Rovers end title wait after night of drama

THEY think it’s all Rovers – it is now.

Twenty-three years after the loss of Milltown, 16 years since they last won the title, five years on from when the club faced extinction and just two seasons since they started a new life in Tallaght – football finally came home for Shamrock Rovers last night.

The last act of a momentous season might have taken place beside the sea in Wicklow rather than in the foothills of the Dublin mountains, but the Carlisle Grounds must have felt like a home away from home for the Hoops as their 3,000 travelling supporters in a crowd of 3,500 erupted in celebration and invaded the pitch at the final whistle.