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St Patrick's Athletic vs Shamrock Rovers

Shamrock Rovers sealed their fourth SSE Airtricty Premier Division title in a row with two dramatic late goals to spark wild celebrations in the away end at Richmond Park.

In what was billed as a potential title decider, a slight stretch perhaps with the visitors having an ace up their sleeve of a game in hand on the chasing pack, coupled with St Pat's facing the prospect of a tough final game at the Ryan McBride Brandywell against Derry City, substitutes Aaron Green and Graham Burke earned all three title winning points.

On the pitch it was played with all the blood and thunder of a winner-takes-all clash as a crowd of 5,022 - including the Republic of Ireland boss Stephen Kenny - watched on keenly.

With just a couple of minutes played Neil Farrugia, whose timely return has been a massive boost for the champions, delivered a low cross from the left wing, finding skipper Ronan Finn, who cleverly reversed the ball back to Johnny Kenny on the penalty spot.

The pacey front man spun and shot all in one motion but narrowly missed the target.

Despite the surprise omission of the talismanic Chris Forrester, who might have been feeling the effects of a gruelling double header last weekend, match-winner from Monday night Kian Leavy picked up the attacking mantle and was desperately unlucky not to break the deadlock minutes later.

Having gone on a mazy dribble from the left, the ex-Shelbourne man took on all comers before smashing the underside of the bar with the ball somehow staying out.

After quite a feisty opening 20 minutes, Rovers thought they had snatched the lead when Rory Gaffney pounced on a spill by Saints stopper Lyness, who failed to hold Richie Towell's thunderous strike, but unfortunately for the travelling support celebrating behind the goal, the flag went up for offside.

As the half wore on both teams went blow for blow in search of an opener, just before the break the visitors went close again in quick succession.

Firstly, the lively Kenny saw his low drive across goal narrowly miss the foot of the far post, before Gaffney was denied sharply by Lyness, from the edge of the area.

The second half continued at relentless pace as both side looked to their benches to hopefully get what would look like the winner and paid dividends for Rovers when three replacements of their own played crucial parts in getting their side over the line.

Firstly, Dylan Watts did well to keep alive Sean Kavanagh's deep cross before standing up a deliciously inviting clippd cross for Greene to head home for close range and a couple of minutes later Burke pounced on a slack pass out from the back by David Norman, before rounding Lyness to seal title number 21 of their illustrious history.

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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
October, 27th 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Shamrock Rovers	2	REPORT
May, 15th 2023	League	Shamrock Rovers	3	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
April, 21st 2023	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Shamrock Rovers	2	REPORT
March, 17th 2023	League	Shamrock Rovers	2	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
October, 21st 2022	League	Shamrock Rovers	4	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
June, 27th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Shamrock Rovers	2	REPORT
April, 15th 2022	League	Shamrock Rovers	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
March, 4th 2022	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Shamrock Rovers	0	REPORT
February, 11th 2022	PresidentsCup	Shamrock Rovers	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
September, 24th 2021	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Shamrock Rovers	1	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: 27/10/2023
Time: 8:00pm
Competition: League
Venue: Richmond Park
Attendance: 5022

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Referee: Neil Doyle

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Founded in 1929 the 'Saints' are the current FAI Cup holders and play in the Premier Division of the SSE Airtricity League at Richmond Park, in Inchicore Dublin 8, Ireland.

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