Overview
- Galway United beat Derry City 2-1 on Friday June 19, 2026 with Stephen Walsh scoring both goals to decide the match.
- Walsh opened the scoring with a 23rd-minute header from an Ed McCarthy cross and doubled the lead in the 48th minute from a David Hurley pass.
- A late handball by Walsh led referee Daryl Carolan to award a stoppage-time penalty that Michael Duffy converted for Derry but it only reduced the deficit.
- The result puts Galway one point behind sixth-place Derry while retaining two games in hand, a standing that materially strengthens Galway’s bid to avoid relegation.
- Derry have now won two of their last ten league games, a run that increases scrutiny on manager Tiernan Lynch while Galway played at Pearse Stadium during Eamonn Deacy Park pitch maintenance.