There were three Airtricity League Premier Division fixtures played this Friday evening. Drogheda United scored a late equaliser to earn a one all draw with Bohemian at Head in the Game Park. Shelbourne and Damian Duff went down to a late Shamrock Rovers goal in a two one defeat in Tolka Park. The third contest saw a flurry of yellow cards as St Patrick’s Athletic and Dundalk fought out a scoreless draw in Richmond Park.
The two remaining fixtures took place on Saturday with the ‘Derby ‘ clash of Finn Harps and Derry City going the way of the visitors by two goals to one in Finn Park and sees them go six points clear at the summit of the league table. Later this evening Sligo Rovers and visitors UCD shared four goals in The Showgrounds.
P W D L F A G/D Pts
Derry City 9 7 2 0 15 6 9 23
Shamrock Rovers 9 5 2 2 15 7 8 17
St Patrick’s Athletic 9 4 2 3 11 6 5 14
Sligo Rovers 9 3 4 2 12 8 4 13
Dundalk 9 2 6 1 10 6 4 12
Bohemian 9 2 5 2 9 9 – 11
Shelbourne 9 2 3 4 6 11 -5 9
Drogheda United 9 2 3 4 10 16 -6 9
Finn Harps 9 1 3 5 8 16 -8 6
UCD 9 0 4 5 5 16 -11 4
Match Series Nine in the Airtricity League First Division takes place over two evenings with Bray Wanderers and Treaty United playing out a scoreless draw in the Carlisle Grounds on Friday evening while Cobh Ramblers went down to a four nil defeat by Waterford in St Colman’s Park at the same time.
Galway United were held to a one all draw by Wexford in Eamonn Deacy Park on Saturday evening while Longford Town defeated Athlone Town by two goals to nil in Bishopsgate.
P W D L F A G/D Pts
Cork City 8 6 1 1 19 2 17 19
Galway United 8 5 2 1 13 8 5 17
Waterford 8 4 2 2 16 10 6 14
Longford Town 6 3 2 1 9 4 5 11
Treaty United 7 3 2 2 10 8 2 11
Bray Wanderers 8 2 3 3 5 12 -7 9
Wexford 8 2 2 4 8 15 -7 8
Cobh Ramblers 7 1 1 5 5 13 -8 4
Athlone Town 8 0 1 7 8 21 -13 1