'Turn Terryland into a fortress'

MERVUE United manager Johnny Glynn has called on his side to start feeling at 'home’ in Terryland Park ahead of the visit of Longford Town to the Dyke Road venue tomorrow (kick-off 7.45pm).The League of Ireland newcomers have taken just one point from their three 'home’ games to date, but have been far more impressive on the road, winning their last two away games, and Glynn wants his side to reproduce that form in Terryland.“While I am thrilled with last week’s result, we need to start winning at home and try and turn Terryland into a fortress. Keeping a clean sheet last week was crucial and hopeful we can build on this in the coming weeks,” he said.Mervue returned to the scene of their promotion to the league when they travelled to Station Road in Newbridge last Friday, and recorded the exact same result as that famous night back in November, with goals from Damien O’Rourke and David O’Dowd, plus an OG from Daithi Garry, sealing a 3-0 win for the city side.That win saw Mervue move up to seventh in the league and open up a six point gap between themselves and Kildare, who occupy the relegation play-off spot, and they have every chance of making further progress in the table tomorrow when Longford Town visit.The Midlands side - ...