Sligo Rovers are 1-0 down heading into tonight’s Champions league second leg against Molde in Norway and when you look at the gap in funding and general structures between the clubs it really is a mountain to climb rather than a hill to scale for the Airtricity league champions.

Even though this season has not gone well and they lie 10th in the Norwegian Tippeligaen Molde are two in a row champions and are beginning to find form having won 4 out of their last 5 games, Sligo meanwhile are third having failed to win their previous two in the league.

If Ian Baracloughs side overcome Molde they'll become the first league of Ireland side to get through a tie having lost the first leg at home, the prize for the winners is most likely to be a meeting with Legia Warsaw who host Welsh side TNS , the Poles lead 3-1 going into the second leg of that match.

If you need to a score the  you need your best forwards and Sligo will welcome back Raffaele Cretaor (call me Raf as he once told me) and Danny North, both trained last night at the picturesque waterside Aker stadium, Pascal Millien remains absent due to international commitments with Haiti.

How tough will it be? never mind the finances and differences in turnover between the sides the simple matter is no league of Ireland team has ever won a European club match in Norway! Can Sligo makes history ? we certainly hope so,  Gods speed Bit O Red!