Local comedian puts together comic sketch on Man Utd

Football fans the length and breadth of the country have been enjoying Manchester United’s fall from grace this season and now local comedian Alan Gernon has got in on the act by putting together a short sketch poking fun at the Old Trafford club.

The video starts in late March, with David Moyes being removed as manager and replaced by the unheralded ‘Seamus Cascarino’, who tries to recruit Steve Staunton as his assistant.

What ensues is a mess but some would say it can be no worse than what is really happening at the Premier League champions at the moment.

Alan, from Louth Village, has previously contributed sketches to a range of programmes, including MNS.

Two Dundalk players named in MNS Team of the Year

Patrick Hoban

Two Dundalk players were last night named on the MNS Airtricity Premier Division Team of the Year.

The team, as selected by pundits from the RTÉ show, featured eight players from league champions St Patrick’s Athletic, two from Dundalk and one from Derry City.

Richie Towell was selected in midfield for the Team of the Year with Pat Hoban up front.

Both players are nominated for the Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards at the PFAI Awards later this month.

The team in full is Brendan Clarke; Ger O’Brien, Conor Kenna, Kenny Browne, Ian Bermingham, Richie Towell, Greg Bolger, Killian Brennan, Conan Byrne, Rory Patterson and Pat Hoban.

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Dundalk await draw for FAI Cup quarter-finals

Following Friday night’s 5-3 win over Limerick FC at Oriel Park, Dundalk will go into the draw tonight for the quarter-finals of the Ford FAI Cup.

The draw for the last eight takes place on RTÉ’s MNS programme from 7pm with Stephen Kenny’s side hoping to land a first cup win for the Lilywhites since the famous victory over Bohemians back in 2002.

The clubs Dundalk could be drawn against include: Shamrock Rovers, Drogheda United, St Patrick’s Athletic, Shelbourne, Sligo Rovers, Finn Harps or Cobh Ramblers and Derry City or Bluebell United.

Previously: Five star Dundalk book place in FAI Cup quarter-finals