Pete Mahon is anxious St Patrick’s Athletic fans help to prevent the club’s season fizzling out in the wake of Tuesday’s cup defeat by turning out for tonight’s Bray game but spirits around the Inchicore camp are bound to be low given the way the team’s season has crumbled in recent weeks.

They’ll be without full-backs Damien Lynch and Ian Bermingham tonight as both are suspended while Dave Mulcahy and Ryan guy are carrying knocks.

Still, it’s a modest enough list of problems when compared to those of Bray with the visitors missing Jake Kelly, John Mulroy, Derek Prendergast, Seán Houston, Dane Massey and Shane O’Connor this evening through either injury or suspension.