There's nothing quite link late drama..........

The last twenty four hours have reminded us all just how great a late winner is, as long as it goes for your side.

O'Gara late kick in Cardiff will grab the column inches for years to come, but City fans will remember last night's late dramatics for just as long. There was no Grand Slam on the line in the Brandywell, but the feeling when the winner went it will have been just the same.

I had another exam today, so I wasn't able to make it to the Brandywell last night. Therefore I headed to Dalyer from the "Dublin derby" between Rovers and Bohs. Due to the wonders of modern technology I was watching the game, listening to Niall and Greengo commentate on the Derry game as well as watching the West Indies v England in the ODI on my laptop. How's that for a setup.

It was on today that I realised I have seen Bohs every week this season so far, and I've only seen Derry once. From the sounds of the game last night it was very much a smash and grab raid but we'll take the three points, thank you very much. So people have pointed out that it is karma for Cork turning a two nil deficit into a 3-2 win, but I'd like to think it is revenge for the negative football that Paul Doolin has subjected opposition fans to for years.

The game at Dalymount was a great one for the neutral with the football in the first showcasing the best of the LOI. To be fair credit must go to both managers for allowing their teams to play. Michael O'Neill, the new Rovers manager, could have set his side up for a draw in his experience of a Dublin derby. However he didn't he went to win the game and although it didn't work out, I was impressed by the manner in which Rovers tried to play the game.

Bohs performance was a pleasing contrast to their opening clash against Dundalk and indeed against ourselves last night. Roddy Collins has been the loudest critic of the fact that Bohs do not entertain, much to annoyance of players and staff at Dalymount. I am more puzzled, as it seems surprisingly that with the amount of talent in the red and black that they don't cut loose more often. However Friday night was the epitome of Bohs at their best and without Barry Murphy on top form it could have been four or five.

Ndo was on form, and when he is interested there is no more exciting player in the League. However I am always a fan of the players in the engine room, the centre midfielders and I was very impressed with the Deegan/Keegan axis for the home side. Keegan was neat and tidy, setting up the passes and winning the ball. Deegan was a dynamo all round the pitch, hassling and pressing and eventually drawning the foul for the first goal.

It was my first time at a Bohs v Rovers game. Yes, the security was high. Yes, there were a few hoods about the place. Yes, I could understand if you were a parent that you would be reluctant to take kids along to the game. It is all about the perception and and the image, and unfortunately the image around this game in modern times is not good.

It is mighty shame, as the football on the night was very impressive. A perfect night, wonderful surface and both teams laid on a show for the spectators. Perhaps as I had no vested interest I was able to relax and enjoy the spectacle. From a helter skelter start the game settled down to an enthralling first half, as both sides really turned it on.

Bohs got the breakthrough with a penalty and led at the break. The second half didn't have the same drama as the first, as Bohs got the second goal and flame from Rovers died a little. I was following the lad's commentary from the Brandywell, and my random expletives when the Cork goal went it caused a few puzzled looks around me.

The game in Dalyer had an early start, so I was in the press box with the journos as the drama developed in the Brandywell. From a game in which we looking to be getting nothing we seemed to have salvaged a draw and then somehow ended up as victors. Ah late winners, ye cannae beat them!