Big chance to build on good start

SURVIVAL in the Premier Division for Galway United this season will be dependent on getting points against the teams at the foot of the table rather than those challenging for the title, so getting a result against Drogheda United in United Park tonight (kick-off 7.45pm) will arguably be more important at the end of the season than the point picked up in the Brandywell last weekend.Barry Ryan was the United hero that night as he made a string of excellent saves to stretch United’s unbeaten start to the season to five games. Defending champions Bohemians ended that run in Terryland Park on Tuesday night thanks to a first half double from Jason Byrne, but United manager Ian Foster says that, while he is disappointed with the result, it will probably have little bearing on how United’s season pans out. “We are not too disheartened about Tuesday night to be honest, you don’t stay in this division by getting points against the likes of Bohemians, but by getting them against the teams around you, so while it was disappointing to lose, it won’t affect us too much,” Foster said yesterday.Given the fact that...