Stephen Dooley gives Cork City vital victory

Cork City 1 Dundalk 0: For a long while we’ve been saying that only Cork City could stop Dundalk. Now, it might be more a case of only Dundalk can stop Cork City.

True, the defending champions remain top of the table, if only by one point, but going into the mid-season break, it’s surely City who hold the psychological edge having now beaten the Lilywhites home and away this season.

A first-half Stephen Dooley goal gave John Caulfield’s team their eighth win on the trot last night, as Dundalk were forced to play all the second half with 10 men following Chris Shields’ sending off.