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Stunning finish whets the appetite for future battles

In the seconds before the interval at Richmond Park, tensions on the sideline eventually boiled over.

But it wasn’t between the respective benches. Instead, it was the Virgin Media representative standing next to the Shels dugout with his camera trained on Damien Duff that became the subject of local frustrations. A steward was forced to intervene amid complaints that he was blocking their view. Who could have anticipated this League of Ireland campaign reaching the point where there’s just too much media coverage.