United in must win away clash

Date Published: 01-Aug-2008

If Galway United are to avoid relegation this season, it looks increasingly likely that they will have to rely on their away form as they can’t buy a win in front of their own fans at the minute.It is probably just as well, then, that their crunch relegation six-pointer against Finn Harps tonight (kick-off 7.45pm) takes place in Ballybofey rather than the Dyke Road venue, where United have not won in the league all season.Instead they have had to rely on trips to Belfield and the Carlisle Grounds for a maximum return from games this season, and a third win of the season wouldn’t go astray tonight as they take on a side just one place and three points above them in the table.Both sides go into the game on the back of heavy defeats, United being turned over far too easily by Derry City last Friday, while Harps were hammered 4-1 by Sligo Rovers in their last league outing two weeks ago, and it is little surprise that the two sides have the joint worst defensive record in the league, each defence having............

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