The Airtricity League Premier Division continued on Friday evening with current leaders Shamrock Rovers journeying South to face Waterford in the RSC where they recovered from the concession of an early goal to score a comfortable four one success. St Patrick’s Athletic superseded Sligo Rovers in second place with a two nil victory in Richmond Park. Fourth place Drogheda United suffered a crushing five nil defeat by Bohemian in Dalymount Park who are now just one point behind the County Louth side. The North West Derby meeting of Finn Harps and Derry City in Finn Park went the way of the visiting ‘Candystripes’ by two goals to one. Strugglers Dundalk and Longford Town played out a one all draw in Oriel Park where the ‘Lilywhites’ had former boss Vinny Perth back at the managerial helm.
P W D L F A G/D Pts
Shamrock Rovers 16 10 4 2 26 12 14 34
St Patrick’s Athletic 16 9 4 3 25 15 10 31
Sligo Rovers 16 9 4 3 21 12 9 31
Drogheda United 16 7 4 5 29 19 10 25
Bohemian 16 7 3 6 29 16 13 24
Derry City 16 5 6 5 17 20 -3 21
Finn Harps 16 5 4 7 14 21 -7 19
Dundalk 16 4 6 6 20 23 -3 18
Waterford 16 3 0 13 10 35 -25 9
Longford Town 16 1 5 10 11 29 -18 8
There were four Airtricity League First Division contests played on Friday evening with leaders Shelbourne scoring the only goal at bottom side Wexford in Ferrycarrig Park while second place UCD made the short journey to Bray Wanderers where they suffered a four nil defeat in the Carlisle Grounds. Athlone Town went down to a two nil defeat by visitors Cork City while Galway United scored the only goal to defeat visitors Cabinteely in Eamonn Deacy Park.
On Saturday evening Treaty United moved up to second place with a two nil victory over Cobh Ramblers in St Colman’s Park.
P W D L F A G/D Pts
Shelbourne 12 9 3 0 27 10 17 30
Treaty United 12 6 4 2 17 11 6 22
UCD 12 5 4 3 26 18 8 19
Galway United 12 5 4 3 17 14 3 19
Cabinteely 12 6 0 6 12 19 -7 18
Bray Wanderers 12 4 5 3 16 13 3 17
Athlone Town 12 5 1 5 17 14 3 16
Cork City 12 3 3 6 12 12 – 12
Cobh Ramblers 12 3 2 7 10 21 -11 11
Wexford 12 1 0 11 5 25 -20 3