Premier Division
Match series eleven of the shortened eighteen match Airtricity League Premier Division kicked off at 5.45pm on Friday afternoon with Bohemian suffering a two nil defeat by visitors Waterford in Dalymount Park while later at 8pm, Dundalk defeated Shelbourne by three goals to two in Oriel Park.
Struggling Cork City played host to current leaders Shamrock Rovers at 2pm on Saturday afternoon in Turners Cross where the ‘Hoops’ scored a comfortable three nil success to increase their lead at the summit of the league table to eight points. Later in the day, Richmond Park hosted the meeting of St Patrick’s Athletic and Sligo Rovers which ended in a poor quality tepid scoreless draw.
The North West Derby meeting of Finn Harps and Derry City ended in a scoreless draw at Finn Park on Sunday afternoon.
P W D L F A G/D Pts
Shamrock Rovers 11 9 2 0 24 6 18 29
Bohemian 11 7 0 4 12 7 5 21
Dundalk 10 5 2 3 20 14 6 17
Waterford 11 5 2 4 14 12 2 17
Sligo Rovers 11 5 1 5 14 15 -1 16
Derry City 10 3 3 4 11 10 1 12
Shelbourne 11 3 3 5 9 12 -3 12
St Patrick’s Athletic 11 3 3 5 6 10 -4 12
Finn Harps 11 2 2 7 7 18 -11 8
Cork City 11 2 2 7 6 19 -13 8
First Division
In the Airtricity League First Division, Bray Wanderers climbed to the top of the table with a three one victory over hosts Wexford in Ferrycarrig Park while Cabinteely were again found wanting when held to a one all draw by bottom side Athlone Town at Stradbrook this Friday evening. A resurgent Galway United maintained their uplift in form with a two one defeat of visitors Shamrock Rovers II in Eamonn Deacy Park.
Promotion chasers Longford Town and Drogheda United played out a one all draw in Bishopgate on Saturday evening while visitors UCD crushed their hosts Cobh Ramblers by six goals to nil in St Colman’s Park to climb up to third place.
P W D L F A G/D Pts
Bray Wanderers 11 7 2 2 19 9 10 23
Drogheda United 11 6 3 2 25 11 14 21
UCD 11 6 2 3 25 13 12 20
Longford Town 11 6 2 3 13 10 3 20
Cabinteely 11 6 2 3 16 16 – 20
Cobh Ramblers 11 5 2 4 13 14 -1 17
Galway United 11 3 5 3 14 11 3 14
Shamrock Rovers II 11 2 2 7 12 15 -3 8
Wexford 11 1 3 7 6 27 -21 6
Athlone Town 11 0 3 8 13 30 -17 3