Glynn ruled out of clash with St Pat's

Date Published: 21-Mar-2008

GALWAY United return to the scene of what many claim was their best result last season when they travel to Richmond Park tonight to face early pace-setters St Patrick’s Athletic (kick-off 7.45pm).Even though the season is just two weeks old, there are just two clubs left with a 100% record — Pats and Derry — and while no-one involved with the Inchicore club will say as much publicly, Johnny McDonnell’s side will expect to make it three wins from three tonight.Things rarely work out as expected, however — rewind to June 1 last season, when United ended the Dubliners’ unbeaten home run as Derek Glynn struck twice to seal a 2-1 win. The bad news for tonight is Glynn won’t be available to repeat those heroics as he damaged a ligament in training this week, one of four potential starters who will miss tonight’s game.Stephen O’Flynn and Alan Keane remain long-term absentees, and they are joined in the 'sick bay’ by Glynn and also Daryl Robson, who went over on his ankle yesterday morning.“We are a bit light in numbers for the game, especially up front where we now have just two fit strikers. We started the season with a squad of 19 that has experience of playing at this level, including two goalkeepers, so we are ..................

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