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On Monday, the streets of Salthill were lined in a touching tribute to the late, great Ollie Horgan. On Sunday, Galway United will have to line out in Tolka Park for a game that still matters deeply.

On Monday, the streets of Salthill were lined in a touching tribute to the late, great Ollie Horgan. On Sunday, Galway United will have to line out in Tolka Park for a game that still matters deeply.

Despite the on-field drama, the story that dominated at the time of going to print surrounded this season’s sensation Moses Dyer and his future. Rumours abounded that the Kiwi was on the verge of departure. It would be an undoubted, if unsurprising blow.

One way to gauge the uptick in the popularity of the League of Ireland is to look at the importance placed on the pronouncements of its central characters. It is often argued that the charisma of Damien Duff and Stephen Bradley has helped to drive the league to new heights.

Most of the 400 souls who saw Galway United take on Cobh Ramblers in 1997 might have consigned it to the dustbin of memory. But a humdrum night in the First Division sparked something in an impressionable lad from Newbridge making his first pilgrimage to a rainy Terryland.

There may have been no more difficult assignment available in the FAI Cup Second Round Draw than away to Shelbourne. Despite this, Galway United will travel to Tolka tomorrow with confidence gained from their performances to date.

After the mid-season break, Galway United return to action tomorrow night as they travel to league leaders Shelbourne.

Much of the new season novelty has already worn off as Galway United find themselves in a tight fight in the Premier Division.

Although Galway United are only four games into their Premier Division campaign, there is plenty to extrapolate from a busy week in the top tier. There will likely be more at 10pm tomorrow night after they entertain Drogheda United at Eamonn Deacy Park. Kick-off is at 7.45pm.