DROGHEDA UNITED

Doherty dismisses luck as reason his side top table and insists it's all down to graft

- BY GARRY DOYLE

MIRACLE worker Kevin Doherty insists Drogheda's position at the top of the League of Ireland comes down to character and not luck.

United continue to defy the odds week after week and reclaimed top spot on Monday afternoon with a come-from-behind win over Cork at Sullivan and Lambe Park.

But it is their position at the bottom of the budget table which makes their place at the top of the actual table so impressive.

And now the thing they really want to win is some respect.

Doherty said: “We played very well against Cork even if it wasn't the most free-flowing game of football. We are missing a number of players as well but we have learned to get on with things in adversity.

“The spirit of the fans - the noise they generate, the positivity they show - plays a huge role in what we are doing. You can sense all the positivity in the warm-up, you can sense it in injury time when we are chasing a goal. It makes a difference.”