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08th Nov 2015

Twitter reacted to Dundalk’s FAI Cup Final win with one particular demand…

We want Richie Towell

Carl Kinsella

All hail Richie Towel.

Today’s FAI Cup final went right down to the wire today. Neither team found a way to break the deadlock in normal time but this season’s stand-out player, Richie Towell, made all the difference in extra-time.

Towell’s winner made it 29 for the season. Speaking to RTÉ after the game, he said that the gaffer set him a target of 30 at the season’s outset to which Towell responded ‘Are you mad?’. Not quite, it would seem.

Richie Towell’s young age and prolific goal-scoring record has raised some questions about why he didn’t make Martin O’Neill’s 39-man squad to face Bosnia next week. His goal today, a calm finish under huge pressure, has only added to those questions:

https://twitter.com/phayes86/status/663419588542111745

https://twitter.com/GaryToohey/status/659445430380601344

https://twitter.com/holdencaul/status/663417537087021056

https://twitter.com/Colly_McK/status/663399368712716288