dublin city 0 longford town 1
venue:tolka park
date: sat 27th mar
pitch:what pitch
attendance 1000 aprx (inc MARTINHO 11,max power,junior fr ww)
weather:dry 7 degrees
entertainmaent value out of 10 :7.0
it must be said from the outset that both teams struggled valiantly to provide an entertaining match on a pitch that contained more sand than banna strand.longford had the better of the exchanges in the 1 st half but it took a fingertip save from the longford keeper o brien to keep dub city out.the deadlock was broken on 27 mins when desie baker latched onto a pinpoint cross to rifle an unstopable shot into the roof of the city net.
the 2nd half saw city come forward in a big way and threw the proverbial "kitchen sink" at longford and it took a towering performance from longfords steve paisley(man of the match) to keep the marauding vikings at bay.there was a heartstopping momemt near the end when a dub city attack ended up with the ball looping over a stranded o brien only to go inches wide.
on balance the score was about right but dub city did themselves proud(particularly 2nd half) in what was their 1st ever premier division match.
ps: they do a nice lettuce sandwitch in the bar
pps: i saw peewees car outside.it was a bigger version of a kids battery operated jobbie where the on/off button is underneath :D