Plans to sell the Ryan McBride Brandywell stadium in Londonderry to Derry City FC have been agreed in principle by councillors in the city.

The stadium has been owned by the local council since Derry City FC's formation in 1928, with the club using the stadium under a series of short-term licences.

On Tuesday, Derry City and Strabane District Council's governance committee approved the sale in principle, despite some councillors raising concerns about the lack of engagement with other groups that use the stadium.

Any sale, councillors were told, would require Derry City to pay market value for the stadium, which includes a greyhound track and costs around £500,000 a year to run.

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That's that at the Parnu Rannastaadion in Estonia.

It's Nomme Kalju who take the advantage into next week's return leg in South Belfast.

Dane McCullough replaces Ethan McGee.

The home side hit the bar!

So close, yet so far from Mihhail Orlov as his strike skims the top of the bar.

Enrique Esono looks to double the home side's lead but his shot goes wide of the target.

It won't be one of his proudest efforts...

Linfield are knocking on the door more and more, but Nomme Kalju are looking pretty solid at the back.

A fantastic chance for the Blues' as Ethan McGee plays a low ball into the feet of Matthew Fitzpatrick who just can't get the ball under control.

Time is running out for Linfield and those types of chances don't always come!

Chris Shields finds his name in the referee's book after a foul on Mihhail Orlov in the middle of the park.

A bit of a scramble in the Nomme Kalju box there and it's resulted in a free kick the way of the Estonian side.

A first effort for Kieran Offord travels straight into the hands of Henri Perk.

Kieran Offord replaces Adam Frizzell, with Sean Brown coming on for Isaac Baird.

How good is it Linfield fans to see Offord back from injury?

Oleksandr Musolitin tries his luck from a free-kick just outside the box, but his effort flies just over the bar.

Any lower and I think Chris Johns would have had it covered.

The home fans are in fine voice tonight, they haven't stopped singing the whole evening!

A brilliant ball into the box from Kirk Millar once again, but neither Matthew Fitzpatrick nor Darragh Leahy can convert.

Linfield are piling on the pressure after conceding that first goal.

How's he missed that!?

Kyle McClean can't draw Linfield level from the edge of the box as his effort flies over the bar.

We go again for the remaining

I would love to see the corner count for that first half.

It seemed Linfield had corner after corner; will they be made to pay for not making any of them count?