Bohs kick into gear for derby clash with Fingal

AFTER quite a few wobbles in the first half of the season, Bohemians last week began the long run-in in ominously good form, with a 3-0 win over Dundalk which hauled them up to second in a congested table, two points behind St Patrick’s Athletic, level with Shamrock Rovers and just one point ahead of tonight’s visitors to Dalymount Park, Sporting Fingal.

The defending champions have several injury worries ahead of the clash – Anto Murphy and Stephen Gray remain sidelined with Achilles injuries while Jason Byrne, Killian Brennan and Jason McGuinness are all struggling – but manager Pat Fenlon says he was “delighted” with the win over Dundalk and is confident that his players can “kick on” from here.

“Fingal are a decent team,” he says. “They are up in the table on their merits and we know it’s going to be tough.”