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So there is still scope for Galway United to remain a full-time footballing outfit. That much was proved in Terryland Park on Friday. Suddenly United’s existence is meaningful again. A seven-match unbeaten sequence offers confidence and evidence that the club can prosper in Premier Division company.

Crucial contests and Galway United has been the 2008 cocktail. Two more will be added to the list in the next six days. A trip to Richmond Park for a combat with St Patrick’s Athletic and an FAI Cup semi-final with Derry City are brimful of importance. When such matches are arriving thick and fast a footballer’s life glimmers with possibility.

For teams vexed by league pressures cup competitions are a welcome break, but tomorrow's Terryland Park tussle between Galway United and Athlone Town should not be short on incident or intrigue.

Intrigue has been attached to Galway United since the start of 2008, and the next instalment in the Terryland Park tale ought to be interesting on Sunday.

Richmond Park is becoming synonymous with glorious Galway United wins.

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A minute by minute look at how Sunday’s Cup tie unfolded.

An apt sunshine ushered in kick-off at Terryland yesterday. This was a day in the sun for Jeff Kenna’s charges, a semi-final berth, a chance to showcase their talents outside of the shackles of a relegation dogfight, and an opportunity to pit their wits in Europe next season. It was ample reward for Galway United’s recent form which was already demanding such attendances as we saw on the Dyke Road yesterday.

Galway United and the FAI are both backing the development of young players through the the Galway & District Football League.

Unbearable tension leading to unrestrained joy can best describe the final few seconds of Friday night’s decisive clash at the Belfield Bowl. Football fans can be a pessimistic bunch, and the nagging doubt that surely something will go wrong to tear their dreams to shreds is a nerve-racking experience. Referee Tom Connolly knew better on Friday night, drawing the game to a close 15 seconds ahead of schedule, safe in the knowledge that Galway’s solid defence would not be breached.