Drogheda United 0
St Patrick’s Athletic 0
DROGHEDA UNITED HAVE stopped the rot. After four straight defeats that sent them to the foot of the table, a first clean sheet in 13 games secured a long-awaited point and, in turn, moved them back above fierce foes Dundalk for now.
For Stephen Kenny, things aren’t getting any easier. He has won just one of his seven games in charge since he was brought in with the task of sparking life into a St Patrick’s Athletic team who are nowhere near meeting pre-season expectations from without
within and outside the club.
His side could have snatched a result here. Jake Mulraney passed up two presentable chances in either half while Andrew Wogan, fresh from starting his Leaving Certificate exams in Ardee Community School this week, saved from both Ruairi Keating and Jamie Lennon.
That doesn’t tell the whole story, however. Drogheda were more than in this game and were full value for their point in the end. In injury time, Zishim Bawa came close to his fourth of an improving campaign but his header was wide.
It would have been celebrated widely by the majority of the 2,046 in attendance had it landed the right side of the upright.
The chances were plentiful for the hosts, for whom Jack Keaney and Conor Kane were particularly impressive. Both players took aim at goal in the first and second half respectively, while Bawa, Adam Foley and Ryan Brennan all went close to varying degrees.
While yet another failure to secure three points is a blow to Kenny, the Pat’s boss was dealt further problems by the loss to injury of defenders Ryan McLaughlin and Joe Redmond. Conor Keeley was replaced at the break too.
In the second half, the Saints defence bore a really unfamiliar, makeshift look to it. They weren’t breached though, which is something. Kian Leavy was a constant threat, running at the Drogs defence but his influence waned as the game wore on.
A point will do for Pat’s and for Drogheda, it’s altogether welcome. The Saints have played at least two games more than the teams around them. Their predicament might get worse before it gets better.
Drogheda United: Andrew Wogan; Luke Heeney, Andrew Quinn, Jack Keaney, Conor Kane; Matthew O’Brien, Ryan Brennan (Warren Davis, 85); Adam Foley (Frantz Pierrot, 79), Darragh Markey, Evan Weir; Zishim Bawa.
St Patrick’s Athletic: Danny Rogers; Ryan McLaughlin (Aaron Bolger, 31), Conor Keeley (Tom Grivosti, 46), Joe Redmond (Jamie McClelland, 66), Luke Turner; Jamie Lennon, Chris Forrester, Kian Leavy; Jake Mulraney, Ruairi Keating (Cian Kavanagh,74), Mason Melia (Alex Nolan, 74).
Referee: Declan Toland
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Best of luck Wales, get over this 1 and anything is possible. A very beatable Portuguese team in the semis.
There’s a clause in Ronaldos contract that stipulates Bale cannot beat him in internationals.
Come on Wales pour further embarrassment on the vastly overrated England team
Would love to see Wales win, and is there a better anthem out there than the Welsh, love it.
And you call me obsessive!
Surely that clause would need to be in Bales contract?
That they have done.Land of Song.Land of Poets and dragon fire!
He does not play for Man U anymore Bravo, but you guys are way too sensitive…. Pussies….
Loved the way Bale celebrates when others score, ie, with them, not his own chest bearing lonely celebrating……
Hoping for Iceland Wales final.
Wales and Iceland in the final.
Iceland will have got tremendous inspiration from Wales tonight thats for sure. Absolutely fantastic from the Welsh, they can definitely beat Portugal and Bale can upstage Ronaldo !
It’s a great result.. Until you realise we’ve Wales in our next World cup qualifying group..
Mighty Taffies. Respect. I’d fancy them against Portugal. Hope they make it. Belgium leaderless.
Mighty indeed.Fire in the belly.And they sing better (than the English)too
Dominic I think the Welsh probably sing better than most nations, to be in the Millenium Stadium when the Welsh are belting out ‘Land of my fathers’ is truly an amazing experience.
We might have to reassess Ireland ‘s performance after this.
Why couldn’t Belgium have been this bad against us?
Trevor eh Welch, is eh hard to eh listen too and eh, Keith eh Andrews is eh, not much better.
Watch it on BBC then
I did.
A Belgian win kicking the last element of the U.K. Out of the Euros would be an apt closure to the week
How could you have something against Wales?
They are just as arrogant as the English if that was at all possible.
Personally I’d like to see them do well
The Welsh are not arrogant Cathal – far from it.
They are.
Arrogant how?
Wales see the English as lords who like to look over there subjects….
That goal, are Belgium taking the piss with that defending.
They are down to the bare bones defensively
But still, that is a school boy error.
Their defenders aren’t much older than schoolboys
But much worse.
What a game !!!!!
I was happy that Vermaelen was suspended as it would force Wilmonts to finally pick Vertonghen and Alderweirld together in the centre of defence…and then Vertonghen gets himself suspended.
I think Wales will win, that Fallani miss tells you it just won’t be Belgium’s night.
Great stuff wales!!! well done!!
Wales. Just like England, but just slightly to the west. Think they are a proper country because they can sing a national anthem.
Semi finals
BBC. .have it on..Keith Andrews hurts my head..but what a goal..
Hard to watch tv3 coverage. Can’t beat the 3 amigos on rte. Anyhoo come on Wales. They deserve to win.
3-1 belguim
Flip that
Comon taffy
Wales to win in a penalty shoot out.
The small mickeys are like dolphins tonight!
Bad for European football when Wales and Iceland are in with a chance of winning the euros
I disagree
Spain, Holland, Belgium and England out of the competition before Iceland and Wales
There seems to be a theme in this championship; the more the players are paid, the worse they play.( with one or two exceptions)
@conor so with your logic it was bad the the EPL that Leicester won it ? Idiot
Ya it was really bad for the premier league because it shows how much the top teams in england have declined. That has reflected on the English national team and is one of the reasons for their loss to Iceland. Idiot
It is a great achievement for Iceland Wales and Leicester and what they have done is amazing but it reflects badly on the epl and European football
@Conor Coleman
Holland is actually just a province of The Netherlands, like Leinster or Ulster here, and it annoys the Dutch when used by us ignoramus foreigners to reference their national team, anyway – I digress – as they didn’t appear in the these finals having failed to progress from their qualifying group.
@the pope I’m pretty sure there is a law against changing your name on online accounts to a name that doesn’t belong to you. The Netherlands that are supposed to be one of the top teams in the world failed to qualify from a really group. The Dutch team have a lot of top class players but yet they cannot even qualify for a tournament.
The42: Fu€k OFF WITH YOUR NOTIFICATIONS SHOWING MATCH RESULTS.
Was watching on 30 minute delay after putting the kids to bed. Thanks for ruining it. If you’re going to notify match results, do it for them all or don’t do it at all.
Do really want your phone going 90 for maths results of Slovakia vs Hungary?
Cormac, stevie wonder even saw the turn off notifications tab…..
Eoghan – No I don’t. But at least then I’d know what the deal was.
NTG – I also am clever enough to turn off notifications. However I like the news updates e.g. “Ryan Giggs rode Ibrahimovic’s missus”. But if the notifications are for matches, make it consistent so that I know. The system of updates if you’ve viewed the live updates stream makes sense. Random updates are stupid.
Briliant strike ! But the blame is firming at the analfields Pirlo
I dunno, since the fantastic Flopaini came on, Belgium looked terrible, that guy belongs on UFC….
Another team of fanny dancers are going home – whoppeee
Ashley willams. .what a defender.
Good to see a team with a few beards win!
16 nilto belgium
Camroc doesn’t know how to turn off notifications so he’s mad at everyone.
Cmon Wales you can do it!