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There is a lot to being a League of Ireland manager. The role often entails management, coaching, recruiting, organising facilities and fundraising and sometimes more.

There may be different versions of what transpired in Greenogue Park yesterday afternoon. None are likely to quell the feeling that it was an embarrassing afternoon for the SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division.

There may be different versions of what transpired in Greenogue Park yesterday afternoon. None are likely to quell the feeling that it was an embarrassing afternoon for the SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division.

Galway United’s win last March in the Ryan McBride Brandywell was the result that demanded they be taken seriously by the rest of the division. Less than three weeks into this season, they have already accomplished that task as they seek to repeat a massive win tomorrow night.

John Caulfield is a man comfortable in his own skin. He mingled easily after a fan event last Wednesday but these nights weren’t always as easy. After the success of the last two seasons, it is easily forgotten that similar fan meetings after the 2022 season were far frostier affairs. But both then and now, the United manager commanded the room.

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 might be only one ‘Mr. Galway United’, and he plays up front, but there are several stalwart supporters who carried the torch through the darkest of times. All of them would have the utmost respect for the fandom of Kenny Keady, and indeed his sister Caroline. He is well placed to reflect on the view from the terraces as we approach the 2025 season.

By his own admission, he hasn’t been there as long as some. But Galway United Chairman Jonathan Corbett has seen much in his ten years of involvement with his hometown club. His energy, enthusiasm and personality have been significant assets in this time. He revels in the work.

Galway United return to Eamonn Deacy Park this weekend as pre-season preparation enters its final stages ahead of the return of the League of Ireland next weekend.