Hand of history weighs lightly on Stephen Bradley as Shamrock Rovers chase double

They are one step away being the first club to go undefeated across both competitions since their own predecessors managed it 95 years ago

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley. Picture: INPHO/Tommy Dickson

History beckons for Shamrock Rovers if they can account for Dundalk in Sunday’s FAI Cup final.

Not just in the form of a first league and cup double for the club since 1987 but in the knowledge that they would be the first club to go undefeated across both competitions since their own predecessors managed it 95 years ago.