St Patrick's Athletic vs Finn Harps

2022 - 9 - 2

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First-half brace sees St Patrick's Athletic defeat Finn Harps (Donegal Live)

Barry McNamee's goal gave Finn Harps a chance at Richmond Park, but St Patrick's Athletic took the maximum points thanks to a quick-fire double in the first ...

McKeown was forced to get down to parry a dangerous cross from Barry Cotter, who scampered onto the byline. Pat’s broke the deadlock in the 15th minute when Forrester finished well after a surging move down the left-hand side involving Adam O’Reilly, Serge Atakayi and, finally, Eoin Doyle. McKeown saved strongly from Eoin Doyle 20 minutes from the end to keep Harps in with a chance of salvaging the night.

Anto Breslin keeps St Pat's on European trail with win over Finn Harps (Independent.ie)

Anto Breslin provided an assist and his first goal for the club, with what proved the winner, as St Patrick's Athletic made it four wins on the bounce in ...

Harps hit back on 24 minutes when Eric McWoods got free down the right to cross for unmarked skipper Barry McNamee to tap home. St Pat’s first meaningful attack on 15 minutes saw Serge Atakayi release Breslin down the left for the wing-back to skip past Jose Carrillo to cross for Chris Forrester to apply the finish. Anto Breslin provided an assist and his first goal for the club, with what proved the winner, as St Patrick’s Athletic made it four wins on the bounce in their quest for European football next season.

Finn Harps announce signing of Jordan International Jaime Siaj (Donegal Daily)

The 26 year old last played with Al Ansar in the Lebanese Premier League. Born in Spain, Siaj played for the Real Madrid and Getafe academies before playing in ...

I’m ready to play my part in the battle. We have a tough road ahead but the team is ready to fight to stay in the division. I’d like to thank Ollie, Gavin and the club for the opportunity.

Breslin keeps St Pat's on Euro trail (Irish Examiner)

Unbeaten now in six league games, Tim Clancy's side edge to within two points of third-place Dundalk.

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Connolly, Rainey & Horgan will watch Harps from the stand at Pats ... (Highland Radio)

Finn Harps take on St. Patrick's Athletic tonight in SSE Airtricity League Premier Division action. Kick-off at Richmond Park is 7.45pm and Conor Breslin ...

They carried that form into the league since and will be eager to cement their place in the top four and keep the pressure on Dundalk above them. They were flying in Europe and were desperately unlucky not to progress further. Assistant Manager Gavin Dykes told FinnHarps.ie “We had a vital win in our last game against Sligo and we probably could have done without the week off in a lot of ways to try and maintain that momentum.

St Patrick's Athletic come out of the traps quickly to break Finn Harps ... (The42)

Goals from Chris Forrester and Anto Breslin inside the opening 18 minutes gave Tim Clancy's side the early platform.

Yet more bad defending at the other end allowed the away side a route back into the game, McNamee having all the space in the world to get on the end of Eric McWoods’ cross. While they responded with a first-half strike of their own from Barry McNamee to half the deficit, Harps were unable to find any way back into the game, as the Saints moved to within two points of third-placed Dundalk, with a game in hand on the Lilywhites. It was a bitter end to an evening which had started sharply, Forrester applying a neat finish at the back post after just 15 minutes when striker Serge Atakayi had sent Breslin down the flank.

Early double sees Finn Harps defeated away to St. Patrick's Athletic (Donegal Daily)

Barry McNamee got one back for the Donegal men after Eric McWoods' cross found the Ramelton man at the back post. But Ollie Horgan's men didn't create enough to ...

Then Lennon’s shot from way out should’ve been held by McKeown but he spilled it to Mark Doyle. The Saints went looking for a third and a long throw found Eoin Doyle who nutmegged McGing to find himself 1-on-1 with McKeown but the Englishman was equal to it. The Harps wouldn’t be 2-0 down for long however, as Carrillo’s long throw found McWoods down the right wing and the American fizzed a low cross to the back post and McNamee was in acres of space to slot the ball into the net. Tim Clancy’s men had the first proper chance of the second half as Forrester had a shot blocked before he pulled the ball back to Jamie Lennon but the midfielders shot was just wide. The remainder of the half saw few chances, with a Forrester free going wide while Atakayi’s shot from the edge of the box was saved by McKeown as it stayed 2-1 at half-time. Barry McNamee got one back for the Donegal men after Eric McWoods fizzed a ball low towards the Ramelton man who was unmarked at the back post to tuck the ball home.

Finn Harps include Jordan international in squad for St Patrick's ... (Donegal Live)

Jaime Siaj spent some time on the books of Real Madrid as a youth player and has been recruited to Finn Harps by Ollie Horgan.

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