In Limerick's famed Markets Field, Treaty Utd trading in honesty of effort

By any benchmark, Treaty United ought to be feeling a touch light-headed by their debut League of Ireland season.
In Limerick's famed Markets Field, Treaty Utd trading in honesty of effort

A young Treaty United fan reacts to a missed chance against Cork City in their SSE Airtricity League First Division match at Markets Field, Limerick.  Picture: Dan Linehan

By any benchmark, Treaty United ought to be feeling a touch light-headed by their debut League of Ireland season.

If sustainability and stability are understandable priorities in the context of what has gone before in the city, nevertheless the first division table doesn’t lie: Limerick’s hurriedly patched-together outfit has found its feet under Tommy Barrett quicker than anyone, anywhere, could reasonably have expected. They may not be the Harlem Globe Trotters, but they are in the conversation for promotion to the Premier Division of the League of Ireland.

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