A 34th minute Tom King headed goal gave United a one nil victory over a Liverpool XI in front of a 5,000 Terryland Park crowd.

Galway United: Ryan (Grant, 76); Conneely (Reilly, 18), Sinnott (Preston-Kelly, 80), Meynell, Walsh (McInerney, 72); King (Gartland, 72), Foley (Kelly, 50), Curran (Shaw, 63), O'Brien (Keogh, 76); Whurisiekz (Molloy, 55, Flaherty, 90), K Sheppard (D Sheppard, 66).

Liverpool XI: Bouzainiz; Darby (Flanagan, 58), Mayinga (Cody, 66), Ayala (Wisom, 58), Robinson; Amoo, Cooper (Kacamiklic, 46), Irwin, Ince; Fernandez, Saric (Roberts, 69).

Referee: P Sutton (Clare).