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Match Series 32 in the Premier Division of the Airtricity League took place this Friday evening and produced just three goals in five contests, with three scoreless draws. Leaders Dundalk scored the only goal against Waterford in front of the live RTE 2 cameras at the RSC. Despite playing the majority of the match with ten men following the 20th minutes dismissal of Ronan Murray, Sligo Rovers defeated UCD by two goals to nil at the Bowl. Second place Shamrock Rovers and St Patrick’s Athletic played out a scoreless Tallaght Stadium draw while third place Bohemian earned a point at fourth place Derry City in another scoreless encounter at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. Cork City played host to Finn Harps in another Turner’s Cross goalless stalemate. 

                            P   W  D  L   F   A   G/D   Pts
Dundalk                    31  24  5  2  64  13   51    77
Shamrock Rovers            31  20  5  6  53  18   35    65
Bohemian                   32  14  8 10  42  26   16    50
Derry City                 31  12 12  7  45  29   16    48
St Patrick’s Athletic      32  13  9 10  26  28   -2    48
Sligo Rovers               32  10 11 11  36  41   -5    41
Waterford                  32   9  7 16  38  50  -12    34
Cork City                  31   7 10 14  25  39  -14    31
Finn Harps                 32   6  6 20  25  59  -34    24
UCD                        32   5  3 24  21  72  -51    18

St Mary’s Stadium will host the South Coast meeting of Southampton and AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League at 8pm on Friday evening.

The hosts include Shane Long in their matchday squad but Michael Obafemi remains on the casualty list.

Our Senior international goalkeeping debutant Mark Travers has not yet been selected in the visitors matchday squad, with the same fate befalling Ireland U21 midfielder Gavin Kilkenny who scored a midweek hat-trick for the ‘Cherries’ U21 side against Basingstoke in the Hampshire Senior Cup.

Irish involvement in the Group Stage of the Europa League is centred on Glasgow Celtic and Wolverhampton Wanderers, with both clubs  commencing their challenge this Thursday evening.

Jonny Hayes was introduced from the Glasgow Celtic bench after 69 minutes of their commendable Group E one all away draw with French side Stade Rennais in Roazhon Park. Hayes filled in as an emergency left back and performed with distinction during his 25 minute involvement. Summer signings from the Ireland underage ranks, Jonathan Afolabi, Luca Connell and Lee O’Connor must await their opportunity for first team involvement. In the other Group E contest, CFR Cluj from Romania defeated Italian visitors SS Lazio by two goals to one.

Matt Doherty was in the Wolverhampton Wanderers starting eleven for their disappointing one nil Group K defeat by Portuguese visitors Sporting Braga at Molineaux this Thursday evening. The other Group K contest saw Slovan Bratislava of Slovakia, conquerors of Dundalk in the preliminary round, defeat visitors Besiktas of Turkey by four goals to two.

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The remaining 2019 Extra.ie FAI Cup quarter final between Bohemian and non-league Crumlin United took place in Richmond Park this Monday evening with the Premier Division side emerging as two nil victors.
Bohemian will now host Shamrock Rovers in the semi-final at 7.45pm on Friday the 27th September with the RTE cameras bringing live coverage of the action.
RTE 2 will also bring live coverage of the second semi-final which takes place in the Showgrounds at 5pm on Sunday the 29th September between Sligo Rovers and Dundalk.

Our U17 Women, with new Head Coach James Scott at the helm, were totally dominant as they swept aside their three Group rivals in the Preliminary Round of the 2020 European Championship to qualify for the Elite Group stage.
Ireland crushed bottom seeds Albania by ten goals to nil in their opening encounter on Tuesday the 10th of September and followed with a six nil victory over mini-Tournament hosts Lithuania three days later.
Their final Group contest took place this Monday afternoon against Greece, who had also beaten the same opponents in their opening fixtures, with Ireland running out victors by five goals to nil.

           P  W  D  L   F   A  Pts
Ireland    3  3  0  0  21   0   9
Greece     3  2  0  1   4   5   6
Lithuania  3  1  0  2   2  10   3
Albania    3  0  0  3   1  13   0

 

The Premier League resumed this weekend following the international break.

Monday
Conor Hourihane was an unused substitute for Aston Villa who played out a scoreless draw with visitors West Ham United at Villa Park on Monday evening.

Sunday
Captain Seamus Coleman and his Everton colleagues suffered a three one defeat in a disappointing performance at AFC Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon.

Saturday
The 12.30pm kick-off on Saturday afternoon saw Liverpool defeat Newcastle United by three goals to one with Ciaran Clark an unused substitute for the visiting ‘Magpies’. Shane Duffy was restored to the Brighton & Hove Albion starting eleven for the visit of Burnley while Aaron Connolly was introduced from the bench on eighty four minutes as the visitors scored an added time equaliser through fifty ninth minute substitute Jeff Hendrick. Recent injury absentee Robbie Brady was an unused substitute. The Sheffield United trio of John Egan, Enda Stevens and David McGoldrick started with Callum Robinson a late substitute in their one nil defeat by visitors Southampton for whom Shane Long was an added time substitute, but injury ruled out Michael Obafemi. Tottenham Hotspur crushed South London rivals Crystal Palace by four goals to nil at their new Stadium. James McCarthy was a seventy sixth minute substitute for the vanquished ‘Eagles’. Having recovered from minor surgery, Matt Doherty was a fifty sixth minute substitute for Wolverhampton Wanderers who went down to a five two defeat by visitors Chelsea at Molineaux.