Overall a dissapointing evening for all Town fans in Ballybofey. I travelled with Rod, Callum and Alex from Carrickfergus during the afternoon and picked up Jon Craig on route. After a minor argument with MR Satnav we made it to Strabane with a few minutes to spare. We had to collect tickets from a friendly Notts Forest supporter from his sports store in the town. The 10 minute journey to Ballybofey took us half an hour. I think these locals have serious issues judging distance. Either that or they drive like maniacs. It was plain to see that EU funding for the roads in Donegal had failed to make much of an impact.
After a short trip the wrong way up a one way street, we parked up at Heeneys bar and had refreshments. We then dandered to McKelveys where we met up some Town friends. Clive, Anga, Chris and Steve from Suffolk, Bert from Cookstown and Alan from Co Meath.
Sure enough as we headed to the ground the rain started. I estimate a crowd of around 1000 and a splattering of Town fans from England, NI and Ireland. Two ITFC banners were on display - Spirit of 78 and ITFC Northern Ireland.
Town played in red and Finn Harps in blue. The Town line up was strong with Stead playing on his own up front. To be honest the game was crap. I wont go into all the gory details but I felt Delaney and Wickham played reasonably well. We definately have some fitness issues and maybe that is to be expected. I know when I go back to work after a holiday I am expeceted to be at 100%, lets just hope that is what we get come Coventry.
Finn Harps were a very young side in the middle of their season. They well deserved the victory and their second goal, a breakaway was well executed even though the final shot took a deflection off Shumi(?).
Keane was mobbed at the end of the game and the Town side didn`t warm down. Maybe they were too embarrassed.
We headed home around 10 and were back in Carrick shortly after midnight.
