Keely backing Nutsy

The Irish Sun (Dermot Keely column): AS a lot of people will know, I would not have an awful lot of time for Pat Scully.

It goes back to when he was a player at Shelbourne and we had a falling-out over my handling of an incident involving some of his team-mates.

They had behaved in a manner which I thought was unacceptable and I told him that I would get rid of them at the end of the season.

Oman enjoying life back at Bohs

The Irish Sun: WHEN Ken Oman walked back into Dalymount Park after two years away, it was with an enhanced reputation.

Three days before the end of the 2005 season, the then Bohsemians boss Gareth Farrelly dropped a bombshell when he informed Oman he would not be renewing his contract.

The pair never saw eye-to-eye. Farrelly had barred the defender from going to the gym, claiming he had bulked up so much it was impairing his mobility.

Fenlon vows to stick with Under-23s

Setanta Sports: Pat Fenlon will not be sidetracked by negative comments as he attempts to balance his job at Bohemians with that of the Republic of Ireland U-23 side.

Criticism was aimed at The Gypsies boss for not stepping down from the international role when he took over the Dublin club this year, but he remains determined to handle the the two jobs.

The U-23’s have won their two games so far in the International Trophy Tournament and need just one more victory to secure passage through to the final of the newly established competition.

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Murphy: Westwood call-up a piss-take

Setanta Sports: Bohemians keeper Brian Murphy has expressed his bewilderment at Giovanni Trapattoni’s decision to call-up Kieren Westwood to the Ireland squad.

The 25-year-old has been terrific for The Gypsies this season with only six goals conceded in eleven league games and was tipped by many to make Trapattoni’s original 40-man selection.

Murphy was one of many in-form eircom Premier Division players that did not get a call-up, and he could not hide his anger about Carlisle United’s Westwood earning a place in the squad that traveled to Portugal for a training camp.

Agony and ecstasy for Foley

From The Irish Sun: DOMINIC FOLEY suffered agony and ecstasy in the Belgian Cup final yesterday.

The Gent skipper fired Gent into a 1-0 lead in the sixth minute but Anderlecht ran out 3-2 winners in front of 50,000 fans at the King Baudouin Stadium.

The ex-Ireland international gave the underdogs a shock lead but Czech midfielder Jan Polak leveled almost immediately.

Gent took the lead once more in the 34^th minute through Foley’s strike partner Adekamni Olufade but Anderlecht roared back in the second half.

Fenlon accuses Jeffrey of gamesmanship

Eleven-a-side.com: Republic of Ireland under-23 manager Pat Fenlon accused Northern Ireland counterpart David Jeffrey of gamesmanship during the sock-shock stand-off in Lurgan on Tuesday night.

The International Challenge Trophy clash at Mourneview Park was delayed for almost half an hour after a dispute over the colours of socks to be worn by either side.

And Fenlon, who knows Jeffrey well from his time at Linfield, feels his old comrade was trying to pull a fast one.

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Foley… what a… Gent

The Irish Sun: STEPHEN MCPHAIL will not be the only Irishman captaining a team in a major decider this weekend.

Leading Cardiff City out in front of 90,000 fans for the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium this afternoon is certainly impressive.

Dominic Foley will do the same for KAA Gent in the Belgian Cup tomorrow. Given that there will be 50,000 in the stands and they will be playing Anderlecht – a club with three major European trophies to their name – well, that is not too shabby either.

The best of rivals

The Irish Sun: PAT FENLON and Alan Mathews worked together on Tuesday to guide the Republic of Ireland Under 23s to victory over Northern Ireland.

But, straight after the game, they shook hands on a job well done and started plotting the others demise.

The pair lock horns as rivals on Sunday when Fenlon’s Bohemians host Mathews’ Cork City.