St Patrick's Athletic (1) - Shelbourne (2)

Match Report

St Patrick's Athletic 1 - Shelbourne 2

St Pat's continued their pre-season preperations as they narrlowly lost to Shelbourne at the Blancherstown IT.

Saints' manager Liam Buckley made 7 changes to the side who started against Bray Wanderers in the Leinster Senior Cup last week as he looks to give his squad game time before the season starts in just under 3 weeks time.

Shels took the lead early in the first half when Rory Feely diverted the ball into his own net following a corner kick.

Conan Byrne equalized for the Saints just before half-time when he finished off a good move involving Graham Kelly and Christy Fagan.

Changes at half-time and during the second disrupted the momentum of the game but Shels grabbed a late winner when Adam Evans dispossessed Sam Verdon and fired the ball past Barry Murphy.

Match Info

Date: 05/02/2017
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Blanchardstown IT

Home Team

Conor O’Malley (Barry Murphy 11); Shane Elworthy, Rory Feely (Stephen Grogan 55), Lee Desmond, Ian Bermingham (Keith Treacy 46); Sam Vordon, Graham Kelly, Kurtis Byrne, Alex O’Hanlon (Jack Bayly 46), Conan Byrne (Darragh Markey 46); Christy Fagan (Josh O'Hanlon 46).

Away Team

Dean Delany (Jamie Quinn 83); Adam O'Connor, Jack Tuite, Aidan Collins, Reece McEnteer; Robert Bayly (James O'Brien 46), Niall Lanigan (Alan Byrne 48), Dylan Kavanagh (Lorcan Shannon 63), Aaron Ashe (Adam Evans 63); Dayle Rooney (Chris Lyons 46), James English (Dylan Grimes 70).