Big guns back for tough trip to Brandywell

Date Published: 31-Oct-2008

GALWAY United will be in the unusual positions of knowing exactly what they have to do to stay out of the relegation zone when they travel to the Brandywell on Sunday to take on Derry City (kick-off 7pm).Part of the strangeness of the situation is the fact that it will be the first time this season that United go into a weekend series of games outside of the relegation zone thanks to their surprise win over St Patrick’s Athletic in their last league outing 11 days ago.The other three relegation threatened teams all play tonight, with Finn Harps away to Drogheda, Cobh away to Bray and UCD hosting Bohemians. Cobh look the most likely of the trio to record a win, and even a point for the Cork side will see them move above United in the table, so United will need to take something from their visit north on Sunday to maintain their survival push.“I’m not saying I have no interest in how the other games go, as obviously they affect us, but we are concentrating solely on our own three games. If we win our last three games, and Cobh win theirs, our goal difference will mean we stay up and that is all that matters,” United manager Jeff Kenna told Tribune Sport yesterday. There is no mention of either Finn Harps or UCD, so would that suggest that he ...

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