BOHEMIANS v BRAY WANDERERS (Monday May 21st, Dalymount Park, 7.45pm)
Buoyed by Friday’s injury-time equaliser against Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght, Bohemians are in EA Sports Cup action on Monday as Bray Wanderers, also on a high from Friday having secured their first away win over Cork City in 26 years, come to Dalymount Park.
Bohs boss Aaron Callaghan said: “The plan for the season was to win a trophy and this is a trophy we could win.
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“If you get the right draws and right results you find yourself all of a sudden in a semi-final. It’s a very important game from the club’s perspective,” he added.
Looking back to Friday’s Dublin derby, Callaghan believes a draw was the least his side deserved having proved more than a match for their more illustrious opponents for large periods of the game.
Callaghan added: “It’s chalk and cheese in terms of the personnel at the moment. We put it up to them on Friday and we fully deserved our point if not the three.
“The group that we work with, every day in training they work their socks off. Their attitude for the cause has been absolutely superb all season.
“We’ve had some tough games and we’re still a work in progress. I keep telling people I’m not trying to build a team, I’m trying to build a club and you can’t build a club overnight.
“It takes a bit of time to develop those young kids. But they’re growing in stature. Lukey Byrne I thought was absolutely brilliant on Friday alongside Dave Mulcahy, who got man of the match. You could have given it to five or six of our lads.
“Michael Scott came on for his debut. You could see the difference with what Rovers were bringing off the bench.”
With a congested fixture list, Callaghan expects “to rotate one or two players” and his squad is boosted by the return of defender Roberto Lyons and striker Chris Lyons, who both missed Friday’s game through suspension.
But Keith Buckley – one of the star performers in Tallaght – misses out as he serves the first of a two-match ban having been sent off in last week’s 1-0 defeat against UCD.
NOTE: Members can attend this game for the reduced price of €5.
