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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
October, 27th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Shamrock Rovers	2	REPORT
October, 23rd 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Sligo Rovers	0	REPORT
September, 25th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Drogheda United	2	REPORT
September, 22nd 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Dundalk	1	REPORT
September, 9th 2023	Friendly	St Patrick's Athletic XI	0	LOI XI	0	REPORT
August, 11th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Bohemians	0	REPORT
July, 20th 2023	EuropaConferenceLeague	St Patrick's Athletic	2	F91 Diddeleng	3	REPORT
July, 7th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Cork City	1	REPORT
June, 30th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	7	UCD	0	REPORT
June, 23rd 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Shelbourne	0	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
November, 12th 2023	FaiCup	Bohemians	1	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
November, 3rd 2023	League	Derry City	3	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
October, 20th 2023	League	Bohemians	0	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
October, 8th 2023	FaiCup	Cork City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
September, 29th 2023	League	Cork City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
September, 15th 2023	FaiCup	Finn Harps	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
September, 9th 2023	Friendly	St Patrick's Athletic XI	0	LOI XI	0	REPORT
September, 1st 2023	League	Shelbourne	2	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
August, 25th 2023	League	UCD	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
August, 20th 2023	FaiCup	Derry City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
September, 22nd 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Dundalk	1	REPORT
June, 26th 2023	League	Dundalk	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
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

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
November, 3rd 2023	League	Derry City	3	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
October, 27th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Shamrock Rovers	2	REPORT
October, 23rd 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Sligo Rovers	0	REPORT
October, 20th 2023	League	Bohemians	0	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
September, 29th 2023	League	Cork City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
September, 25th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Drogheda United	2	REPORT
September, 22nd 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Dundalk	1	REPORT
September, 1st 2023	League	Shelbourne	2	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
August, 25th 2023	League	UCD	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
August, 11th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Bohemians	0	REPORT

Match Info

Date: 26/05/2023
Time: 7:45pm
Competition: League
Venue: Richmond Park
Attendance: 4089

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Referee: Ray Matthews (Midlands)

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