Week 11: May 19th - 21st
Bray Wanderers 2 - 0
Sligo Rovers failed to build on their win over
The swirling wind played havoc with proceedings, with both teams struggling to keep the ball under control.
The home side took the lead against the run of play on 13 minutes. An Alan Cawley corner was met by Seagulls skipper Clive Delaney, whose volley crashed off the bar and into the Rovers net.
With conditions seemingly getting worse, Bray doubled their lead on the hour. Gerry McCabe, making his first start for the hosts, rocketed a shot off the crossbar from 25 yards, with Andrei Georgescu in the right place to poke home the rebound.
A deserved win for Bray.
With just one league defeat all season, Bohs went into this game hoping to keep in touching distance with St Pats and Drogheda, but two goals in three first-half minutes from John O'Flynn and Roy O'Donovan helped Cork leapfrog the Gypsies into third place.
In another game where the weather played a major part, the Rebels opened the scoring on 27 minutes, when O'Flynn latched onto a ball over the top from Liam Kearney and fired his first of the season past a helpless Brian Murphy.
And they soon had the Shed End faithful jumping for delight again, thanks to a piece of wonderful individualism from O'Donovan.
The 21 year-old criticised Ireland boss Steve Staunton during the week for his exclusion from the latest Ireland squad, saying "every Tom, Dick and Harry" was getting a call-up bar him. He let his feet do the talking on this occasion, flicking the ball over the head of Jason McGuinness before firing past Murphy at his near post.
Bohs came more into the game after the interval, but couldn't make it count on the scoreboard. On 88 minutes McGuinness headed home from close range, to make it a nervy final few minutes for the home side. The big defender came close again in injury-time, but this time his header landed on the roof of the net.
Galway
Another game badly affected by the weather was at
The search for a home win for United continues, as they found UCD 'keeper Matt Gregg in fine form.
Backed by the strong wind in the first period, the hosts peppered Gregg's goal, with Derek O'Brien, Stephen O'Flynn and Ciarán Foley all denied by the much-travelled 28 year-old.
It was more of the same after the break, as Gregg continued to keep
Shamrock Rovers 1 A 1
(Match Abandoned After 52 Minutes)
The high winds continued to wreak havoc, this time at
The floodlight, in front of the main stand, began swaying minutes into the second half, and after consultation with safety officers and the Gardai, referee Declan Hanney called an immediate halt to proceedings.
It was the away side who had started the brighter, taking the lead after only four minutes, Vinny Sullivan beating Rovers' offside trap and stroking home from ten yards.
Rovers equalised on 32 minutes, thanks mainly to indecision between Blues' defender Robbie Hedderman and 'keeper Dean Delaney. Danny O'Connor met David Cassidy's corner, his header looping up and over the hapless duo and into the corner of the net.
The game will be rescheduled and played from the start.
A dire game at
It even got too much for
Longford had the majority of possession, but failed to create any noteworthy chances.
Sean Hargan had City's best chance on the hour, when he beat Town's offside trap only to miss from close range.
The draw gets Longford back on the board with regards to points, whereas
St. Patrick's Athletic 1 - 0
In a contest that never lived up to its billing, Colm Foley's second-half header handed three barely deserved points to the home side, opening a five point gap over their opponents in the process.
The away side dominated the first half, and should have taken the lead through Stuart Byrne on eight minutes. The midfielder latched onto the ball after Eamon Zayed had challenged Foley, but he shot straight at goalkeeper Barry Ryan.
It took 56 minutes for the host's to register their first shot on target, Michael Foley having a tame header saved comfortably by Drogs 'keeper Mikko Vilmunen.
Keith Fahey saw a 30-yard free-kick curl narrowly wide on 72 minutes, and it was his dead-ball talent that helped break the deadlock.
With 11 minutes left on the clock, Fahey fizzed in a free-kick which was headed home by Foley.
Cue pandemonium in the stands, and some breathing space at the summit for Johnny McDonnell's side.
Played | Points | |
St Patrick's Athletic | 11 | 26 |
10 | 21 | |
11 | 19 | |
Bohemians | 11 | 17 |
11 | 15 | |
UCD | 11 | 14 |
Shamrock Rovers | 10 | 14 |
11 | 13 | |
Bray Wanderers | 10 | 11 |
11 | 8 | |
10 | 8 | |
11 | *1 |
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