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vs DROGHEDA UNITED
League
Friday, June 12th
7:45pm
Richmond Park

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Kian Leavy capped his Republic of Ireland international debut last week with the goal that got St Patrick's Athletic's title challenge back on track at Richmond Park.

Ardee native Leavy became the first St Pat's player to be capped by Ireland since 1971 when coming on in the 1-1 draw with Canada in Montreal.

And the attacking midfielder found added glory back at club level with the lead strike here in another fine display in a Saints' shirt.

Stephen Kenny's side had failed to score in their previous three games.

But Zack Elbouzedi would add the gloss with a fine solo goal as they rediscovered their goal touch to make it a hat-trick of victories over Drogheda this season.

The win lifted St Pat's back up to second in the table behind champions Shamrock Rovers, though with a game in hand.

Without a win now in five games, Drogheda remain third bottom.

St Pat's enjoyed plenty of possession from the off as they probed for openings, Elbouzedi shooting off target early on.

Stout Drogheda defending then ensured that three successive corners denied Saints an effort on goal.

A fifth corner from James Brown did find the head of Jamie Lennon, but the midfielder's header bounced wide.

St Pat's were then incensed when Luke Turner was sent sprawling by Edwin Agbaje inside the area with no penalty forthcoming.

But the home side's pressure finally told on 34 minutes.

Lively ex-Drogheda right wing-back Brown was instrumental, working a one-two with Aidan Keena to race in behind to cross.

Agbaje's attempted clearance ran straight to Leavy who drilled a left-footer to the net for his sixth goal of the season, his fourth against Drogheda.

Keena fired wide before Edmondson should have doubled dominant Saints' lead in first half stoppage time instead of shooting straight at goalkeeper Fynn Talley.

Leavy worked Talley again with a drive from distance early second half as St Pat's mined for more goals.

And their second duly arrived on 61 minutes, though Drogheda were angered at being left down to 10 men as Conor Keeley waited well over two minutes to return following his having received treatment for an injury.

The goal was all his own work by Elbouzedi. Cutting in from the left, he ghosted past several defenders before rifling a shot to the corner of the net from outside the area.

Saints' keeper Danny Rogers, making his first league appearance in almost two years, had had precious little to do before making the save of the game on 67 minutes to tip over a Leo Burney header.

Rogers was there again in stoppage time to push a Brandon Kavanagh free kick round a post.

Prior to that, substitute Chris Forrester should have added a third goal for St Pat's on 85 minutes but his audacious chip lacked the pace to cross the line as Conor Kane got back to clear.

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Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
August, 2nd 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Derry City	1	REPORT
July, 24th 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Dundalk	1	REPORT
July, 17th 2026	FAI Cup	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Wexford FC	1	REPORT
July, 14th 2026	Friendly	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Doncaster Rovers	4	REPORT
July, 3rd 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Galway United	0	REPORT
June, 28th 2026	Womens FAI Cup	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Dundalk	0	REPORT
June, 19th 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Sligo Rovers	0	REPORT
June, 12th 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Drogheda United	0	REPORT
May, 15th 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Shelbourne	1	REPORT
May, 8th 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	4	Waterford	1	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
August, 9th 2026	League	Shelbourne	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
July, 10th 2026	League	Waterford	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
June, 30th 2026	Leinster Senior Cup	Bray Wanderers	2	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
June, 26th 2026	League	Bohemians	2	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
May, 29th 2026	League	Shamrock Rovers	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
May, 26th 2026	Leinster Senior Cup	Dundalk	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
May, 22nd 2026	League	Derry City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
May, 4th 2026	League	Sligo Rovers	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
May, 1st 2026	League	Galway United	2	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
April, 17th 2026	League	Drogheda United	1	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
June, 12th 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Drogheda United	0	REPORT
April, 17th 2026	League	Drogheda United	1	St Patrick's Athletic	3	REPORT
March, 13th 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	4	Drogheda United	1	REPORT
January, 20th 2026	Leinster Senior Cup	Drogheda United	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
September, 5th 2025	Leinster Senior Cup	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Drogheda United	0	REPORT
August, 22nd 2025	League	Drogheda United	0	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
June, 13th 2025	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Drogheda United	0	REPORT
April, 21st 2025	League	Drogheda United	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
February, 14th 2025	League	St Patrick's Athletic	0	Drogheda United	0	REPORT
September, 1st 2024	League	St Patrick's Athletic	4	Drogheda United	1	REPORT

Date	Competition	Home Team		Away Team
August, 9th 2026	League	Shelbourne	1	St Patrick's Athletic	2	REPORT
August, 2nd 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Derry City	1	REPORT
July, 24th 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	1	Dundalk	1	REPORT
July, 10th 2026	League	Waterford	1	St Patrick's Athletic	1	REPORT
July, 3rd 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	3	Galway United	0	REPORT
June, 26th 2026	League	Bohemians	2	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
June, 19th 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Sligo Rovers	0	REPORT
June, 12th 2026	League	St Patrick's Athletic	2	Drogheda United	0	REPORT
May, 29th 2026	League	Shamrock Rovers	1	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT
May, 22nd 2026	League	Derry City	0	St Patrick's Athletic	0	REPORT