Cathal Dervan, Editor
The story of the season began with a little shuffle on Friday night, a glance of the eyes, a handshake and a high five. It gained momentum as the whispers went around the main stand, came to a crescendo as the referee made his move and the board went up.
No, it wasn’t the news reaching Tallaght Stadium that local boy Mipo had scored the goal for Shelbourne on the night of the fading lights at Dalymount, the night Bohs gave up on their own championship ambitions.
Nor was it the third and fourth and decisive goals from Aaron Greene and Dylan Watts inside three second-half minutes that ensured the SSE Airtricity trophy was on its way back to South Dublin for the sixth time in seven years, a run only halted by the dazzler that was Damen Duff at Shels.
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