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Shelbourne vs St Patrick's Athletic

Shelbourne remain top of the Premier Division after easing to their first win in six games against St Patrick's Athletic in front of almost 5000 fans at Tolka Park.

John Martin finished a flowing Shelbourne move just after the half hour mark for his second goal of the season and despite having a flurry of chances to put the game beyond doubt, it proved enough.

Shelbourne outplayed and outfought their Dublin rivals as their unlikely title charge got back on track while the Saints looked like title pretenders, currently failing to deliver on high expectations in a season that has lacked momentum.

After a scrappy opening half an hour where much of the entertainment was watching Damien Duff rant and rave, Shelbourne took over, building pressure before breaking the deadlock.

Shels dominated the closing stages of the half and peppered the Saints goal. The silky Will Jarvis turned the defence inside out before caressing the ball into the arms of Rogers who was alert moments later to deny JJ Lunney a landmark goal on his 100th Reds appearance.

Martin got an earful from Duff for most of the half but both were all smiles when he curled Matty Smith's cross into the bottom corner from twelve yards in the 33rd minute.

Had it not been for some fine goalkeeping from Daniel Rogers, the gap might have been wider heading into the interval.

Jon Daly's men, without a win in three before kick off, were on the ropes and a Jake Mulraney free kick that was tipped wide by Kearns was the best they could muster.

There was encouragement for the beleaguered Saints after the break with chances falling to Mulraney and Chris Forrester but Shels went unscathed and regained control.

Jarvis should have doubled the advantage but he fired over after picking up a stray Rogers clearance.

Duff reached the end of his tether with the officials when Jarvis was rightly flagged for offside but the free kick was taken in the Shelbourne half. After reminding them that you can't be offside in your own half, he was shown his second yellow card in as many games.

Rogers was the only Pats player who can feel unlucky to have lost the game and he produced a stunning point blank stop from Gavin Molloy's header in the 75th minute.

Frustration began to grow as the hosts struggled to put the game to bed but Pats failed to land a punch in stoppage time.

St Pat's are now winless in four and have just two wins from their last eight league games after a toothless performance where they were bullied by the intensity of the hosts.

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Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
April, 26th 2024	League	Shelbourne	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
September, 1st 2023	League	Shelbourne	2	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
May, 19th 2023	League	Shelbourne	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
October, 3rd 2022	League	Shelbourne	4	St Patrick's Athletic	4	REPORT
February, 18th 2022	League	Shelbourne	0	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
February, 28th 2020	League	Shelbourne	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
September, 28th 2018	LeinsterSnrCup	Shelbourne	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
February, 20th 2015	Friendly	Shelbourne	0	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
September, 1st 2014	FaiCup	Shelbourne	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
August, 19th 2013	LeinsterSnrCup	Shelbourne	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
May, 10th 2024	League	Shamrock Rovers	2	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
May, 6th 2024	League	Sligo Rovers	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
April, 26th 2024	League	Shelbourne	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
April, 22nd 2024	League	Derry City	3	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
April, 12th 2024	League	Dundalk	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
March, 29th 2024	League	Drogheda United	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
March, 20th 2024	Friendly	Minnesota United	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
March, 4th 2024	League	Waterford	3	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
March, 1st 2024	League	Derry City	2	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
February, 16th 2024	League	Galway United	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
April, 26th 2024	League	Shelbourne	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
March, 15th 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Shelbourne	2	REPORT
September, 1st 2023	League	Shelbourne	2	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
June, 23rd 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Shelbourne	0	REPORT
May, 19th 2023	League	Shelbourne	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
February, 24th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Shelbourne	0	REPORT
November, 6th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	4	Shelbourne	0	REPORT
October, 3rd 2022	League	Shelbourne	4	St Patrick's Athletic	4	REPORT
May, 20th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Shelbourne	2	REPORT
February, 18th 2022	League	Shelbourne	0	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
May, 17th 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Derry City	1	REPORT
May, 10th 2024	League	Shamrock Rovers	2	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
May, 6th 2024	League	Sligo Rovers	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
May, 3rd 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Drogheda United	0	REPORT
April, 26th 2024	League	Shelbourne	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
April, 22nd 2024	League	Derry City	3	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
April, 19th 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Waterford	1	REPORT
April, 12th 2024	League	Dundalk	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
April, 5th 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Shamrock Rovers	1	REPORT
April, 1st 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Sligo Rovers	0	REPORT

Match Info

Date: 26/04/2024
Time: 7:45pm
Competition: League
Venue: Tolka Park

Officials

Referee: Rob Harvey

St Patrick's Athletic FC

Founded in 1929 the 'Saints' are the current FAI Cup holders and play in the Premier Division of the SSE Airtricity League at Richmond Park, in Inchicore Dublin 8, Ireland.

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