Jamie Lennon and St Pat's on history hunt 

ON THE CUSP: Jamie Lennon is interviewed for RTÉ before a St Patrick's Athletic training session at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

History is within the grasp of St Patrick’s Athletic if they can extract the scalp of Istanbul Başakşehir in their Uefa Conference League playoff (7.45pm).

Unlike Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers, the FAI Cup holders have yet to grace the group stages of European competition.