Usher Celtic (3) - St Patrick's Athletic (3)

Match Report

Usher Celtic 3 - St Patrick's Athletic 3

A youthful St Patrick's Athletic began the 2024 Leinster Senior Cup with a 3-3 draw against Usher Celtic in front of a good crowd in Grangegorman.

The Saints went ahead in the 41st minute, Chris Forrester scored on the rebound after his penalty was saved by Karl Lynam.

The home side were level at the break though thanks to Gary Gannon's close range finish, Danny Rogers had earlier denied Gannon with an excellent one-on-one save.

St Pat's hit the front again just two minutes after the re-start, sub Cian Kavanagh netted from the spot after being fouled just a minute after his half-time introduction.

Mason Melia then made it 3-1 in the 63rd minute after good play from Kavanagh and Anto Dodd, the 16-year-old almost scored again minutes later after a brilliant individual run.

It was Usher striker Gary Gannon who stole the headlines in the end, scoring two penalties to grab a hat-trick and secure a point for the LSL side as it ended 3-3.

It was a good workout for The Saints as Manager Jon Daly handed debuts to new boys Alfie Taylor, Aaron Bolger and Cian Kavanagh, while a number of Saints Academy U20s made their first senior competitive appearances for the club.

With the Leinster Senior Cup running as a group stage this year, the Inchicore men have two more ties to come, against UCD AFC and St Mochtas, both of those matches will take place early next month.

Match Info

Date: 22/01/2024
Competition: Leinster Senior Cup
Round: GroupD
Venue: Grangegorman

Home Team

Away Team

Danny Rogers, Alfie Taylor, Chris Forrester (Jamie Gray 72 mins), Mason Melia, Tommy Lonergan (Anto Dodd 62 mins), Jason McClelland (Rhys Bartley 62 mins), Aaron Bolger (Cian Kavanagh h/t), Alex Nolan, Luke O'Brien, Adam Deans, Sean McHale

Officials

Referee: Alan Patchell
Assistants: Dylan Redmond & Dylan Armstrong
4th Official: Aaron O'Dowd

Goalscorers

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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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