Stephen Kenny wary of punishing schedule

Barely an hour after his team created yet more Irish football history by beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 in Group D of the Europa League in Tallaght on Thursday night, manager Stephen Kenny talked about how all at Dundalk remain “driven” in the quest to make this “an incredibly special season” for the club.

Many would say that they’ve already achieved that and more but, as they prepare to host Derry City in an FAI Cup semi-final at Oriel Park tomorrow, Kenny is at pains to stress that, when it comes to the big targets, Dundalk have won nothing yet.

“We could lose tomorrow,” he says. “We’ve a lot still to do to win; the league and the cup and try to qualify out of the group. You could fall short on everything. It can happen. I’m well aware of it.”