| Competition: League of Ireland Premier Division Venue: Tolka Park Attendance: 1,131 Referee: Damien Hancock | ||
 Shelbourne Stephen Hurley - Yellow Card (20') David Cassidy - Yellow Card (32') Kevin Dawson - Yellow Card (51') Stephen Paisley - Yellow Card (66') Conan Byrne - Goal (74') Stephen Paisley - Red Card (85') |
Fri 20 Jul 20121 - 2(Full Time) |
 Drogheda United Cathal Brady - Goal (12') Alan Byrne - Yellow Card (19') Paul Crowley - Yellow Card (28') Gavin Brennan - Yellow Card (89') Gavin Brennan - Goal (90' + 3') |
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Game Matchtracker
Shelbourne 1 - 2 Drogheda United 90' + 3' - Goal - Gavin Brennan scores for Drogheda United. Eric Foley made the goal possible, shifting the ball out crisply to Gavin Brennan on the left. Brennan went to cross, but it snuck over the line at the far post.
Shelbourne 1 - 1 Drogheda United
90' - Three minutes additional time 
Shelbourne 1 - 1 Drogheda United 89' - Yellow Card - Gavin Brennan is booked for Drogheda United. 
Shelbourne 1 - 1 Drogheda United 88' - Substitution - Shelbourne Sub - Andy Boyle replaces Kevin Dawson. 
Shelbourne 1 - 1 Drogheda United 85' - Red Card - Stephen Paisley is sent off for Shelbourne. Paisley pulled Declan O'Brien back just outside the box and gave referee Damien Hancock no choice but to send him off.
Shelbourne 1 - 1 Drogheda United
83' - Sean Brennan hits the woodwork from twelve yards
Shelbourne 1 - 1 Drogheda United
82' - That Shelbourne goal was certainly against the run of play
Shelbourne 1 - 2 Drogheda United 80' - Substitution - Drogheda Sub - Eric Foley replaces Alan Byrne.
Shelbourne 1 - 1 Drogheda United
79' - Conan Byrne goes very close to making it two one - just wide
Shelbourne 1 - 1 Drogheda United 76' - Substitution - Drogheda Sub - Sean Brennan comes on for Cathal Brady.
Shelbourne 1 - 1 Drogheda United 74' - Goal - Conan Byrne scores for Shelbourne. Conan Byrne lets fly - a super goal. Philip Gorman with the assist.
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
72' - Brady picks the ball up on the edge of the box after a neat lay off from Peter Hynes - but Bennion holds on to this shot
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
71' - Shelbourne have been better than they were in the first half - but have still been poor. Perhaps their worst performance of the season here in Tolka
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
70' - Cathal Brady knocks the ball across the face of the goal and Gareth Matthews does well to clear it
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
66' - Game has been scrappy in the last ten minutes
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United 66' - Yellow Card - Stephen Paisley is booked for Shelbourne.
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United 61' - Substitution - Shelbourne Sub - Brian Shortall replaces John Sullivan.
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
60' - Philly Hughes fires narrowly wide with a snap shot in the box
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
59' - Kevin Dawson smacks a volley straight at Gabriel Sava from the edge of the box. He caught it well first time from a cross on the right - corner Shelbourne as Sava tipped it over the top
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
55' - OBrien is released down the left. He skips past Paisley but then fires wide of the target from the edge of the box
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
54' - Drogheda still looking dangerous in attack, but have had less of the ball in the second half
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United 51' - Yellow Card - Kevin Dawson is booked for Shelbourne.
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
49' - Phillip Hand hits the crossbar with a free kick from thirty yards.
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
48' - We were wrong about that substitution as you will have seen!
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
47' - Early chance for Drogheda. Declan OBrien fires narrowly wide after a flick on from Peter Hynes played him in
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United 46' - Substitution - Shelbourne Sub - Conan Byrne comes on for Paddy Kavanagh. 
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United 46' - Second Half - Game on
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
45' + 2' - Conan Byrne will be coming on for the second half - he is ready to go here and warming up. If I had to guess who he will be replacing I would say John Sullivan - he has been poor
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
45' + 2' - 1,131 the attendance tonight. 
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United 45' + 2' - Half Time - It's been a frantic first half here at Tolka. The ball has hardly left the field of play. Shelbourne will need to improve in the second half if they are to find a way back into the game, but with only the one goal separating the sides it should be an exciting second forty five.
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
45' - Two minutes additional time
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
44' - Philly Hughes heads straight at Sava
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
43' - Alan Byrne has just cleared a Stephen Paisley header off the line - Sava was beaten. David Cassidy supplied the corner kick
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
40' - Paul Crowley and Alan Byrne were controlling the midfield in the first thirty minutes and that was allowing the Drogheda front four run riot. The intensity has dropped since then and Shelbourne have come into the game in the last ten minutes or so - but are still a long way from their best
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
37' - Healthy crowd here in Tolka tonight
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
34' - Drogheda deserve to be ahead here even if there are question marks over the free kick that led to the goal. Mick Cooke's side do look a little nervy at the back though when Shelbourne get the ball in or around the box
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
32' - That may have been a little bit harsh on Cassidy
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United 32' - Yellow Card - David Cassidy is booked for Shelbourne.
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
29' - Philly Hughes flagged offside here - he didnt touch the ball and was actually allowing it run through to David Cassidy - Cassidy would have gotten a shot off and certainly was not offside having started his run from behind the ball
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United 28' - Yellow Card - Paul Crowley is booked for Drogheda United.
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
24' - Drogheda are moving the ball very quickly tonight, Shelbourne have been unable to cope
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
23' - Shelbourne very shaky at the back - Bennion and Stephen Paisley in particular, and with Hurley on a yellow already it could be a tough night for the former Bohemians man
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
21' - David Cassidy and Paddy Kavanagh have swopped wings
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United 20' - Yellow Card - Stephen Hurley is booked for Shelbourne.
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
19' - Shelbourne with appeals for a penalty against Alan Byrne - would have been harsh I think
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United 19' - Yellow Card - Alan Byrne is booked for Drogheda United.
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
19' - Drogheda have a strut about them tonight - looking very confident and composed on the ball
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
18' - Drogheda have been impressive so far. Shelbourne have been sluggish.
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
15' - Kevin Dawson tests Sava
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
13' - However having said that, Bennion should have done much better
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United
13' - The free kick that led to the goal looked ever so harsh to me
Shelbourne 0 - 1 Drogheda United 12' - Goal - Cathal Brady scores for Drogheda United. Declan OBrien struck a free kick from thirty five yards that Bennion failed to hold. Brady reacted quickest and poked home from close range.
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
10' - Lorcan Fitzgerald with a perfectly times challenge in the box on Brady. Drogheda keep possession but the move ends with Declan OBrien firing straight at Chris Bennion
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
9' - Alan Byrne escapes without a booking for a high challenge with the studs showing - and from the resulting free kick John Sullivan flicks his header wide
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
7' - Great chance for Peter Hynes - but he heads wide from seven or eight yards - Cathal Brady with the cross from the right. Brady has started brightly
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
7' - Drogheda lined up in a 4-4-2 formation tonight - with Alan Byrne and Paul Crowley in centre midfield
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
5' - A Lorcan Fitzgerald cross goes straight at Gabriel Sava
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
5' - Paddy Kavanagh poor in possession - puts his side under pressure
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
3' - Stephen Paisley gifts possession to Drogheda and Mick Cooke's side are on the attack
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
2' - Chris Bennion shaky - corner to Drogheda
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
2' - David Cassidy on the right again tonight - although that is just a starting position and he tends to turn up all over
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United 1' - Kick-off - Game on - Shelbourne playing in a white kit tonight, Drogheda in their usual claret and blue
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
0' - Brian Gannon has fallen up the steps here in Tolka Park . . .
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
0' - 115 or so Drogheda fans here in the Riverside Stand so far
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
0' - Damien Hancock the referee tonight, assisted by Rueban McManus and Alan Lynch. Tom Connolly is the 4th official
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
0' - Drogheda are of course second in the table and are really taking advantage of Shamrock Rovers and Derry City not being as strong as expected
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
0' - We will have the teams for you as soon as possible - they will be confirmed by 7.30pm I imagine
Shelbourne 0 - 0 Drogheda United
0' - Welcome to Tolka Park for tonights game between fifth placed Shelbourne and high flying Drogheda United |
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90' + 5' - Full Time - Game over. Late drama at Tolka Park with Gavin Brennan claiming the headlines. Drogheda deserved the three points