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Cork City vs St Patrick's Athletic

St Patrick's Athletic are through to their second FAI Cup final in three seasons after goals from Mark Doyle and Conor Carty helped Jon Daly's team beat Cork City 2-0 at a sold-out Turner's Cross.

The Saints had to do it the hard way after they took the lead in just the 11th minute at the Shed End.

Carty's first touch hit the roof of the net in the 81st minute and that rubber stamped St Pats' place at the Aviva Stadium on 12 November.

The prize at stake emboldened a City that team was looking to play at the national stadium for the first time since the trophy laden John Caulfield years.

Richie Holland's players rolled back the clock by forcing St Pat's deep into their own half when the game started.

Once the Dubliners came through that spell; Doyle squared to Kian Leavy inside the area and his shot was blocked on the goal-line by Josh Honohan.

The Saints kept going and their next advance led to a throw-in on the right side of the pitch. They used that to set up Ryan McLaughlin and his cross was turned in by an onrushing Doyle.

City pushed up once the game restarted and Aaron Bolger played Ruairí Keating into space. The striker tried his luck from the edge of the area and he had to watch as the ball went inches wide.

Ben Worman and Cian Murphy also tried to score during this period; and the St Pat's defence dealt with their efforts by keeping to their positions and closing off any clear route to the goal.

This burst ended with Conor Drinan crossing to the back post and an off-balance Cian Bargary fumbled the ball out of play.

The second half started with Woman finding space and a tame shot from the midfielder went straight into Dean Lyness' hands.

St Pat's won their first corner of the game in the 52nd minute and Thomas Lonergan headed over a Doyle cross after the set-piece had been cleared by the home side.

The Saints had their best spell of the game once the clock signalled that an hour had been played. This accumulated in Jamie Lennon seeing a shot go out for a goal-kick at the St Anne's End.

Holland responded by bringing on Tunde Olowabi and Joe O'Brien Whitmarsh and switching to a 3-5-2 formation that had Cian Coleman playing behind two strikers.

The substitution that changed the game was Jason McClelland replacing Kian Leavy as his first touch led to a save from Ollie Byrne and Carty made it 2-0 with the loose ball.

Things petered out in extra-time as St Pat's counted down the seconds to the referee's whistle confirming their place at the Aviva Stadium.

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Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
October, 8th 2023	FaiCup	Cork City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
September, 29th 2023	League	Cork City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
May, 5th 2023	League	Cork City	2	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
August, 27th 2021	FaiCup	Cork City	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
October, 3rd 2020	League	Cork City	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
August, 2nd 2019	League	Cork City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
April, 12th 2019	League	Cork City	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
August, 19th 2018	League	Cork City	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
April, 13th 2018	League	Cork City	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
July, 9th 2017	League	Cork City	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
November, 12th 2023	FaiCup	Bohemians	1	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
November, 3rd 2023	League	Derry City	3	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
October, 20th 2023	League	Bohemians	0	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
October, 8th 2023	FaiCup	Cork City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
September, 29th 2023	League	Cork City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
September, 15th 2023	FaiCup	Finn Harps	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
September, 9th 2023	Friendly	St Patrick's Athletic XI	0	LOI XI	0	REPORT
September, 1st 2023	League	Shelbourne	2	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
August, 25th 2023	League	UCD	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
August, 20th 2023	FaiCup	Derry City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
October, 8th 2023	FaiCup	Cork City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
September, 29th 2023	League	Cork City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
July, 7th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Cork City	1	REPORT
May, 5th 2023	League	Cork City	2	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
April, 7th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	4	Cork City	0	REPORT
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

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
November, 12th 2023	FaiCup	Bohemians	1	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
October, 8th 2023	FaiCup	Cork City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
September, 15th 2023	FaiCup	Finn Harps	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
August, 20th 2023	FaiCup	Derry City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
July, 23rd 2023	FaiCup	Longford Town	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
July, 31st 2022	FaiCup	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Waterford	3	REPORT
November, 28th 2021	FaiCup	Bohemians	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
October, 22nd 2021	FaiCup	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Dundalk	1	REPORT
September, 17th 2021	FaiCup	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Wexford FC	0	REPORT
August, 27th 2021	FaiCup	Cork City	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT

Match Info

Date: 08/10/2023
Time: 2:40pm
Competition: FAI Cup
Round: SemiFinal
Venue: Turners Cross

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Referee: Robert Harvey

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