Students and Athlone battle for survival

It won’t be just at the top of the table that there will be last night nerves tonight.

Down at the bottom — and also at the top of the First Division — there are relegation and promotion issues to be clarified.

After that stunning 1-0 victory away to Derry City last week, second-from-bottom UCD host Drogheda United knowing that another win will guarantee their place in the promotion/relegation play-off against Galway FC or Shelbourne.