Galway United 1

Bohemians 2

GALWAY United were the latest side to fall victim to ‘Rennie time’ on Monday, as Alan Reynolds’ Bohemians scored an injury-time winner for the third time in four games, with Sean Grehan once again the hero for the Gypsies.

Six minutes of injury time had been indicated, but the game had ticked into a seventh additional minute when the visitors won a corner on the right at the car-park end of the ground.

There looked little danger as Dayle Rooney’s poor delivery was headed clear at the near post by Regan Donelon. Unfortunately for United, his clearance went straight back to Rooney, who composed himself with a touch before sending in a more inviting delivery, and Grehan rose highest to head home.

The goal was greeted by the sound of 3,000-odd maroon hearts shattering, and of course the predictable pitch invasion by Bohs fans, who once again made United’s case for installing a mesh or raised wall at the away end to keep away fans off the pitch in a repeat of scenes from their FAI Cup semi-final win at the ground back in 2023.

Grehan scored the 96th minute winner against St Patrick’s Athletic a week ago, and the week before that it was Rhys Brennan who popped up in injury-time with the winner against Shamrock Rovers. James McManus also scored an 85th minute winner against Cork City a week earlier again: just a month ago, Bohs fans were baying for the head of Reynolds, wanting him removed as manager. Now, he’s a footballing genius.

It was just one example of the vagaries of sport, as was the fact that, when the half-time whistle went, scorelines from around the grounds meant United went into the dressing room sitting top of the table. When the late kick-offs reached the final whistle they had fallen to sixth.

Sickening as it was, though, the win was nothing less than the visitors deserved. United probably shaded matters in the first-half, and took a lead into the break when Moses Dyer bagged his eighth goal of the season in the 43rd minute of an open and entertaining game, but the home side were punished for sitting too deep in the second-half to leave them on a run of just one win in five games.

Pictured: Galway United’s in-form striker Moses Dyer celebrates after scoring Galway United’s goal in Monday’s 2-1 Premier Division defeat to Bohemians at Eamonn Deacy Park. Photo: Joe O’Shaughnessy.