This Friday evening’s programme in the Airtricity League has been disrupted by weather conditions with the Premier Division contest between Finn Harps and St Patrick’s Athletic and the First Division match between Galway United and Limerick both postponed because of waterlogged pitches.
The eirSport cameras brought live coverage of the Tallaght Stadium clash of bitter rivals Shamrock Rovers and Bohemian which ended in a one nil success for the hosts. Relegation threatened UCD went down to a five nil defeat by current leaders Dundalk in The Bowl while fourth place Derry City make the lengthy journey to face Waterford in the RSC where they played out a one all draw. Cork City, with new Head Coach Neale Fenn at the helm, went down to a four two defeat by Sligo Rovers in Turner’s Cross.
P W D L F A G/D Pts
Dundalk 28 21 5 2 60 13 47 68
Shamrock Rovers 30 20 4 6 53 18 35 64
Bohemian 30 14 7 9 41 24 17 49
Derry City 30 12 11 7 45 29 16 47
St Patrick’s Athletic 29 12 7 10 24 27 -3 43
Sligo Rovers 29 8 11 10 31 38 -7 35
Cork City 28 7 9 12 24 36 -12 30
Waterford 29 7 7 15 34 47 -13 28
Finn Harps 29 6 5 18 23 54 -31 23
UCD 30 5 2 23 21 70 -49 17
With just three sets of fixtures remaining in the regular Airtricity League First Division season, Shelbourne held a five point lead over second place Drogheda United with Longford Town a further three points in arrears in third place and Cabinteely a further two points adrift in fourth place.
That lead was reduced to three points this Friday evening as Shelbourne were held to a scoreless draw by Bray Wanderers in Tolka Park while Drogheda United and Longford Town secured two nil away victories at Athlone Town and bottom side Wexford respectively.
Fourth place Cabinteely journied to St Colman’s Park on Saturday evening where they played out a one all draw with their hosts Cobh Ramblers.
P W D L F A G/D Pts
Shelbourne 25 17 3 5 40 18 22 54
Drogheda United 25 16 3 6 57 29 28 51
Longford Town 25 15 3 7 37 20 17 48
Cabinteely 25 12 8 5 34 26 8 44
Bray Wanderers 25 12 4 9 38 24 14 40
Limerick 24 9 6 9 27 30 -3 33
Cobh Ramblers 25 8 7 10 36 40 -4 31
Athlone Town 25 5 4 16 28 56 -28 19
Galway United 24 5 3 16 23 38 -15 18
Wexford 25 2 5 19 20 59 -39 11