Sligo Rovers (4) - St Patrick's Athletic (1)

Match Report

Sligo Rovers 4 - St Patrick's Athletic 1

Sligo Rovers are through to the semi-finals of the EA Sports League Cup after a 4-1 defeat of St Pat�s at The Showgrounds.

Rovers, who named an unchanged side from that which defeated Bray Wanderers last weekend, opened the scoring on 21 minutes, when Richie Ryan�s expertly-floated free-kick was headed home by John Russell at the back post.

They doubled their advantage with a brilliant second on the half-hour, as the home side worked a number of passes to prise open the Saints defence.

Ndo raced onto Padraig Amond�s flick over the top and fired to the net.

Pat�s improved after this and David McAllister saw a header come back off the post before the break.

They got their goal on 70 minutes, when Conor Sinnott forced the ball home after a scramble in the Rovers box.

But, after Gavin Peers had a header acrobatically saved by Connor, Rovers got their third with four minutes left as Gary McCabe picked out Eoin Doyle to finish.

Padraig Amond wrapped up the win in injury-time with his eighth goal in the last four home games.

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Match Info

Date: 01/06/2010
Competition: League Cup
Venue: The Showgrounds

Home Team

Richard Brush; Alan Keane, Gavin Peers, Danny Ventre (captain), Iarfhlaith Davoren; Eoin Doyle, Richie Ryan, John Russell (Conor O�Grady 60), Joh

Away Team

Dan Connor; Damian Lynch (captain), Shane Guthrie (Neil Harney 84), Conor Kenna, Ian Bermingham (Noel Haverty ht); Conor Sinnott, David Mulcahy, David McAllister, Derek Doyle (Ryan Guy 75); Alex Williams, Paul Byrne.