Shamrock Rovers

A fortress that was impregnable to domestic visitors for almost two years, Tallaght Stadium has now been breached twice in the space of four days with yet ...

The impressive Keating played the ball out to Bargary and Rovers should have dealt with his cross in to Crowley but, once again, the Hoops’ defending was dismal and Crowley could not believe his luck as he sent home a left-foot shot from close range. Alan Mannus came out of his goal to make a clearance but the ball fell to Crowley who spotted him well off his line. City didn’t deal with Jack Byrne’s corner, ’keeper Jimmy Corcoran had to save twice but Rory Gaffney remained patient, took a calm touch in the box, found an opening and fired home into the roof of the net.

A game that had everything – including a goal of the season contender from Darragh Crowley - ended in a point apiece for Cork City and Shamrock Rovers.

Far from that deflating City, they went straight back down the pitch to score with their next attack. Rory Gaffney, one of the four newcomers, displayed his clinical streak at the other end six minutes later. Daniel Krezic set the tone of an ambitious outlook by unleashing a seventh minute shot that Alan Mannus nervously fumbled, gathering at the second attempt. What was particularly insightful to Cork’s approach was also keeping faith with the flat back four. The impish midfielder was to the fore in creating the equaliser on 33 minutes that utterly altered the flow of the game. A game that had everything – including a goal of the season contender from Darragh Crowley and a worrying head injury to Aaron Bolger – ended in a point apiece for Cork City and Shamrock Rovers.

Shamrock Rovers pulled off the latest of comebacks to salvage a stunning 4-4 draw at home to Cork City.

The scoreboard was level for just four minutes, before Custovic restored the visitor’s lead. Gaffney opened the scoring just before the 15 minute mark. The 23-year-old had a lot to do from over 45 yards but showed incredible technique to clip a wondrous strike over the head of a scrambling Mannus and into the net,. And the Rebels went into half-time ahead, after Crowley struck a goal of the season contender to capitalise on a rare Mannus mistake. The 2022 Player of the Year showed immense determination to latch onto a Gary O’Neill rebound in the box, and launch the ball into the roof of the net. Shamrock Rovers pulled off the latest of comebacks to salvage a stunning draw at home to Cork City.

It was a night of high drama and goalscoring at Tallaght Stadium.

Bohemians are second in the table after a 3-1 win over Drogheda United. Derry City retain top spot after UCD conceded four goals for the second game in row. Rovers scored an injury time goal to level matters on the night.

The game finished 4-4 in Tallaght Stadium, with Rovers' late equaliser ensuring they left with a point from the match. Darragh Crowley will be the one in the ...

Darragh Crowley will be the one in the headlines after the game though, thanks to his goal of the season contender in the first-half. Mannus did his best to make it back to the goal in time to save the shot, but to no avail, sending Cork City scored a goal of the season contender against Shamrock Rovers on Monday night, in what was also likely one of the games of the season.

FOOTBALL, bloody hell.Shamrock Rovers are still without a win this season — but it did not feel like that for the Hoops faithful leaving Tallaght la.

And Tallaght was silenced, apart from the few hundred visiting fans, with 20 minutes remaining when Crowley slotted home unmarked from a Bargary cross. A Hoops backlash was expected and they equalised on 54 minutes when Lee Grace took advantage of poor marking at a corner to head home Byrne’s centre. It took a huge amount of skill, as the goal was vacant as the ball arrived at his feet and the Hoops goalkeeper, sensing danger, sprinted back towards his line. And three minutes later, City hit the front with a stunner from Crowley, who took advantage of an Alan Mannus clearance to clip the ball into the momentarily unguarded net from 40 yards. But the loss to a nasty injury of ex-Hoop Aaron Bolger — who was carried off after a long delay moments after Simon Power scored Rovers’ third — meant ten minutes of injury time. Seán Hoare’s goal in the seventh minute of injury time, in a game they trailed by two goals with six minutes to go, felt like a victory.

By Killian McHale. Shamrock Rovers welcomed Cork City to Tallaght Stadium for our first Monday-night fixture of the 2023 League of Ireland season, ...

Things went from bad to worse for Rovers when City scored a fourth after 70 minutes. Rovers started the stronger of the sides and deservedly opened the scoring after 13 minutes through Rory Gaffney. Substitutes Simon Power & Sean Hoare were the saviours for Rovers to earn the Hoops a point late on in Tallaght. Moments after Healy’s effort, City found the equaliser. Within four minutes of this, it was the visitors who took the lead, when Darragh Crowley scored from all but 40 yards after a loose clearance fell to the City academy graduate and his lobbed effort found the back of the Hoops net to give the Rebel Army the lead at half-time. Rovers opened the scoring through Rory Gaffney early on, before two-quick fire goals just before the break saw the visitors lead at half-time.

Stephen Bradley's side are without a win four games with manner of goals conceded indicative of a wider issue.

Ruairi Keating, who pounced for their first, superbly plucked a long clearance out of the air to set up the attack. They lost two second balls in midfield, allowing Aaron Bolger enough time to thread a neat pass which led to a cross into the six-yard box for a simple finish. Currently, only the champions and UCD remain winless in the top flight. Already this term the goals against column has reached eight, more than one third of the entire tally previously. But the nature of the goals Rovers have conceded will be the biggest concern of all, a symptom of a wider issue. The Rovers boss suggested Lopes was the victim of a