Tolka holds no fears for Dunne

WITH tomorrow’s Setanta Cup final between Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers curtailing tonight’s Airtricity League Premier Division action, the First Division takes centre stage this evening as Shelbourne host Cork City in a top of the table clash at Tolka Park (8pm).

Three points off the pace-setting Dubliners, City still hold the division’s only unbeaten record and manager Tommy Dunne is confident it will remain intact after tonight’s tough test at Tolka.

“We would like to think we will be competing with a number of teams, including Shelbourne, for promotion, but we don’t fear going to Tolka Park,” he says. “They are likely to be one of the main contenders in the race for promotion, and not many teams will go to Tolka and get a result. We are still in the first series of games, we’ve started ok and we’re still unbeaten, but this will be a very tough test. We are confident, but we know we will need to start well and perform well over the 90 minutes to get a positive result.”