and, unsurprisingly, all tickets for what has become a historic event have long since sold out.

While uncertainty over which players would be included in Liverpool’s travelling party for today’s unique friendly slightly overshadowed the build-up, Dunmanway were themselves facing a battle against time last night to achieve a sensible balance between experienced League of Ireland standard players and their own motley crew of amateur jockeys, guards and bricklayers.