On Monday last, Shelbourne’s celebrations splintered into a table at a live podcast and a consequent taxi into town. I rode shotgun and began talking to the taxi driver, originally from Nigeria, trying to extol the stature of the athletes cramming into his six-seater. “They just won the league with Shelbourne,” I said. “Ah Shelbourne,” he smiled. “Damien Duff! What a player, I loved him for Chelsea.” The live podcast was held a few hundred yards from Richmond Park, home of Stephen Kenny’s Saint Patrick’s Athletic. Recently, Saints ended Derry City’s title ambitions in their final home game of the…

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