Reward on offer provides necessary motivation, not pressure, for Shels veteran Gannon

Shelbourne right-back Sean Gannon. Pic: Jonathan Porter/Inpho

An hour up the road hosts an All-Ireland clash between Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry but Windsor Park stages the gateway to European riches for Linfield and Shelbourne.

Only at full-time will Shels know if their glut of squandered chances at Tolka Park costs them the guarantee of three more rounds within UEFA's competition structures.