The Airtricity League Premier Division continues over this weekend with the Friday evening meeting of second place St Patrick’s Athletic and much improved Waterford in Richmond Park setting the ball rolling. The ‘Saints’ gained the points with a hard fought two one victory.
The bottom two, Longford Town and Finn Harps, met in Bishopsgate on Saturday evening in a contest which was crucial to the hosts if they hoped to avoid the pain of automatic relegation at the season end. It was not to be for them as they suffered a three nil defeat which makes their league position perilous.
The remaining contests involving the three clubs involved in the UEFA Conference League on Thursday evening took place on Sunday afternoon. Bohemian defeated Sligo Rovers with the only goal in Dalymount Park while Dundalk went down to a one nil defeat in the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium against Derry City. Leaders Shamrock Rovers made the short journey to Head in the Game Park and secured the points with a one nil success over hosts Drogheda United.
P W D L F A G/D Pts
Shamrock Rovers 23 15 5 3 39 18 21 50
St Patrick’s Athletic 24 14 5 5 42 25 17 47
Sligo Rovers 22 11 5 6 27 16 11 38
Bohemian 22 10 4 8 35 24 11 34
Derry City 24 9 7 8 29 28 1 34
Drogheda United 24 8 6 10 35 31 4 30
Dundalk 22 7 6 9 26 32 -6 27
Finn Harps 23 7 5 11 21 31 -10 26
Waterford 24 8 1 15 18 41 -23 25
Longford Town 24 1 8 15 15 41 -26 11
The Airtricity League First Division continued on Friday evening with current leaders Shelbourne going down to a three one defeat, their first of the current league season, at second place Galway United while Bray Wanderers scored in the final minute to defeat visitors Treaty United in the Carlisle Grounds and leapfrog their opponents into third place on goal difference. Turner’s Cross hosted the ‘Derby’ meeting of Cork City and Cobh Ramblers with the home side securing an emphatic four nil victory. UCD hit visitors Athlone Town for six without reply while Wexford defeated visitors Cabinteely by two goals to one in Ferrycarrig Park.
P W D L F A G/D Pts
Shelbourne 19 12 6 1 37 18 19 42
Galway United 19 10 5 4 30 19 11 35
Bray Wanderers 19 8 8 3 27 17 10 32
Treaty United 19 9 5 5 28 22 6 32
UCD 19 8 6 5 38 25 13 30
Athlone Town 19 6 4 8 24 31 -7 22
Cork City 19 5 6 8 25 22 3 21
Cabinteely 19 7 0 12 18 30 -12 21
Cobh Ramblers 19 5 4 10 17 33 -16 19
Wexford 19 2 2 15 16 41 -25 8