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Shelbourne 0 - 1 Millwall - Lineups
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21:36.... Full time in UCD.
21:36.... GOAL DUNDEE - 91 minutes - Scott Robinson
21:36.... 5-2 for Longford Town now. UCD two minutes remaining and it's 1-0.
21:34.... Comes to zip. Time up !! Shels lose by a goal to nil
21:33.... Free in for Shels.
21:32.... Hughes Mason shoots but the Shels keeper is equal to it.
21:31.... Grimes to Hackett but his cross is straight at the keeper.
21:29.... Millwall is constant semi-attack mode now. The ball mostly in Shels half.
21:27.... The aforementioned schoolteacher mentioned at the start of the updates, just lit up a cigar. Well well well. Now I know when he was confiscating the cigarettes in school where they went.
21:26.... Millwall pressure Shels but after 3 minutes of passing around the area, they are caught offside.
21:25.... 5 minutes remain. Half chances galore. Nothing worth reporting.
21:23.... Keely is going mental. Mental. His throat must be the texture of sandpaper. Words coming out are not words but more akin to scrapings on a blackboard by a rusty nail.
21:21.... Colin O'Brien is off with Kavanagh on. Harris for Millwall if off for Hughes Mason - 80 minutes.
21:18.... In Belfield, Mulhall with a great shot heading for the top corner - Dundee United keeper Steve Banks with a truly amazing save
21:18.... Corner to Millwall. Pretty dull in UCD 1-0 still. 3-2 in Athlone still. Corner fisted out by Shels keeper. Forde off for Sullivan, Omar Beckles coming on for Tony Craig. 77 minutes gone.
21:16.... Corner for Shels now. O'Brien to take, swung in and once again cleared but Shels regain it again before losing it weakly.
21:15.... Another free for Shels on the right. O'Brien over it but hit too close to the keeper and saved.
21:13.... Dowling is lively up front for Shels.
21:12.... The Shels fans protest at the awarded free given 45 yards out as advantage would have served better with Murtagh on the attack. Colin O'Brien over the free. Cleared out by the Millwall defence.
21:10.... Joey Flood finds two Millwall players charging down on him and he remains calm and lets the bounce of the ball beat the Blues and he comes away with the ball.
21:08.... Hackett passes to Smith and his cross finds Grimes but his header is upwards and away from goal. I like this Hackett lad.
21:07.... Certainly seems to be a Ronan Murtagh fan club here tonight. Cheers go up any time he touches it.
21:06.... Alan Dunne on for Frampton (Millwall).
21:05.... 506 people is the official attendance tonight in Tolka.
21:05.... Kalns shot goes wide on a deflection. Corner. Kalns is off and Murtagh on.
21:03.... Fight back time in Athlone. Can Longford hang on there. Here, Millwall advance.
21:01.... 3-2 in Athlone now!!! Corner to Millwall. Hoooofed high and Shels clear for another corner.
20:59.... And that pretty much seals that in Zagreb. Lovren has added a third goal for Dinamo Zagreb. That means that if Bohemians come through their tie with Salzburg tomorrow night then they will face Zagreb in the next round.
20:59.... Laird chips to an unmarked Bolder and Grabban who get in each others way and Bolders shot goes wide when really it should be 2-0.
20:57.... Millwall have a free 40 yards out. Hackett and Laird stand over it.
20:56.... Ray Scully crosses to Derek Doyle and his header is well held by the keeper.
20:55.... Corner comes to nothing. Shels break.
20:54.... Badelj has added a second goal for Zagreb on 61 minutes. That makes it 2-0 on the night and 2-0 on aggregate. Millwall attack and win a corner.
20:53.... Shels starting with more purpose. Barron, Bolder, Laird and Morrison on for Millwall. Can't see yet who is off.
20:47.... Free tea in Tolka. Lovely. Changes time. Scully, O'Reilly, Grehan, Flood (Joey) Kantunios, Doyle, Dowling, Moran on. Only Kalns, Synnott and Colin O'Brien still on. Game on for Second Half
20:42.... By the way, fans of Bohemians may be interested to know that Dinamo Zagreb currently lead Pyunik by 1-0 after 52 minutes of their second leg tie. The winner of that one of course will meet the winner of Bohemians and Red Bull Salzburg, who play tomorrow night.
20:32.... Half time in Shels now. 1-0. Half time in UCD. 1-0.
20:30.... UCD one nil down, Casalinovo for Dundee - 42 minutes. Neat through ball for Casalinovo - Brennan came out to narrow the angles and saved well - ball came back to Casalinovo who sidestepped a challenge before firing the ball into the bottom corner of the net from 10 yards
20:28....GOAL MILLWALL - OG BRENNAN - 40 minutes
Long ball punted up, Damien Brennan headed and it looped over the keeper and bounced into an unmanned net.
20:26.... In Athlone, it's 2-0 Longford and they have missed a peno too!! Game here restarts with Shels attacking
20:24.... Jimmy Abdou is down injured in the centre circle here. Looks quite hurt. Ok maybe not, he's back up and walking off. Seems fine now. Bad call Gareth.
20:23.... Free to Shels on the edge of the box. Cassidy stands over it and Baker. Cassidy strikes but Forde is positioned well and takes easily.
20:21.... Hackett free into the box and Andy Frampton diving header goes over the bar. In UCD, Purcell with a weak effort easily saved. Crowd estimate 250 there tonight
20:18.... Shels corner. And out for a second now. Cassidy to take. Long and badly clearedMark O'Brien has his shot blocked.
20:15.... Free for Shels. Cassidy over it. Sails in and Brennan heads almost unmarked but it was just too high and he heads harmlessly wide and over.
20:13.... Jack Smith wins a corner for Millwall. Corner comes in, and runs past everyone all the way for a Shels throw on the far side.
20:12.... Millwall seem to be targeting the right wing, and Maurice Farrell in most attacks.
20:11.... Keely demands Costigan "stretches his legs" in a break out quashed easily by the Millwall midfield. Shels haven't done much at all so far.
20:10.... In Belfield, McMillan's pace again a problem for Dundee Utd - winning a free kick edge of the box
20:09.... Hackett crosses again and Alexander meets it but the header runs wide of the right post as Whelan remains rooted. Shels free 45 yards out. Cassidy takes and the keeper fists out.
20:06.... Comes to nothing. Shels clear upfield as the sun makes an appearance.
20:06.... Free to Millwall just 10 metres from the corner flag. Hackett takes, Baker heads out for a corner.
20:04.... Scoreless in all three games so far. Corner to Millwall after a powerful shot by Alexander is diverted wide. The corner is well claimed by Whelan. In UCD, Finn close with a right footed curling shot after a weaving run
20:02.... Maurice Farrell has a long throw. Shels attempt to break but lose out and concede a throw inside their half.
19:58.... 14 minutes gone and it's all Millwall as the latest attmept by Grabban runs harmlessly wide. Keely is having a kanipsen(sp?) fit
19:58.... Millwall free 35 yards out. Craig stands over it, and Harris. Harris strikes and it runs just wide of Whelan's left post.
19:57.... Millwall are passing it about with purpose. So far it's been all Millwall. You can see a goal coming if this pressure keeps up. Latvian, Kalns just caught offside in a long ball counter.
19:56.... In UCD, David McMillan just headed wide from 7 yards, free header.
19:55.... Senda fires the ball to the much used Hackett who crosses in for Alexander. Shelbourne clear their lines however with a header. Temporary rest bite as Millwall advance again.
19:54.... In Belfield, UCD over the top, Finn with the ball, through to McMillan David - keeper out of area and clears just in time. Pace of McMillan seemed to cause Dundee a problem on that occasion
19:52.... Adbou finds Alexander on the right wing whose ball into Hackett finds the Millwall man in space as he moves towards goal. His ball across the goal is met by a Shels foot and out for a corner. The corner comes to nothing.
19:51.... Shels build from the back. Cassidy loses it in midfield and gives a free away. Keely starts to bark.
19:49.... Millwall win their first corner. Hackett takes long into the box. Hits a Shels man who clears out. The ball rebounds back into the box and Millwall are caught offside. UCD Game underway.
19:48.... Gary Alexander attempts a one two with Lewis Grabban but the return ball is too near Whelan and the keeper takes easily.
19:47.... Shels is underway.
Athlone Town: Alex O’Reilly, Robbie Hamm, Brian Cleary, Kevin Dunne, Des Hope, Damien Rushe, John Mernagh, Gary Murphy, Stephen Place, Mark Salmon, David Tyrell. Subs: Gary Curran, Liam Lynch, Michael Lee, Neil McKenna, Philip Coffey.
Longford Town: Danny O’Leary, Tom King, Brian McCarthy, Stephen Gough, Ray Kenny, Colm Jinks, Carmine Russo, Michael Foley, Adrian Murphy, Derek Glynn, Darren McKenna. Subs: Austin Skelly, Kevin Williamson, Luke Hardy, Noel McGhee, John McGuinness.
19:44.... Minute silence.... for Reggis Scully, Ray Scully's father I believe. RIP. Be right back so!!
19:43.... The teams are out on the field to very loud Samba music...VERY LOUD. Dean Delaney has a cold and is missing from tonight's affair.
Mick Neville's Hair, emailed in again You're not working hard enough at the mythology - the teacher passing by who threw you out of his room gives an excellent opportunity to a Shakespearean style sub-plot based on revenge. Will you take your pound of flesh? - Ecck....erm.... Panic!!! I did Geography instead of History...
Dundee Utd - Banks, Dillon, Conway, Robertson, Swanson, Kenneth, Kovacevic, Casalinovo, Goodwillie, Russell, Smith
Subs - Dods, Myrie - Williams, Cadamerteri, Gomis, Shala, Dixon, Cameron, McCord, Grant
UCD - Brennan, Harding, Nangle, Shorthall, E McMillan, Bolger, Ward, Finn, Purcell, D McMillan. S Roche (trialist). Subs - Leahy, Boyle, Mulhall, Paul OConnor, Timmons, Matthews, Reilly, Sly Eigboba, Byrne
I am alone in the press box, so email me, at extratimelive@gmail.com. I'll try get to everyone that does.
19:38.... The smell of Cigar smoke wafts past. Since I can remember coming to Tolka Park over the years, I always associate the smell of cigars with it. I can see the culprit now. I may ask my ex teacher for a duster to chuck at him.
19:36.... Referee is Damien Hancock tonight. Rob Rogers is the fourth official. The teams are slowly making their way off the pitch.
19:34.... Our man in Belfield has made contact. We will have teams from Belfield over the next while. An old school teacher of mine has just wandered past me. The only teacher to kick me out of a class,now over 20 years ago. Wonderful.
19:33.... 15 minutes from kick-off and The Killers - "Are we Human or are we Dancer" is blaring out. A crowd swell of maybe 150 to 200 here now. Hopefully a sudden surge will hit the gates in the next few minutes. Hope springs eternal....
19:28.... Shels team is in, and Maurice Farrell starts, and Shels have brothers on the team in Colin and Mark starting. Latvian Jurgis Kaalns plays again having featured against Leeds this day last week. Millwall team going in now.
19:20.... Well, my optimistic hope of early team sheets has been misplaced. I'm eyeing the far clubhouse for signs of the man with the all important sheets.
19:11.... Team news is lacking here. There are around 50 people here at present. The PA has just started up. My requests possibly falling on deaf ears!!
19:07.... Still no teams, but plenty of banter with the people wandering about the stadium. Most in agreement Bohemians Euro game should be televised. Millwall and Shelbourne's full teams are out and warming up. The wind is picking up.
Mick Neville's Hair, emailed in Inspired as we all should be by Peter Crowley's masterful theatre review of the Shels and Sporting Fingal match in today's Irish Times, and given that both Milwall and Shels were once major clubs that have fallen into hard times, we must think of this game as a "psychodrama about pride and redemption, the drama set at a sub-turf level" and therefore, alas, a game who's exciting mythology will undoubtedly exceed the pedestrianity of the football itself. Therefore Cyanide, you must observe this game at Crowley's "sub-turf level" and that means transcending updates to reach the level of mythology and existentialist meditation. You must therefore make as many references to ancient Greek mythology and French philosophy as possible (think of us readers as your Greek Chorus). - Well I will do my utmost to introduce as many references as I can!!!
18:44.... Just took a stroll around the stadium there. Beautiful day once you are in the sun. Hopefully the rain forecast will stay away.
18:35.... Later this evening and tomorrow, we will continue to build up to the Bohemians Champions League clash with a preview of the game as well as interviews with Pat Fenlon and hopefully his opposite number from Salzburg. We will have updates from the ground tomorrow, brought to you by Graeme McQueen.
18:25.... Seven Shels players, in their blue warm up tee shirts are dribbling about on the pitch. Burdocks have the lights on now. There is a small stirring in Tolka. David Crawley has appeared out of the tunnel as Keely sips his tea beside him and starts to wander towards the main stand.
18:21.... No team news yet, but I am eagerly awaiting team sheets..... or people, aww I have been informed the team lineups will be with me around seven.
18:15.... It's a breezy aul night, but the rain has stopped over an hour now, although the dark skies are ominous. Four Shels players are warming up as 15 or 20 people wander about an otherwise empty Tolka. The press box is empty bar one very early Extratime reporter...
18:02.... Well I am on location myself tonight, my first visit to Tolka Park in many many months. We will bring you the scores from the other matches tonight as we get them. There is a league clash between Athlone Town and Longford, as well as a friendly in UCD.
18:00.... Welcome to the Extratime coverage of Shelbourne -v Millwall. I will be bringing you all the action as it happens. You can email me asking any questions you may have about the game or in general at extratimelive@gmail.com. Kick off is at 19:45
Team Lineups
Shelbourne: Vinny Whelan; Michael Synnott, Maurice Farrell, Robbie Hedderman, Damien Brennan; Mark O'Brien, Colin O'Brien, David Cassidy, Anthony Costigan; Jugris Kalns, Richie Baker
Subs: Derek Doyle, Ray Scully, Mark O'Reilly, Joey Flood, Stuart Grehan, Rory Kavanagh, Ronan Murtagh, Mick Kantunios, Shane Dowling, Ross Moran
Millwall: David Forde; Danny Senda, Andy Frampton, Jimmy Abdou, Jack Smith; Tony Craig, Cris Hackett, Gary Alexander, Lewis Grabban; Neill Harris, Ali Fuseini
Subs: Alan Dunne, John Sullivan, Scott Barron, Omar Beckles, Adam Bolder, Marc Laird, Steve Morrison, Ashley Grimes, Keinan Hughes-Mason
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Millwall - Lineups
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21:36.... Full time in UCD.
21:36.... GOAL DUNDEE - 91 minutes - Scott Robinson
21:36.... 5-2 for Longford Town now. UCD two minutes remaining and it's 1-0.
21:34.... Comes to zip. Time up !! Shels lose by a goal to nil
21:33.... Free in for Shels.
21:32.... Hughes Mason shoots but the Shels keeper is equal to it.
21:31.... Grimes to Hackett but his cross is straight at the keeper.
21:29.... Millwall is constant semi-attack mode now. The ball mostly in Shels half.
21:27.... The aforementioned schoolteacher mentioned at the start of the updates, just lit up a cigar. Well well well. Now I know when he was confiscating the cigarettes in school where they went.
21:26.... Millwall pressure Shels but after 3 minutes of passing around the area, they are caught offside.
21:25.... 5 minutes remain. Half chances galore. Nothing worth reporting.
21:23.... Keely is going mental. Mental. His throat must be the texture of sandpaper. Words coming out are not words but more akin to scrapings on a blackboard by a rusty nail.
21:21.... Colin O'Brien is off with Kavanagh on. Harris for Millwall if off for Hughes Mason - 80 minutes.
21:18.... In Belfield, Mulhall with a great shot heading for the top corner - Dundee United keeper Steve Banks with a truly amazing save
21:18.... Corner to Millwall. Pretty dull in UCD 1-0 still. 3-2 in Athlone still. Corner fisted out by Shels keeper. Forde off for Sullivan, Omar Beckles coming on for Tony Craig. 77 minutes gone.
21:16.... Corner for Shels now. O'Brien to take, swung in and once again cleared but Shels regain it again before losing it weakly.
21:15.... Another free for Shels on the right. O'Brien over it but hit too close to the keeper and saved.
21:13.... Dowling is lively up front for Shels.
21:12.... The Shels fans protest at the awarded free given 45 yards out as advantage would have served better with Murtagh on the attack. Colin O'Brien over the free. Cleared out by the Millwall defence.
21:10.... Joey Flood finds two Millwall players charging down on him and he remains calm and lets the bounce of the ball beat the Blues and he comes away with the ball.
21:08.... Hackett passes to Smith and his cross finds Grimes but his header is upwards and away from goal. I like this Hackett lad.
21:07.... Certainly seems to be a Ronan Murtagh fan club here tonight. Cheers go up any time he touches it.
21:06.... Alan Dunne on for Frampton (Millwall).
21:05.... 506 people is the official attendance tonight in Tolka.
21:05.... Kalns shot goes wide on a deflection. Corner. Kalns is off and Murtagh on.
21:03.... Fight back time in Athlone. Can Longford hang on there. Here, Millwall advance.
21:01.... 3-2 in Athlone now!!! Corner to Millwall. Hoooofed high and Shels clear for another corner.
20:59.... And that pretty much seals that in Zagreb. Lovren has added a third goal for Dinamo Zagreb. That means that if Bohemians come through their tie with Salzburg tomorrow night then they will face Zagreb in the next round.
20:59.... Laird chips to an unmarked Bolder and Grabban who get in each others way and Bolders shot goes wide when really it should be 2-0.
20:57.... Millwall have a free 40 yards out. Hackett and Laird stand over it.
20:56.... Ray Scully crosses to Derek Doyle and his header is well held by the keeper.
20:55.... Corner comes to nothing. Shels break.
20:54.... Badelj has added a second goal for Zagreb on 61 minutes. That makes it 2-0 on the night and 2-0 on aggregate. Millwall attack and win a corner.
20:53.... Shels starting with more purpose. Barron, Bolder, Laird and Morrison on for Millwall. Can't see yet who is off.
20:47.... Free tea in Tolka. Lovely. Changes time. Scully, O'Reilly, Grehan, Flood (Joey) Kantunios, Doyle, Dowling, Moran on. Only Kalns, Synnott and Colin O'Brien still on. Game on for Second Half
20:42.... By the way, fans of Bohemians may be interested to know that Dinamo Zagreb currently lead Pyunik by 1-0 after 52 minutes of their second leg tie. The winner of that one of course will meet the winner of Bohemians and Red Bull Salzburg, who play tomorrow night.
20:32.... Half time in Shels now. 1-0. Half time in UCD. 1-0.
20:30.... UCD one nil down, Casalinovo for Dundee - 42 minutes. Neat through ball for Casalinovo - Brennan came out to narrow the angles and saved well - ball came back to Casalinovo who sidestepped a challenge before firing the ball into the bottom corner of the net from 10 yards
20:28....GOAL MILLWALL - OG BRENNAN - 40 minutes
Long ball punted up, Damien Brennan headed and it looped over the keeper and bounced into an unmanned net.
20:26.... In Athlone, it's 2-0 Longford and they have missed a peno too!! Game here restarts with Shels attacking
20:24.... Jimmy Abdou is down injured in the centre circle here. Looks quite hurt. Ok maybe not, he's back up and walking off. Seems fine now. Bad call Gareth.
20:23.... Free to Shels on the edge of the box. Cassidy stands over it and Baker. Cassidy strikes but Forde is positioned well and takes easily.
20:21.... Hackett free into the box and Andy Frampton diving header goes over the bar. In UCD, Purcell with a weak effort easily saved. Crowd estimate 250 there tonight
20:18.... Shels corner. And out for a second now. Cassidy to take. Long and badly clearedMark O'Brien has his shot blocked.
20:15.... Free for Shels. Cassidy over it. Sails in and Brennan heads almost unmarked but it was just too high and he heads harmlessly wide and over.
20:13.... Jack Smith wins a corner for Millwall. Corner comes in, and runs past everyone all the way for a Shels throw on the far side.
20:12.... Millwall seem to be targeting the right wing, and Maurice Farrell in most attacks.
20:11.... Keely demands Costigan "stretches his legs" in a break out quashed easily by the Millwall midfield. Shels haven't done much at all so far.
20:10.... In Belfield, McMillan's pace again a problem for Dundee Utd - winning a free kick edge of the box
20:09.... Hackett crosses again and Alexander meets it but the header runs wide of the right post as Whelan remains rooted. Shels free 45 yards out. Cassidy takes and the keeper fists out.
20:06.... Comes to nothing. Shels clear upfield as the sun makes an appearance.
20:06.... Free to Millwall just 10 metres from the corner flag. Hackett takes, Baker heads out for a corner.
20:04.... Scoreless in all three games so far. Corner to Millwall after a powerful shot by Alexander is diverted wide. The corner is well claimed by Whelan. In UCD, Finn close with a right footed curling shot after a weaving run
20:02.... Maurice Farrell has a long throw. Shels attempt to break but lose out and concede a throw inside their half.
19:58.... 14 minutes gone and it's all Millwall as the latest attmept by Grabban runs harmlessly wide. Keely is having a kanipsen(sp?) fit
19:58.... Millwall free 35 yards out. Craig stands over it, and Harris. Harris strikes and it runs just wide of Whelan's left post.
19:57.... Millwall are passing it about with purpose. So far it's been all Millwall. You can see a goal coming if this pressure keeps up. Latvian, Kalns just caught offside in a long ball counter.
19:56.... In UCD, David McMillan just headed wide from 7 yards, free header.
19:55.... Senda fires the ball to the much used Hackett who crosses in for Alexander. Shelbourne clear their lines however with a header. Temporary rest bite as Millwall advance again.
19:54.... In Belfield, UCD over the top, Finn with the ball, through to McMillan David - keeper out of area and clears just in time. Pace of McMillan seemed to cause Dundee a problem on that occasion
19:52.... Adbou finds Alexander on the right wing whose ball into Hackett finds the Millwall man in space as he moves towards goal. His ball across the goal is met by a Shels foot and out for a corner. The corner comes to nothing.
19:51.... Shels build from the back. Cassidy loses it in midfield and gives a free away. Keely starts to bark.
19:49.... Millwall win their first corner. Hackett takes long into the box. Hits a Shels man who clears out. The ball rebounds back into the box and Millwall are caught offside. UCD Game underway.
19:48.... Gary Alexander attempts a one two with Lewis Grabban but the return ball is too near Whelan and the keeper takes easily.
19:47.... Shels is underway.
Athlone Town: Alex O’Reilly, Robbie Hamm, Brian Cleary, Kevin Dunne, Des Hope, Damien Rushe, John Mernagh, Gary Murphy, Stephen Place, Mark Salmon, David Tyrell. Subs: Gary Curran, Liam Lynch, Michael Lee, Neil McKenna, Philip Coffey.
Longford Town: Danny O’Leary, Tom King, Brian McCarthy, Stephen Gough, Ray Kenny, Colm Jinks, Carmine Russo, Michael Foley, Adrian Murphy, Derek Glynn, Darren McKenna. Subs: Austin Skelly, Kevin Williamson, Luke Hardy, Noel McGhee, John McGuinness.
19:44.... Minute silence.... for Reggis Scully, Ray Scully's father I believe. RIP. Be right back so!!
19:43.... The teams are out on the field to very loud Samba music...VERY LOUD. Dean Delaney has a cold and is missing from tonight's affair.
Mick Neville's Hair, emailed in again You're not working hard enough at the mythology - the teacher passing by who threw you out of his room gives an excellent opportunity to a Shakespearean style sub-plot based on revenge. Will you take your pound of flesh? - Ecck....erm.... Panic!!! I did Geography instead of History...
Dundee Utd - Banks, Dillon, Conway, Robertson, Swanson, Kenneth, Kovacevic, Casalinovo, Goodwillie, Russell, Smith
Subs - Dods, Myrie - Williams, Cadamerteri, Gomis, Shala, Dixon, Cameron, McCord, Grant
UCD - Brennan, Harding, Nangle, Shorthall, E McMillan, Bolger, Ward, Finn, Purcell, D McMillan. S Roche (trialist). Subs - Leahy, Boyle, Mulhall, Paul OConnor, Timmons, Matthews, Reilly, Sly Eigboba, Byrne
I am alone in the press box, so email me, at extratimelive@gmail.com. I'll try get to everyone that does.
19:38.... The smell of Cigar smoke wafts past. Since I can remember coming to Tolka Park over the years, I always associate the smell of cigars with it. I can see the culprit now. I may ask my ex teacher for a duster to chuck at him.
19:36.... Referee is Damien Hancock tonight. Rob Rogers is the fourth official. The teams are slowly making their way off the pitch.
19:34.... Our man in Belfield has made contact. We will have teams from Belfield over the next while. An old school teacher of mine has just wandered past me. The only teacher to kick me out of a class,now over 20 years ago. Wonderful.
19:33.... 15 minutes from kick-off and The Killers - "Are we Human or are we Dancer" is blaring out. A crowd swell of maybe 150 to 200 here now. Hopefully a sudden surge will hit the gates in the next few minutes. Hope springs eternal....
19:28.... Shels team is in, and Maurice Farrell starts, and Shels have brothers on the team in Colin and Mark starting. Latvian Jurgis Kaalns plays again having featured against Leeds this day last week. Millwall team going in now.
19:20.... Well, my optimistic hope of early team sheets has been misplaced. I'm eyeing the far clubhouse for signs of the man with the all important sheets.
19:11.... Team news is lacking here. There are around 50 people here at present. The PA has just started up. My requests possibly falling on deaf ears!!
19:07.... Still no teams, but plenty of banter with the people wandering about the stadium. Most in agreement Bohemians Euro game should be televised. Millwall and Shelbourne's full teams are out and warming up. The wind is picking up.
Mick Neville's Hair, emailed in Inspired as we all should be by Peter Crowley's masterful theatre review of the Shels and Sporting Fingal match in today's Irish Times, and given that both Milwall and Shels were once major clubs that have fallen into hard times, we must think of this game as a "psychodrama about pride and redemption, the drama set at a sub-turf level" and therefore, alas, a game who's exciting mythology will undoubtedly exceed the pedestrianity of the football itself. Therefore Cyanide, you must observe this game at Crowley's "sub-turf level" and that means transcending updates to reach the level of mythology and existentialist meditation. You must therefore make as many references to ancient Greek mythology and French philosophy as possible (think of us readers as your Greek Chorus). - Well I will do my utmost to introduce as many references as I can!!!
18:44.... Just took a stroll around the stadium there. Beautiful day once you are in the sun. Hopefully the rain forecast will stay away.
18:35.... Later this evening and tomorrow, we will continue to build up to the Bohemians Champions League clash with a preview of the game as well as interviews with Pat Fenlon and hopefully his opposite number from Salzburg. We will have updates from the ground tomorrow, brought to you by Graeme McQueen.
18:25.... Seven Shels players, in their blue warm up tee shirts are dribbling about on the pitch. Burdocks have the lights on now. There is a small stirring in Tolka. David Crawley has appeared out of the tunnel as Keely sips his tea beside him and starts to wander towards the main stand.
18:21.... No team news yet, but I am eagerly awaiting team sheets..... or people, aww I have been informed the team lineups will be with me around seven.
18:15.... It's a breezy aul night, but the rain has stopped over an hour now, although the dark skies are ominous. Four Shels players are warming up as 15 or 20 people wander about an otherwise empty Tolka. The press box is empty bar one very early Extratime reporter...
18:02.... Well I am on location myself tonight, my first visit to Tolka Park in many many months. We will bring you the scores from the other matches tonight as we get them. There is a league clash between Athlone Town and Longford, as well as a friendly in UCD.
18:00.... Welcome to the Extratime coverage of Shelbourne -v Millwall. I will be bringing you all the action as it happens. You can email me asking any questions you may have about the game or in general at extratimelive@gmail.com. Kick off is at 19:45
Team Lineups
Shelbourne: Vinny Whelan; Michael Synnott, Maurice Farrell, Robbie Hedderman, Damien Brennan; Mark O'Brien, Colin O'Brien, David Cassidy, Anthony Costigan; Jugris Kalns, Richie Baker
Subs: Derek Doyle, Ray Scully, Mark O'Reilly, Joey Flood, Stuart Grehan, Rory Kavanagh, Ronan Murtagh, Mick Kantunios, Shane Dowling, Ross Moran
Millwall: David Forde; Danny Senda, Andy Frampton, Jimmy Abdou, Jack Smith; Tony Craig, Cris Hackett, Gary Alexander, Lewis Grabban; Neill Harris, Ali Fuseini
Subs: Alan Dunne, John Sullivan, Scott Barron, Omar Beckles, Adam Bolder, Marc Laird, Steve Morrison, Ashley Grimes, Keinan Hughes-Mason
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