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St Patrick's Athletic vs Dundalk

Conor Carty scored a dramatic late winner as St Patrick's Athletic overcame a double injury blow and a sending off to give manager Jon Daly victory in his first game in permanent charge.

The tenaciously fought win against the odds avenged a 5-0 drubbing at Oriel Park in March to make it four out of five victories for Daly in total as his side consolidated fourth place in the table, three points ahead of Dundalk.

On a perfect evening for football by the Camac, St Pat's started with intent, forcing a couple of corners inside the opening two minutes.

Mark Doyle worked Nathan Shepperd while Adam Murphy saw a shot deflected onto the crossbar before Saints' dominance told with their lead goal on the half hour.

Shepperd could only parry away Jake Mulraney's in-swinging cross, giving winger Doyle a tap-in for his fourth goal of the season.

A pointblank save from Dean Lyness denied Dundalk skipper Patrick Hoban an equaliser six minutes later.

The game was then held up for seven minutes for a nasty injury to St Pat's central defender Tom Grivosti sustained in the build up to that chance.

Having already lost right-back Axel Sjoberg to injury after just seven minutes, worried St Patrick's fans saw Grivosti carried off on a stretcher.

A loose clearance almost brought Dundalk an equaliser deep in first half added time, Robbie McCourt showing good control to rifle not far wide with a crisply struck half volley.

Sensing the vulnerability of Saints' rejigged defence, Dundalk made three changes at half-time and were level within three minutes of the resumption.

McCourt found space on the left to whip over a cross that found one of those substitutes, Rayhaan Tulloch, unmarked to nod past Lyness.

In the game's real flashpoint, St Pat's were then reduced to 10 men on 54 minutes when Mulraney was shown a straight red card following a melee involving most of the players.

Though it had been instigated by Connor Malley putting Mulraney in a headlock, the Dundalk midfielder received just a yellow card.

Having defended doggedly, two substitutes then combined to win it for St Patrick's on 81 minutes.

Tommy Lonergan mesmerised Hayden Muller on the left to put over a delightfully weighted cross between Archie Davies and Shepperd.

Carty, who turned 21 on Thursday, arrived at the far post to crash his shot home off the crossbar to a rapturous reaction from the bulk of the 4089 attendance.

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Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
May, 26th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Dundalk	1	REPORT
May, 12th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Drogheda United	0	REPORT
May, 1st 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Sligo Rovers	1	REPORT
April, 21st 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Shamrock Rovers	2	REPORT
April, 7th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	4	Cork City	0	REPORT
March, 31st 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	UCD	0	REPORT
March, 10th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Bohemians	2	REPORT
February, 24th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Shelbourne	0	REPORT
February, 17th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Derry City	1	REPORT
February, 4th 2023	Friendly	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Sligo Rovers	0	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
May, 20th 2023	Womens_under17	Dundalk	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
May, 19th 2023	League	Shelbourne	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
May, 15th 2023	League	Shamrock Rovers	3	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
May, 5th 2023	League	Cork City	2	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
April, 29th 2023	Womens_under17	Bohemians	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
April, 28th 2023	League	Derry City	2	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
April, 14th 2023	League	Bohemians	2	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
April, 10th 2023	League	Drogheda United	1	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
March, 18th 2023	Womens_under17	Bray Wanderers	3	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
March, 17th 2023	League	Shamrock Rovers	2	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
May, 26th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Dundalk	1	REPORT
May, 20th 2023	Womens_under17	Dundalk	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
April, 15th 2023	Womens_under17	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Dundalk	0	REPORT
March, 3rd 2023	League	Dundalk	5	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
October, 7th 2022	League	Dundalk	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
July, 15th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Dundalk	1	REPORT
May, 27th 2022	League	Dundalk	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
April, 8th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Dundalk	0	REPORT
October, 25th 2021	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Dundalk	0	REPORT
October, 22nd 2021	FaiCup	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Dundalk	1	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
May, 26th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Dundalk	1	REPORT
May, 19th 2023	League	Shelbourne	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
May, 15th 2023	League	Shamrock Rovers	3	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
May, 12th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Drogheda United	0	REPORT
May, 5th 2023	League	Cork City	2	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
May, 1st 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Sligo Rovers	1	REPORT
April, 28th 2023	League	Derry City	2	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
April, 21st 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Shamrock Rovers	2	REPORT
April, 14th 2023	League	Bohemians	2	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
April, 10th 2023	League	Drogheda United	1	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT