FAI Cup final: Athlone Town v Bohemians, Tallaght Stadium, Sunday, 3.0. Live on TG4.
Athlone Town, fair to say, won’t forget this season in a hurry. The gist: they made their debut in European competition, beating the champions of Wales, Croatia and Serbia before being eliminated by Glasgow City. They retained the league title they won for the first time last season, and they have reached their fourth FAI Cup final in a row, giving them a chance of winning their first league and cup double.
Oh, and they’ve had three managers in 12 months and a fair chunk of off-the-field uncertainty about what the future might hold.
A season like no other, then, by a team that keeps on defying expectations.
When they made their National League debut in 2020, the longer-term ambitions might have been lofty, but the immediate ones were modest. They’d have been made more humble still after they suffered an 8-0 throttling by then reigning champions Peamount United to mak
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