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But first, Dundalk boss Ciarán Calduff says he wants the atmosphere to be electric for tonight's loud derby away to Drogheda. Dundalk go to the rivals in the back of a big win over Premier Division leaders and champions Shamrock Rovers last Friday. Speaking to Virgin Media ahead of the game, Kilduff says he expects the game to be a special occasion.
Purity to the rivalry, it means so much and I also think what's rare is wonderful. There's a lot of Dublin derbies and stuff like that but this one, as I said, it's only the second in two years. Unsavoury scenes may be the last fixture as well but it always seems to come with, we don't want any scenes like that or anything like that ever again but it's a proper rivalry and it does capture the imagination a little bit as well of the wider public when it is.
you know, we need that in football, you know, and I've said enough times, Drogheda need Dundalk and Dundalk need Drogheda for these nights. Elsewhere, champions Shamrock Rovers will look to bounce back from that loss in Dundalk when they face Sligo Rovers at Tala Stadium. Sligo won that fixture at the end of last season to secure their Premier Division status. Graeme Coughlan got his first win as Waterford boss last Monday. They travelled to Talca Park to take on Shelburne. Shells haven't won a home game this season, but they did manage a win in Dublin last week when they beat St Pat's 1-0 at Richam Park.
What is the significance of the Louth derby in League of Ireland action?
Tiernan Lynch's Derry City welcome St. Pat's to Celtic Park this evening. Derry haven't won since they beat Shamrock Rovers at the same venue back in April. Pat's are still just three points off Rovers at the top despite their loss against Shells last week. Galway United stopped a run of five without a win when they beat Saiga Rovers 4-1 last weekend. They face a bohemian side who have won back-to-back games after going without a win in their previous nine. And this week, their captain Dawson Devoy was called up to the Ireland squad for the games with Qatar and Canada, but he won't be available for the Qatar game. Devoy told the Bows in-house media channel it was a proud day for him and his family.
It was obviously a really surreal day. When Rennie told me, I think it was this Saturday, that I was in the squad. And then obviously to tell my family and all of them, they were obviously so happy for me. And then the squad was announced on Sunday, so it was a really proud day for myself and my family. So it was nice.
On this week's LOI pod, Ben Symes was joined by Vinnie Perth and Gareth McGlynn, and the three lads spoke about the intensity levels in the league, especially after last weekend's game between Dundalk and Sharma Grovers.
At times it's not as exciting. So the game on Friday was a bit of a throwback in terms of the intensity it was played at. A lot of League of Ireland games aren't played at that same intensity. But there's no doubt the league is strengthened. whether the top team going back to the last 20 years, I think the Great Shelbourne team under Fanlon or Bowe's team under Roddy, Dundalk under Kenny, would they be better than the current Roberts team? Who cares? That's for other people to worry about. But there's no doubt the intensity It's different.
Ben and Vane, do you not think, right, the word intensity, do you not think, especially at the beginning of the season with so many games that they're not able to get to the intensity levels Friday, Monday, Friday, Monday?
Maybe, but that doesn't mean it's not there. That doesn't mean it's not there. And it was, when we played once a week, there was a bit more intensity in terms of, and that was stylistically, a lot more teams moved the ball back to front quicker than they are now.
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