There were four matches with twenty two goals in the Airtricity League Premier Division this Friday evening. Current leaders Dundalk made the short journey to Dalymount Park and secured a two nil victory over hosts Bohemian while second place Cork City defeated basement outfit Bray Wanderers by four goals to nil in Turner’s Cross. Third place Waterford went down to a shock six three home defeat by Limerick in the Regional Sports Centre. Improving St Patrick’s Athletic continued their rise with a five two demolition of Derry City in Richmond Park.
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U16s at UEFA Development Tournament in Sweden
Led by Head Coach Paul Osam, an Ireland U16 squad of twenty has travelled to Sweden to compete in a Quadangular Tournament. In their opening contest the side went down to a two nil deferat by the hosts in Lysekill at 5.30pm on Friday afternoon. They next take on Austria at 2pm on Sunday in Stenungsund before completing their involvement at 10am on Tuesday morning against Turkey in Munkedal.
Airtricity League Premier Division, Tuesday…15/05/2018
The re-scheduled Airtricity League Premier Division fixture between St Patrick’s Athletic and Sligo Rovers took place in Richmond Park this Tuesday evening with the hosts securing a two nil victory.
Championship play-off second leg…15/05/2018
The second leg of the second Championship semi-final play-off took place at Villa Park this Tuesday evening with Aston Villa (Conor Hourihane, Scott Hogan, Glenn Whelan), holding a one nil first leg advantage over visitors Middlesbrough (Darren Randolph), going through to the play-off final against Fulham following a scoreless draw.
Monday night in the Airtricity League Premier Division…14/05/2018
There were two re-scheduled Airtricity League Premier Division fixtures played this Monday evening with bottom side Bray Wanderers holding third place Waterford to a two all draw in the Carlisle Grounds while fourth place Derry City, despite taking an early lead at the Brandywell, went down to a four one defeat by visitors Dundalk who return to the summit of the table.
Championship play-off second leg on Monday evening
The second leg of the first Championship semi-final play-off took place at Craven Cottage this Monday evening with Fulham (Cyrus Christie) succeeding in overturning the one nil first leg deficit from Pride Park with a two nil victory over Derby County (Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce).
Under 17 – UEFA 2018 Finals Round-up
Ireland exited the 2018 UEFA U17 Championship Finals in controversial circumstances at the quarter-final stage this evening in Chesterfield. Favourites Holland went through on a 5-4 penalty shoot-out scoreline following a one all draw.
Ireland delivered a disciplined defensive performance breached only by a sixty second minute header following a ‘Dutch’ corner. The response was immediate with Troy Parrott equalising two minutes later with a finely crafted goal.
Adam Idah had his disappointing opening penalty in the shoot-out saved comfortably and thereafter both sides converted their four penalties leaving the drama to unfold with the ‘Dutch’ captain seeing his spot kick saved by goalkeeper Jimmy Corcoran. However the Cherry Orchard man, who is bound for Preston North End, did move off his line and the kick was required to be retaken. The referee then chose to issue a yellow card to Corcoran which given he had been cautioned in normal time resulted in his dismissal.
Newcastle United defender Oisin McEntee donned the goalkeeper shirt but was unable to save the re-taken penalty which ended our interest in the competition. Corcoran’s caution and dismissal seemed disproportionate to the movement offence and Head Coach Colin O’Brien was joined on the pitch at the end by senior manager Martin O’Neill with both clearly furious with the referee.
