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St Patrick's Athletic have gone top of the SSE Airtricity League table after a 2-0 win over UCD at Richmond Park. Goals from Eoin and Mark Doyle gave the ...

In the last fixture of the night, a goal from Bohemian's Grant Horton levelled their clash with Shelbourne at Dalymount. Eoin Doyle with the first@kavanaghspubd8goal of the night. Goals from Eoin and Mark Doyle gave the home crowd something to sing about, while second placed Sligo Rovers played out a scoreless draw against Finn Harps at the Showgrounds.

Dundalk 0. Shamrock Rovers 0 · Dundalk: Nathan Shepperd; Lewis Macari, Mark Connolly, Andy Boyle, Sam Bone; Robbie Benson, Greg Sloggett, Dan Williams (David ...

Three minutes later at the other end, Pohls got down well to save from Hoban’s close-range header after the ball came down from orbit towards the Dundalk frontman. In the midst of what was a decent spell from Rovers, who had seemingly weathered the storm, Danny Mandroiu was denied by the feet of Shepperd from a tight angle before Towell – after being slipped in by Jack Byrne – crashed the frame of the woodwork. However, it was the hosts who continued to threaten for the remainder of the half, and Pohls saved well from Hoban’s header after he had got on the end of Benson’s corner.

Round-up: St Patrick's Athletic go top thanks to Doyles on the double; McGonigle keeps Derry on front foot. about 19 hours ago. Shamrock Rovers goalkeeper Leon Pöhls saves from the headed attempt of Dundalk's Patrick Hoban during the SSE Airtricity ...

The introduction of Duffy in the 61st minute was greeted with prolonged applause, but his involvement was limited to 10 minutes as the winger was brought crashing down to earth following a robust challenge from Keith Cowan, the Drogheda centre back booked for the challenge. It dropped only as far as Mark Doyle who chested it down onto his right foot to drill a drive to the bottom corner from just outside the box for a composed finish. And but for frantic defending by College, Eoin Doyle would have had a second of the night right on the blow of the break. Having collected Chris Forrester’s weighted pass on the right, Darragh Burns got a ricochet back off his initial cross to whip another ball across goal for Eoin Doyle to dive in and force it to the net off his chest. Doyles – Eoin and Mark – delivered the goals to put St Patrick’s Athletic top of the Premier Division table with a third successive win as they had too much for UCD at Richmond Park. Nathan Shepperd made a Gordon Banks-esque save to somehow keep Aaron Greene’s header out with 20 minutes to go while Leon Pöhls – in for the absent Alan Mannus – also made a couple of fine saves to deny Patrick Hoban, who blazed over a great chance to win it in stoppage-time.