The League of Ireland recap in its final stages

Cup play still is causing a shortened schedule in the league of Ireland, seeing its final stages and with two of its top squads heading the EA Sports Cup final celebrated in the colossus of Dublin, Tallaght Stadium.

Still with four matches in the agenda, we some fronts seeing action with some making notable strides towards seeing another day in the Airtricity League, while others are destined to accept their doom.

With the EA Sports Cup played between the host Shamrock Rovers against Dundalk FC, many-favored slighty the likes of the Hoops playing as locals but with some firepower left in the Lilywhites arsenal these are still one tough foe to drop.

The score was a 3-0 rout in a match that saw a reduced Rovers squad to ten men, the visiting Lilywhites delivered another important shield to their halls after their third intent in this year.

With goals from David McMillan, Patrick McEleney and Thomas Stewart, the De Town Boys showed its mettle and class of defending champions to deny the Hoops another opportunity to land a much-needed shield.

Going to league play, in a match were the permanency of the Tribesmen relied in every match play from now on, these faced off a fighting Derry City Candystripes at home in Galway majestic Eamon Deacy Stadium.

After delivering a on of a kind match and despite the visiting Candystripes almost pulled an upset, the Galway Boys prevailed for the 2-1 win., were these with scores from Kevin Devaney 14 and Stephen Folan 79.

Became enough for the win and for the Tribesmen making a huge rise in the overall table away from the infamous relegations positions versus a lone goal by Rory Robertson in the 32.

In United Park, the local Drogheda United Boys are one sentenced squad for the drop, as they could not use their home field in their advantage as an inspired Bohemians squad put four goals past the posts of Stephen McGuinness.

With a treble from Daniel Corcoran scoring in the 11, 42 and 64 assign to the demise of the sorry Droghs Daniel Corcoran added the icing with the fourth goal in the 66 to the lone goal from the locals by Sean Brennan 69.

A nice win and three points of gold was today's result for the battling Bohs, sitting pretty in sixth place.

At Carlisle grounds the Bray Wanderers played host to the Limerick Blues in a game that ended even with a goal apiece for each squad with Darragh None scoring in the 38 for Bray.

Later in the second half came the equalizer from the visiting Limerick Blues Chiedozie Ogbene 48 to a 1-1 draw and a share of points between these two squads.

On the Saturday match between the Sligo Rovers and Fin Harps, these considered as a sort of Derby due to the situation of both squads battling the demons of relegation, with the match scheduled in Finn Park.

As the visiting Bit O’ Red deliver an important win as well a step towards their salvation well above the danger zone, on the other hand the Harps are looking forward to delvier notable results for their sake as well salvation.

With scores from the Bit O’ Red Vincent Faherty 16 and later the equalizer from the home side came from Patrick McCourt 81 that many thought that was going to be the final score.

It’s when Sligo opportune heroics from Rhys McCabe scoring the go ahead and game winning goal in the 90, gave his Bit O’ Red three golden points for the 2-1 win and its salvation.

Next week finally the SSE League of Ireland will have its full schedule and maybe we can look forward to many surprises, go dtí an chéad uair eile agus eagrán eile de shraith na hÉireann.

 

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