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St Patrick's Athletic vs Shelbourne

Talk of Shelbourne's title credentials will only get louder after they saw off St Patrick's Athletic at Richmond Park for their fifth league win in a row to march five points clear at the Premier Division summit.

A sumptuous second half brace from Will Jarvis ensured Shelbourne earned their third successive Dublin derby victory and left the Saints reeling in eighth place, 10 points off the top after six games.

Jarvis made time stop in the 48th minute as he nonchalantly cut in from the left and passed a low curling effort through a barrage of bodies which nestled in the far corner.

It was a thing of beauty and it was met with a seal of approval from Damien Duff who just stood and applauded.

Ironically, Pats thought time had stopped when Liam Burt was brought down and Jarvis punished them with another curling finish before Jake Mulraney's header pulled one back for the hosts and ended Shels' run of 342 minutes without conceding.

An entertaining opening half ended with just one shot on target between the sides but it wasn't for a lack of chances.

Duff instructed Kearns to go long from kickouts to Sean Boyd whose influence grew as the half wore on and he stood up an excellent cross to the back post but former Saint Matty Smith blasted over.

A snapshot from Brandon Kavanagh was well held by Kearns and that was the best Jon Daly's men had to offer in a lacklustre first-half performance.

Pats had three strong penalty appeals turned down by referee Rob Harvey in the first half, the biggest claim came when Kearns' skewed clearance broke for Jason McClelland who went down under pressure from the recovering Sean Gannon.

Shels' four-pronged attack of Liam Burt, Jarvis, Smith and Boyd caused the Saints huge problems, particularly down the left and Jarvis almost curled in a beauty but it fell the wrong side of the post.

Kavanagh, again the bright spark for the hosts, fired narrowly wide from the edge of the box after driving at the heart of the Shels defence.

A sensational goal from Jarvis opened the scoring moments later, he stood up Freeman, and with little backlift curled a pass into the bottom corner to the delight of his manager.

The Hull City loanee doubled his season goal tally to four just before the hour mark.

Burt was brought down and with everybody expecting a foul, Boyd pounced and squared it to the winger who curled into the same corner again.

That goal sparked a response from the beleaguered Saints and Mulraney didn't take long to make an impact from the bench as his glancing header awoke a disgruntled Richmond Park and teed up a grandstand final 18 minutes.

Pat's launched an onslaught of pressure on the Shelbourne goal but were denied by some heroic defending from the away side who are yet to drop points from a winning position.

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Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
September, 1st 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	4	Drogheda United	1	REPORT
August, 4th 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Sligo Rovers	2	REPORT
July, 25th 2024	UefaConferenceLeague	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Vaduz	1	REPORT
June, 28th 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Bohemians	0	REPORT
June, 13th 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Shamrock Rovers	1	REPORT
June, 3rd 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Dundalk	3	REPORT
May, 31st 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Galway United	1	REPORT
May, 20th 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Shelbourne	2	REPORT
May, 17th 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Derry City	1	REPORT
May, 3rd 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Drogheda United	0	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
September, 5th 2024	League	Dundalk	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
August, 28th 2024	UefaConferenceLeague	Basaksehir	2	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
August, 15th 2024	UefaConferenceLeague	Sabah	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
August, 11th 2024	League	Galway United	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
August, 1st 2024	UefaConferenceLeague	Vaduz	2	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
July, 21st 2024	FaiCup	Derry City	3	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
July, 4th 2024	League	Waterford	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
June, 7th 2024	League	Drogheda United	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
May, 27th 2024	LeinsterSnrCup	Bray Wanderers	0	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
May, 24th 2024	League	Bohemians	2	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
May, 20th 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Shelbourne	2	REPORT
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

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
September, 5th 2024	League	Dundalk	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
September, 1st 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	4	Drogheda United	1	REPORT
August, 11th 2024	League	Galway United	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
August, 4th 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Sligo Rovers	2	REPORT
July, 4th 2024	League	Waterford	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
June, 28th 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Bohemians	0	REPORT
June, 13th 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Shamrock Rovers	1	REPORT
June, 7th 2024	League	Drogheda United	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
June, 3rd 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Dundalk	3	REPORT
May, 31st 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Galway United	1	REPORT

Match Info

Date: 15/03/2024
Time: 7:45pm
Competition: League
Venue: Richmond Park

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Referee: Rob Harvey

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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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