Live Updates from Station Road

We'll be providing live updates from Station Road this evening as Mervue United threaten to cause an upset and remove Kildare County from the First Division.

9.35 FULL TIME - KILDARE COUNTY 0 MERVUE UNITED 3

9.31 Sub for Mervue - Paul Scally for Keogh

9.30 Game nearly up here and Mervue are looking like a First Divison side here tonight. They've been clinical in front of goal in both legs and been the better footballing side here tonight.

9.27 Sub for Mervue - Philip Ryan for Tierney.

9.25 Sub for Mervue - Pat Huban for Lee. Sub for Kildare Owen Kavanagh for Kilduff.

9.21 GOAL FOR MERVUE - The game is over now as Goldbey beats the offside trap and chips the advancing O'Neill from 30 yards. The offside decision was borderline but the finish was classy.

9.20 Mervue threaten to kill off the tie but Goldbey's ball across the box just evades the inrushing Alex Lee.

9.17 Colin Osborne bears down on goal but is right and wide with a left footed effort.

9.12 Loud shouts for a penalty as Kilduff goes down in the box, but referee Sean Grant takes the opposite view and books Kilduff for diving.

9.09 Sub for Kildare - Bapa Issaka for Powderly.

9.05 GOAL FOR MERVUE - David Goldbey doubles the visitors advantage with a cool finish when put through by Ollie Keogh. They've been 2 up before, but now there are only 24 minutes left for them to save their Frist Division status.

9.03 A string of passes from Mervue gives David O'Brien a chance to cross which goes fractionally over the bar.

8.57 One on ones don't come more simpler but Ciaran Kilduff fails to equalise. From the penalty spot he fires high and over the bar. A shocking miss.

8.53 Mike Elwood clims high in the box for Mervue but is header is deflected wide for a corner.

8.56 Ciaran Kilduff heads straight at O'Donoghue from six yards. First chance of the half.

8.53 Sub for Kildare - Trevor Bowers on for Craig Mooney

8.46 Second half is underway.

8.31 HALF TIME AT STATION ROAD - Mervue have steadied a bit in the last ten minutes and are passing the ball neatly enough on a dodgy surface. Their five in midfield will make it difficult for Kildare in the second half of what could prove to be a very anxious 45 minutes for The Thoroughbreds.

Kildare should really be level or even in front but, as with the first game, Mervue are in front as we approach half time.

8.18 Cathal Brady's fizzing volley from 20 yards is blocked by the head of Eric Browne.

8.14 A glorious chance for Kildare which sees Craig Mooney collect a cross field pass in the penalty area with not a defender in sight but he drags his shot across goal and the referee somewhat bafflingly awards a corner.

8.10 Kildare 'keeper Austin O'Neill may have been watching the build up to Ricky Hatton's fight. He's punching everything in sight, but not convincingly. Easy catches have been passed up in favour of punching clear.

8.05 Philly Hughes could have brought his tally in the tie to 3 but can't beat O'Donoghue from out on the right of the box.

8.02 Kildare almost produce an immediate response from a deep cross but Colin Murray's effort is wide, despite the crowd on the stand side thinking it was in.

8.00 GOAL FOR MERVUE - David O'Brien whips in a free kick from outside the area that clips the inside of the post and gives Johnny Glynn's side the perfect start.

Kildare County: A O'Neill; P Donnelly, C Murray, D O'Connell, E Powderly; C Brady, C Fortune, C Osborne, C Mooney; P Hughes, C Kilduff.
Mervue United: B O'Donoghue; D O'Brien, E Browne, M Elwood, K Farrell; A Lee, M Tierney, R Browne, M Tierney, O Keogh; D Goldbey.

7.49 The game is underway here in Newbridge and Mervue have had a couple of chances early on. Dave Goldbey should really have put the visitors ahead on four minutes but Austin O'Neill advanced to narrow his angle and denied the striker.