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Watch dramatic moment angry brawl breaks out during League of Ireland clash as TWO players sent off
@Source: thesun.ie
TEMPERS boiled over during the League of Ireland clash between Galway Utd and Sligo Rovers when a melee led to TWO players being sent off.
The two sides were level at 1-1 when Galway's Moses Dyer and Sligo's John Mahon came together.
The subsequent row led to both sets of players getting involved to try and separate the two feuding footballers.
And when the dust settled, referee Neil Doyle gave both their marching orders and reducing both teams to ten men.
The row came less than ten minutes after Dyer had brought Galway level with his tenth goal of the season.
The New Zealand international is having a sensational season, and was named the SSE Airtricity Soccer Writers’ Ireland Player of the Month for April after bagging four goals.
He currently leads the Premier Division scoring charts, speaking to how he has quickly adapted to life in Ireland after spells in his native New Zealand, Norway and Canada.
Dyer, 28, said back in May: “It took me a while to get used to the weather and a lot of rain in Galway, the heavy fields, but I feel like I'm starting to get used to it now.
“The landscape is very similar (to New Zealand). Galway is a beach town so every time the sun is out I'm there.
“And the people in Ireland are very real. Very relaxed as well, not a lot of people work here! You go down to the city and the city is packed on a Tuesday at 10am!”
He quickly settled as he helped Galway United into the top half of the table before two losses on the bounce saw them slip to eighth.
Going into Monday night's game against the Bit O'Red, they were in seventh.
Dyer added: “The games are mad.
"The fans are mad in this league. And the football is fun.
"It's very fast-paced and a lot of crosses. It's good for strikers.
“You're coming to a new country, everything is different. But I just kept training, kept my head down and I believed that I could...
“Even the first few games, I think it took me five games to score. And every game I'd be disappointed, but I knew I could score in this league.
"And now it's come off, so it's rewarding.”
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