Bohs look to vent pitch frustrations on Cork

A week which will end with Cork City and Bohemians doing battle in the FAI Cup at Turner’s Cross on Friday began with intense frustration for both sides — but for very different reasons.

On Monday, City blew the chance to narrow the gap on league leaders Dundalk when they were held at home by 10-man Bray while, in Dublin on the same night, Bohs didn’t even get to kick a ball in anger when their home game against Shamrock Rovers was controversially called off, after referee Tomas Connolly judged that repairs to the playing surface had made the Dalymount Park pitch unplayable.

This, despite the fact that the managers and players of both clubs appeared unanimous in their belief that the game could have gone ahead.