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Doyle pen 15, 55
Purcell 31
Shamrock Rovers stretched their lead at the top of the eircom League, First Divisoin table to four points as it all went horribly wrong for County virtually from the start.
It was never going to get much better for the home side once they had goalkeeper and captain Brendan Kennedy sent off after just 15 minutes for pulling down Willie Doyle.
Doyle duly slotted home the penalty past reserve 'keeper Mark Scoyne to put Rovers in front.
Tadgh Purcell added the second goal on 31 minutes when heading home Dave O'Connor's cross to effectively end the match as a contest.
Doyle added his second on 55 minutes when charging down Scoyne's attempted clearance to roll the ball into an empty net.
Athlone Town 2, Dundalk 0
Moran 6
Lakatos 48
Athlone earned their first win of the season to inflict a fourth defeat on hapless Dundalk in the eircom League, First Division, at St. Mel's Park.
Town took the lead on six minutes when Dundalk keeper Chris Bennion could only parry a shot from Padraig Moran following a corner and Moran pounced again on the loose ball to drill home from close range.
Hungarian midfielder Istvan Lakatos added the killer second goal three minutes into the second half when punished a mix up between Dundalk defenders Alan McDermott and Simon Kelly.