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At various points this season, both teams will have considered themselves clear of the sort of scenario that presents itself to the sides on Saturday in RSC.

It would have been an unthinkable sentiment only a few years ago and might still incite debate and disagreement, but the upward trajectory of the league is undeniable.

The story is still told about after the 1980 League Cup Final, when, despite defeat, Galway United’s player-manager John Herrick instructed his players to board the supporters' buses and thank them for coming.

Last Friday night could be seen as another high watermark of the Caulfield era.

With Galway United remaining the only unbeaten side in the league, on first impression the international break may seem like poor timing.

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.

After 105 days of an off-season, seven departures, five new arrivals and two loan deals, Galway United are back. They travel tomorrow to Turner’s Cross to take on Cork City in a feisty season opener.

While some might grapple philosophically with a new year, the turn in the calendar means something instinctive to a League of Ireland fan, the beginning of pre-season.

With so little separating the top seven sides in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division, there will be moments that will haunt the off-season for the top six. Galway United will look no further than the dying minutes against Dundalk.

Galway United renew rivalries in the RSC tomorrow night with Waterford in a game that will have a large say in the Tribesmen’s European ambitions.