The game ends all square.

Beineon O’Brien Whitmarsh picks up a late yellow card

Maurice Nugent scores a header, from Boylan assist. The game is all square.

The game is opening up now as a result of that goal.

Jack Baxter, the Preston loanee, 25 yards out fires home with a volley. Great technique. Cork City 1-0.

Jack Walsh on Cian Murphy off. Dylan McGlade volleys high on the edge of the area, prior to that substitution.

David Hurley sees yellow.

Padraic Cunningham off Wilson Waruwu on Cunningham, of course, picked up a card earlier.

Maurice Nugent with a super tackle to dispose a full flight Dylan McGlade.

Gary Boylan sees a yellow, for involvement in the mini-melee.

Cian Murphy gone in late on David Hurley, in front of the dugouts. Players from both sides confront each other. Turner's Cross is a powderkeg.

It's become a stop-start, fractious affair.

Gordon Walker picks up a yellow for a late challenge.

Dylan McGlade sees yellow for dissent

Padraic Cunningham sees yellow for dissent

Galway looking dangerous from set-pieces, long throws, and corner kicks. The away team are looking confident.

Gearoid Morrissey gone in the book.

Galway have bodies behind the ball, slowing the game right down and taking the sting out of it.

Galway forced to with one up front for the second half and as result played deep, allowing City to dominate possession.

Cork City 0 Galway United 0 at the break. The Stephen Walsh sending-off will be the talking point, in an evenly contested first half.

Johnny Glynn, Head of Galway academy is also dismissed in the same incident.

Galway United down to 10 men. Stephen Walsh is sent off for an altercation.

David Hurley shot is deflected out for a corner. That was a chance. McNulty was sent the wrong way.

Jonas Hakkinen robust tackle leads to Cork City first caution.

Conor McCormack receives the first yellow card of the match for persistent fouling.

Jonas Hakkinen puts the ball out for Galway corner kick. It was a nothing long ball that caused confusion between Hakkinen and McNulty. Galway could prey on a few nerves in City defense.

Mikey Place fires a warning shot, which forces McNulty into a smart save. Galway are in this game.

Cork City are on top, but the game remains scoreless.

Gearoid Morrissey long-range effort is deflected out for a corner kick.

Delay to the game, Ronan Hurley injured his hamstring. He'll need to be replaced. Dylan McGlade in for an earlier than expected appearance.

Lively start. Both sides making their presence known.

Cian Bargary breaks for City, from a Galway free and has the first shot of the game

We are robbed off the red-hot heat of ‘the Cross’ to welcome club legend Caulfield back for the first time, in an opposition dug out. This may be a tight affair, but it will not be a boring one.

“Every week is a new challenge. Cork is a huge club and it is another fascinating game to look forward to,” Caulfield told the club’s media team. “Cork have turned around their form and have had three very good results. They are strong defensively and, as I always say, we need to perform to our best to get results."

John Caulfield, Cork City, Turners Cross all tag words that were long associated together.

Tonight, offers the first chapter in the Cork City and Galway United tale that is greeted with eager anticipation. Galway's season has been transformed in recent weeks and sit comfortably in fifth place, while Cork are currently vying to stay within touching distance.

On a massive Friday night for the Airtricity League of Ireland, John Caulfield's first return to Turner's Cross in an opposition dug out is a big story.