Forget the wildly contrasting state of each club, Rovers and Bohs still need each other and for 90 minutes the big picture did not matter a jot.
Times are changing in “The Home of Irish Football” as the old banner is slowly erased by the demolition of the Connaught Street stand. The rubble also spoilt any chance of this being a televised event as the camera gantry is no more. Rovers have Daniel Cleary to thank for intercepting Burt’s low ball across the goalmouth on 17 minutes. Ethon Varian cut a frustrated figure as the Cork-born striker waits to open his Bohs account since arriving on loan from Stoke City to replace Promise Omochere, who followed Georgie Kelly over to England.