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Eamonn Deacy Park braces itself for its final home game of the season as Galway United take on Drogheda United in what could be a season-defining encounter for the Tribesmen.

With three weeks out of action, Galway United had some respite, but there is no reprieve on their return to action tomorrow night against Bohemians.

However, they now must look with some envy at their visitors on Saturday. Bohs have winnable ties in the All-Island Cup Final and FAI Cup Semi-Final. They are also getting far bigger crowds than those in Eamonn Deacy Park.

They make the trip this time coming off one of their lower ebbs of what has been a very creditable campaign.

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.

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.

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.

There was plenty to take from a fantastically fought Connacht Derby last Friday night. Unfortunately, the most tangible impact of a fantastic game of football was that the wait for European football in Galway will now go on for at least 35 years.