AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION Dundalk 6 Galway Utd 1:GREG BOLGER helped himself to a brace as Dundalk cruised to victory over a beleaguered Galway United at Oriel Park last night.
Played in horrendous conditions, the home side started brightly and Mark Quigley tested Greg Fleming twice early on. The visitors almost took a shock lead in the 17th minute when Bobby Ryan forced Peter Cherrie into a top class save.
But Dundalk were in front three minutes later. Ross Gaynor’s cut back to the edge of the box found Quigley and Bolger latched on to the lay-off, beating Fleming with the aid of a wicked deflection from 20-yards.
Bolger’s second arrived in the 44th minute when he lifted the ball over Fleming following a neat exchange with Quigley. And seconds later the result was put beyond doubt when Quigley drilled home from 12-yards.
Two minutes after the interval Dundalk scored again, Keith Ward turning the ball home before Marc Griffin headed home his third goal in four days from a Bolger free-kick. Galway pulled one back when Gary Kelly squeezed the ball past Cherrie in the 55th minute but Johnny Breen added a sixth for Dundalk after 70 minutes.
DUNDALK: Cherrie; Madden, Bennett, Guthrie, N Murphy; Kearns, Ward (Maher, 60 mins), Bolger, Gaynor; Griffin (Breen, 60 mins), Quigley (Byrne, 71 mins).
GALWAY UNITED: Fleming; Shaun Kelly (Gartland, 71 mins), Sinnott, Walshe, G Kelly; Ryan (Caldwell, 49 mins), Curran, Dusi, Moore (Holland, 76 mins); Gilmore, Murphy.
Referee: P McLaughlin(Monaghan).
