League Of Ireland Promotion/Relegation playoff: All You Need To Know

VENUE

Tallaght Stadium, Friday 10 November, 7.45pm.

TV

Live coverage on Virgin Media 3 from 7.30pm.

ONLINE

Live blog on RTÉ.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app from 7.30pm.

RADIO

Live coverage on RTÉ 2FM.

WEATHER

A cool but mild November evening in store in Tallaght. Looking like a chilly 5*C or so but with very little wind. Wooly hat in club colours definitely required. No rain forecast… so bring a brolly.

WHAT GOES UP…

… Must come down. It's the major intrigue of the League Of Ireland Promotion/Relegation playoff. Yes, Cork City are, at least until about 9pm Friday night, a top-flight club and therefore, in theory, should be able to manage First Division Waterford.

But the Leesiders are also a side low on form and even lower on confidence. Waterford, on the other hand, are loving life having finished 10 points clear of Cobh in the second tier, albeit the full 25 points behind runaway league winners Galway United. Does the format favour the team with their tails up?

HOW DID WE GET HERE?

It’s been a struggle all season for Cork. Colin Healy stepped down as manager at the start of May with the club second from bottom after 13 Premier Division games. Healy had been in the hotseat for three seasons. He has since gone on to form part of the temporary management crew with the Republic of Ireland women’s team being led by Eileen Gleeson in the post-Vera Pauw era.

Liam Buckley was drafted in as sporting director in a surprise move, initially to support Healy, before taking over the management role a few weeks later. Buckley stepped aside at the end of September with his assistant Richie Holland taking over. If the identity of the man in charge has chopped and changed, the results have remained consistent – they have not been good.

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