St Patrick's Athletic

2022 - 7 - 29

St Pat's triumph on penalties to complete memorable night for Irish ... (The42)

ST PATRICK'S ATHLETIC earned a dramatic penalty shootout win over Slovenian side Mura in the Europa Conference League this evening. Following last week's 1-1 ...

In the next round, they face Bulgarian outfit CSKA Sofia, who beat North Macedonian side Makedonija Gjorče Petrov 4-0 on aggregate this evening. It means they progress to the competition’s third round, joining Sligo Rovers who enjoyed a similarly impressive win over Motherwell earlier this evening. ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC earned a dramatic penalty shootout win over Slovenian side Mura in the Europa Conference League this evening.

Joyous scenes as St Patrick's Athletic celebrate advancing past ... (Irish Mirror)

St Patrick's Athletic players got to revel in the ecstasy of winning a penalty shootout on what was a sensational night for Irish football.

There was also a stroke of luck bestowed upon them from the referee as with 15 minutes of regulation left, substitute Matic Marusko was shown a straight red for slapping out at Chris Forrester after the playmaker had initially had a swat at him. While Sligo Rovers had it relatively straightforward in the end as they led throughout their 2-0 win at home against Motherwell, The Saints had to absorb plenty of pressure over 120 minutes in Slovenia before eventually coming out on top. St Patrick's Athletic players got to revel in the ecstasy of winning a penalty shootout on what was a sensational night for Irish football.

St Patrick's Athletic win through after dramatic penalty shoot-out in ... (The Irish Times)

Tim Clancy's side hold nerve in Slovenia to make it through to third qualifying round of Europa Conference League.

Eoin Doyle, Ronan Coughlan, Jason McClelland, Thijs Timmermans, Serge Atakayi and Joe Redmond all fired past Matko Obradović, while Anang superbly turned away a Mihael Klepač strike. Tim Clancy’s Saints dominated possession in the second half of extra-time, but it was going to take a battle of wits from 12 yards to produce an outcome. St Patrick’s Athletic defeated NŠ Mura in a tense penalty shoot-out at Fazanerija City Stadium to progress into the third qualifying round of the Uefa Europa Conference League.

'We deserve our place in the next round' - St Pat's boss Tim Clancy ... (Independent.ie)

ST PATRICK'S Athletic boss Tim Clancy hailed the heroics of his two Joes - Redmond and Anang - as the Saints came through a penalty shoot-out in Slovenia to ...

We could have won it, Tom Grivosti misses, their keeper makes a great save, then a couple of lads took some great penalties, their lad missed it and we're delighted," said manager Tim Clancy. "Joe has been excellent since he came in from West Ham, he's getting exposure in big games like this that you don't get in the U23s over in England, it's a loan that's been beneficial to him, it's temporary as Joe will have an amazing career after us, we're delighted to see him progress for as long as he's here, some of the saves he made in 90 minutes and extra time were exceptional and he saved one of the penalties as well. "To go through was a big result for us, after the first leg we believed we could compete with them, we came out here, Joe Anang made some great saves during the game, we had some good chances ourselves, when you get to extra time and penalties it's a lottery.

Irelands St Patricks Athletic show up Tottenham with momentous ... (Planet Sport)

Irish outfit St Patricks Athletic sealed their place in the third qualifying round of the Europa Conference League with victory over Slovenias NS Mura Sligo ...

Goals from Shane Blaney and Max Mata helped the team to a 2-0 win on the night and a 3-0 aggregate victory. On that occasion, Harry Kane stamped his name on the scoresheet but couldn't prevent the European minnows from sealing the three points with a dramatic last-minute winner. St Pat's were able to hold Slovenian side NS Mura to a goalless draw in the second leg of their European qualifying clash, before claiming a memorable win on penalties.

St Pat's boss Clancy hails spot-kick star Anang (RTE.ie)

St Patrick's Athletic manager Tim Clancy paid special tribute to goalkeeper Joe Anang after the on loan shot-stopper helped his side to victory over ...

Anang was the hero for St Patrick's Athletic as they withstood a big challenge from 10-man Mura to progress on penalties to the third qualifying round. St Patrick's Athletic manager Tim Clancy paid special tribute to goalkeeper Joe Anang after the on loan shot-stopper helped his side to victory over Slovenian side Mura in the second round of the Europa Conference League qualifiers. "Joe has been excellent since he came in from West Ham, he's getting exposure in big games like this that you don't get in the U23s over in England.

Jubilant St. Patrick's Athletic heroes celebrate Europa Conference ... (The Irish Sun)

ST. PATRICK'S ATHLETIC had every reason to celebrate on Thursday night.Tim Clancy's men set up a date with CSKA Sofia in the Europa Conference League.

But we know it’s going to be a big ask in Sofia next week.” In both legs we played well. The best there ever has been.