The Twitter exchange today
Stephen O’Donnell’s return from injury to score the goal that set Dundalk on their way to the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division title on Friday night has already secured the midfielder legendary status at Oriel Park.
However, he has certainly gone up in the estimations of all of us here at Talk of the Town today after hitting back at two St Patrick’s Athletic supporters who celebrated his potentially career-threatening knee injury, which he sustained against Shamrock Rovers on Good Friday.
At the time Anto Hayes and Aaron Alford took delight in O’Donnell’s misery. The former described the Galway man as a “dirtbird” while his friend added that it “couldn’t of happened to a nicer bloke’.
O’Donnell would ultimately have the last laugh though.
He took to Twitter today saying: “And now for a tweet that I have been waiting to send since the final whistle last Friday night.”
He then messaged Anto and Aaron directly, saying: “thank you to these gents for the motivation of getting back before the season finished. Much appreciated!!!”
It’s fair to say it’s O’Donnell 1 Trolls 0
The Dundalk captain is a winner on and off the field.
