The walk of shame towards the Bohs fans at the Ballybough End was slow and laboured because the players knew what was coming.
The sun may have been splitting the stones for last September’s FAI Cup quarter-final with Shels, but the Gypsies couldn’t shake the dark cloud hanging over them.
A disappointing season had just got a hell of a lot worse and the sorry 3-0 defeat marked their lowest ebb of a year to forget.