Good Omen!

United will make their third attempt to play their Irish cup match at Dixon Park Ballyclare tomorrow night, weather permitting. The weather forecast would make us be a wee bit pessimistic, with snow a definite possibility, but on the plus side, history or coincidence depending on your outlook is very much with us. Cast your mind back if you can to 1984. We realise that was 25 years ago and some United fans weren't even born, never mind going to matches, but on that occasion United had to play a first round game away to junior opposition namely Tobermore United. After two postponements the match was finally played and a certain 'George Best' was in the opposition team that day, but United swept them aside triumphing by a whopping 7-0 and going on to lift the Irish cup with a 4-1 victory over Carrick Rangers in the final. Could history repeat itself starting with a victory tomorrow night, you just never can tell. That of course is the magic of the cup and United have a great incentive with a home draw against the 'hatchet men' waiting for the winners of this tie. We haven't got a baldy about team selection, our source has gone AWOL (drunk again), Kelbie may be available, Paul Muir may or may not be cup-tied and we wonder if manager Roy Walker's four game suspension effective from today applies to the cup match, or is it only applicable to league games. The big breaking news of today is of course the managerial merry-go-round at Glenavon, with the appointment of former Coleraine boss Marty Quinn at Mourneview and the news that his former club, Bangor, will not be playing Premier league football next season, another fine mess they've got us into (the I.F.A.). But we digress, the ball is at our proverbial toe, so come on United, let's shag those Ballyclarians!