Shelbourne 0-2 Sligo Rovers (28-6-13)
By Aidan Geraghty @AidanGeraghty5
The league champions took home 3 points from Tolka Park on Friday night after a 2-0 win in what was a very dull encounter. The evening was, however, lightened up by An Briogáid Dearg's tenth anniversary celebrations which were enjoyed by both sets of supporters.
The Westerners almost took the lead after half an hour, Kieran Djilali found Danny North in the box but he couldn't send the ball past Niall Burdon in the Reds' goal. Shels had some chances of their own as misfiring Philly Hughes wasted a few not-so-clear cut opportunities. The first came from a wayward Robert Bayly cross, he sent the ball across the goal but the rotund striker couldn't get his foot to it.
Rovers had the first opportunity to score in the second half, Kieran Djilali took a shot on the rebound from a free kick but he only met long-serving Redsman Ian Ryan who cleared the danger. Jeff Henderson made a last-ditch challenge to deny Robert Bayly a goal. However, the opening goal went to the visitors after Ross Gaynor's corner kick was spectacularly cleared by the young French goalkeeper. He couldn't keep out Séamus Conneely's second time shot, though.
As has been the case all season, Shels' confidence had been drained by the opening goal and they were lucky the floodgates didn't open. On 79 minutes, Danny North delivered the ball and met his compatriot, Djilali, in the box who had been afforded too much space by the hosts' defence and the Londoner slotted it home calmly. Niall Burdon was visibly fuming at his defence for their lacklustre effort.
Shelbourne had a couple of chances before the end, Philly Hughes had an effort blocked by Jeff Henderson in what could possibly be his last deed as a Shelbourne player and Graham Gartland headed over from Seán Brennan's corner.
Shelbourne: Burdon; Flynn, Ryan, Gartland, Shortall (Cornwall); Tinnelly, Cronin, Bayly, Brennan (Hanlon), O'Connor (Leech); Hughes.
Sligo Rovers: Rogers; Keane, Peers, Henderson, Davoren; Djilali, Cawley, Conneely, Ndo (Martin), Gaynor (Lynch); North (McMillan).
Attendance: 1214.
OnTheSidelines' man of the match: Joseph Ndo: the Shelbourne great came back to haunt his former side and turned back the clock to show some of the greatness that won him the PFAI Player of the Year award at Tolka Park in 2006. However, picking a winner was extremely difficult as both sides had very poor games.
By Aidan Geraghty @AidanGeraghty5
The league champions took home 3 points from Tolka Park on Friday night after a 2-0 win in what was a very dull encounter. The evening was, however, lightened up by An Briogáid Dearg's tenth anniversary celebrations which were enjoyed by both sets of supporters.
The Westerners almost took the lead after half an hour, Kieran Djilali found Danny North in the box but he couldn't send the ball past Niall Burdon in the Reds' goal. Shels had some chances of their own as misfiring Philly Hughes wasted a few not-so-clear cut opportunities. The first came from a wayward Robert Bayly cross, he sent the ball across the goal but the rotund striker couldn't get his foot to it.
Rovers had the first opportunity to score in the second half, Kieran Djilali took a shot on the rebound from a free kick but he only met long-serving Redsman Ian Ryan who cleared the danger. Jeff Henderson made a last-ditch challenge to deny Robert Bayly a goal. However, the opening goal went to the visitors after Ross Gaynor's corner kick was spectacularly cleared by the young French goalkeeper. He couldn't keep out Séamus Conneely's second time shot, though.
As has been the case all season, Shels' confidence had been drained by the opening goal and they were lucky the floodgates didn't open. On 79 minutes, Danny North delivered the ball and met his compatriot, Djilali, in the box who had been afforded too much space by the hosts' defence and the Londoner slotted it home calmly. Niall Burdon was visibly fuming at his defence for their lacklustre effort.
Shelbourne had a couple of chances before the end, Philly Hughes had an effort blocked by Jeff Henderson in what could possibly be his last deed as a Shelbourne player and Graham Gartland headed over from Seán Brennan's corner.
Shelbourne: Burdon; Flynn, Ryan, Gartland, Shortall (Cornwall); Tinnelly, Cronin, Bayly, Brennan (Hanlon), O'Connor (Leech); Hughes.
Sligo Rovers: Rogers; Keane, Peers, Henderson, Davoren; Djilali, Cawley, Conneely, Ndo (Martin), Gaynor (Lynch); North (McMillan).
Attendance: 1214.
OnTheSidelines' man of the match: Joseph Ndo: the Shelbourne great came back to haunt his former side and turned back the clock to show some of the greatness that won him the PFAI Player of the Year award at Tolka Park in 2006. However, picking a winner was extremely difficult as both sides had very poor games.
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