Premier Division: Shelbourne 0 Bohemians 0
Tension surged throughout this Tolka Park derby clash following a pre-match flare-up between both sets of players and the respective coaching teams. Alas, the contest itself lacked the same sort of punch, with a game-settling moment of magic conspicuous by its absence despite the end-to-end nature of proceedings.
The fuse on a fiery night was lit 10 minutes before kick-off when the Shelbourne players and members of their backroom team took exception to the Bohemians squad arriving into the half they were warming up in, to applaud the visiting fans behind the goal.
Terse words quickly morphed into a melee involving players and coaches and, with the match officials inside the dressingroom…