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St Patrick's Athletic vs Cork City

Ten-man Cork City's title defence started with a dramatic victory before a large crowd in the Richmond Park rain.

Goals from Barry McNamee and Graham Cummins had the champions in apparent control but the latter was sent off before Ian Bermingham and Conan Byrne helped restore parity â€“ all of this in the opening 46 minutes.

Pat's looked for a late winner but substitute Jake Keegan had his shot bravely blocked by Shane Griffin before Kieran Sadlier's corner-kick seemed to go all the way in with eight minutes left.

A frantic opening saw Cork go ahead after three minutes. Karl Sheppard sprinted down the right and crossed for McNamee, who â€“ just like last Sunday against Dundalk â€“ ghosted in at the back post to slot in.

Byrne forced a fine Mark McNulty save before Cummins made it 2-0. Kevin Toner, whose battle with Cummins would involve quite a bit of needle, was unable to clear a Sheppard knock-on and Cummins blasted home on the volley.

Pat's would have felt sorry for themselves as they has been excellent notwithstanding the concession of the two goals but things changed markedly on 26 minutes when Cummins appeared to leave an arm in high in a challenge with Toner and was sent off.

Pat's were back in the game and all the more 11 minutes shy of the break when Byrne's cross was deflected in, with many in the ground believing Aaron Barry to have knocked it into his own net, but Bermingham was credited with the goal. Soccer Republic can clarify matters on Monday evening.

Byrne seems to get better with age and put the Saints level just after the break. Jimmy Keohane, a surprise starter in the City side, made a hash of a clearance before Byrne composed himself and drilled home with his left foot. He missed another decent opening soon afterwards but failed to connect, again on his left.

Seventeen minutes into the second half, Owen Garvan's sumptuous ball deserved a better finish from Dean Clarke, before Ian Turner's bicycle kick also went wide.

Cork improved after Gearoid Morrissey's introduction and grabbed an unlikely winner via Sadlier's corner-kick which seemed to evade everyone and went in.

© rte.ie

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
November, 6th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	4	Shelbourne	0	REPORT
October, 14th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Bohemians	1	REPORT
September, 30th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Derry City	1	REPORT
September, 2nd 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Finn Harps	1	REPORT
August, 14th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Sligo Rovers	0	REPORT
July, 31st 2022	FaiCup	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Waterford	3	REPORT
July, 21st 2022	EuropaConferenceLeague	St Patrick's Athletic	1	NS Mura	1	REPORT
July, 15th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Dundalk	1	REPORT
July, 1st 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Drogheda United	0	REPORT
June, 27th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Shamrock Rovers	2	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
October, 28th 2022	League	Sligo Rovers	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
October, 21st 2022	League	Shamrock Rovers	4	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
October, 7th 2022	League	Dundalk	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
October, 3rd 2022	League	Shelbourne	4	St Patrick's Athletic	4	REPORT
September, 9th 2022	League	Drogheda United	0	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
August, 29th 2022	League	Bohemians	1	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
August, 29th 2022	League	Bohemians	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
August, 19th 2022	League	UCD	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
August, 4th 2022	EuropaConferenceLeague	CSKA Sofia	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
July, 28th 2022	EuropaConferenceLeague	NS Mura	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
February, 5th 2022	Friendly	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Cork City	0	REPORT
August, 27th 2021	FaiCup	Cork City	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
February, 21st 2021	Friendly	Cork City	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
October, 3rd 2020	League	Cork City	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
March, 6th 2020	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Cork City	0	REPORT
August, 2nd 2019	League	Cork City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
May, 31st 2019	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Cork City	1	REPORT
April, 12th 2019	League	Cork City	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
February, 15th 2019	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Cork City	0	REPORT
August, 19th 2018	League	Cork City	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
November, 6th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	4	Shelbourne	0	REPORT
October, 28th 2022	League	Sligo Rovers	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
October, 21st 2022	League	Shamrock Rovers	4	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
October, 14th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Bohemians	1	REPORT
October, 7th 2022	League	Dundalk	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
October, 3rd 2022	League	Shelbourne	4	St Patrick's Athletic	4	REPORT
September, 30th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Derry City	1	REPORT
September, 9th 2022	League	Drogheda United	0	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
September, 2nd 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Finn Harps	1	REPORT
August, 29th 2022	League	Bohemians	1	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT