eircom league stories: St. Patrick's Athletic

Cup night: Longford go for glory
- February 27, 2001
St. Pat's v Longford 19:45
Premier new boys Longford Town and St. Pat's meet head-on tonight off the back of excellent weekend wins. The Saints had that amazing 4-1 destruction of leaders Shelbourne, while Longford rediscovered their winning form with a 2-0 victory over UCD.
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Shels lose it big time!
- February 24, 2001
St Patrick's Ath 4 Shelbourne 1
Shels lost the plot big time halfway through this televised game. Question is: temporary blip or turning point of the season?
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Saints chance to reel in Shels
- February 23, 2001
St. Patrick's Athletic v Shelbourne 19:30
Bohs tried in midweek and failed to make significant inroads: now it's St. Pats' turn to try to reel in runaway leaders Shelbourne in tonight's televised six-pointer.
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Saints miss chance
- February 18, 2001
Derry City 1 St. Patrick's Athletic 1
St. Pat's watched leaders Shelbourne held to a draw by north-east opposition on Friday night - but instead of taking advantage on Saturday, they succumbed to the same fate.
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Students battle hard but its Pats cup
- February 13, 2001
UCD 2 St. Patrick's Athletic 2 (Agg: 3-5)
UCD put up a brave battle in last night's League Cup final second leg in Belfield - but the first silverware of the season is safely on display in Richmond Park this morning.
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Saints unbackable for League Cup
- February 12, 2001
UCD v St. Patrick's, League Cup final 19:45
St. Patrick's Athletic are now unbackable favourites for tonight's League Cup final second leg against UCD at Belfield.
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Floodlight robbery!
- February 10, 2001
St Patrick's Athletic 2 UCD 1
Shameless St. Pat's not only garnered three points to move into second place in the Eircom premier table, they also dealt UCD a crippling psychological blow ahead of Monday's League Cup final second leg.
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Dolan: we're not thinking about Cup
- February 9, 2001
St. Patrick's Athletic v UCD 19:45
St. Patrick's Athletic manager Pat Dolan has issued a 'forget about the Cup' warning to his players ahead of tonight's Stadium of Light clash with UCD.
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Weather hits Cup games
- February 6, 2001
Gale-force winds and driving rain have wreaked havoc with tonight's schedule of FAI Cup third-round replays.
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FAI Cup: it's Big Tuesday
- February 6, 2001
It's Big Tuesday in the FAI Cup, with five third-round replays down for decision. And there can be no repeat of the weekend's stalemate, as all five must finish on the night.
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Rovers land plum draw
- February 5, 2001
Shamrock Rovers landed the plum draw when the FAI Cup quarter-final pairings were decided at Belfield yesterday evening.
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Saints favourites to advance
- February 4, 2001
Longford Town 0 St. Patrick's Athletic 0
For Premier division new boys Longford, this was a big improvement on the last time the teams met at Flancare Park - but the Saints must now be favourites to finish the job at the Stadium of Light Tuesday night and advance to the quarter-finals.
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Riordan joins Longford
- January 31, 2001
St. Pat's unsettled midfielder Paul Byrne has quit the club at his own request. Byrne hasn't featured in the team since the FAI Cup win over Wayside Celtic at the beginning of January and has been frozen out for the last four games.
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Byrne quits Saints
- January 31, 2001
St. Pat's unsettled midfielder Paul Byrne has quit the club at his own request. Byrne hasn't featured in the team since the FAI Cup win over Wayside Celtic at the beginning of January and has been frozen out for the last four games.
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Pat's hit Cork for four
- January 29, 2001
Cork City 0 St. Patrick's Athletic 4
Cork boss Derek Mountfield's job is reputedly under threat after a humiliating four-goal defeat by Pat's in City's Turner's Cross stronghold.
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Saints hold final advantage
- January 25, 2001
St. Patrick's Athletic 3 UCD 1
Goal-shy UCD took just four minutes to find the net at Richmond Park in last night's League Cup final first leg - but that was to be their only joy on the night as the Saints recovered to carve out a decisive advantage.
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McCarthy doubt for League Cup final
- January 24, 2001
St. Patrick's Athletic v UCD, 19:45
Striker Ger McCarthy is rated as an extremely doubtful starter as St. Pat's go in search of the first trophy of the season in tonight's League Cup final first leg against UCD.
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Bray dig deep to hold Saints
- January 20, 2001
St. Patrick's Athletic 1 Bray Wanderers 1
Bray Wanderers stretched their unbeaten run to a remarkable 13 games - but they had to fight hard to do it against a St. Pat's team who are enjoying their own streak of form.
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Another Bray day? Wanderers take on Saints
- January 19, 2001
St. Patrick's Athletic v Bray Wanderers, 19:45
Bray Wanderers have got to third spot in the Eircom Premier league the hard way - by beating the teams above them and around them.
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McNevin goes to Town
- January 19, 2001
Former St. Patrick's Athletic manager Liam Buckley has returned to Inchicore in a bid to strengthen his Athlone Town squad and keep their promotion challenge on track.
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Bohs win appeal
- January 18, 2001
Bohemians decision to side-step a rearranged game with St. Patrick's Athletic by lodging an appeal has worked in the Dublin clubs favour.
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Weather claims Cup final
- January 16, 2001
St. Patrick's Athletic and UCD will have to wait a little longer before getting the Eircom League Cup final first leg going because the game has become the latest victim of the weather.
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UCD aim to end trophy famine
- January 16, 2001
St. Patrick's Athletic go into tonight's Eircom League Cup final first-leg match at Richmond park hoping to add yet another pot to their already considerable haul - but for UCD the aim is to end a trophy famine stretching back to 1984.
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Big freeze threatens final
- January 16, 2001
With low temperatures predicted throughout the day, there are fears that tonight's League Cup final first leg might fall victim to the weather.
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Cats lose out
- January 14, 2001
Kilkenny City 0 St Patrick's Athletic 2
Kilkenny grabbed a draw and a win in their last two outings but it was back to reality with a bang against the Saints. Another Buckley Park defeat and a man sent off to boot.
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Russell ends Wayside hopes
- January 6, 2001
St. Patrick's Athletic 4 Wayside Celtic 1
Wayside Celtic's hopes of causing a major upset in the FAI Cup were extinguished with two goals from St. Pat's midfielder Martin Russell.
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Wayside seek Saints revenge
- January 5, 2001
FAI Cup: St. Pat's v Wayside Celtic, Richmond Park 19:45
Non-league minnows Wayside Celtic travel to the Stadium of Light tonight with a revenge mission in mind - but, unless you believe in Santa Claus, bet on in-form St. Pat's.
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Donnolly faces knee op
- January 5, 2001
Former Irish u18 star Paul Donnolly will see a top specialist this week in a bid to end 15 months of injury agony.
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Bohs on collision course with league
- January 2, 2001
At 19:45 tonight Bohemians should be at Richmond Park, kicking off against St. Patrick's Athletic in their rearranged Eircom Premiership fixture.
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Harps fall further adrift
- December 24, 2000
Finn Harps 0 St. Patrick's Athletic 1
Finn Harps made themselves red-hot favourites to go down with Kilkenny City following their latest defeat at Finn Park.
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Deans decides derby
- December 18, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic 0 Shamrock Rovers 1
There was nothing to choose between these top-six Dublin rivals at Richmond Park yesterday and it took a brilliant goal to separate them.
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Pat's sign Derek O'Connor
- December 15, 2000
The career of goalkeeper Derek O'Connor has nosedived since he was a member of the Irish u20 side which finished third in the World Cup in Malaysia in 1997. But things have taken a turn for the better for the Dubliner with the news that St. Patrick's Athletic have signed him to replace Trevor Wood.
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Longford falter on the brink
- December 10, 2000
Longford 0 St. Pats 3
Having climbed to dizzying heights in the Eircom Premier division, promoted Longford made the mistake of looking down last night - and St. Patrick's Athletic profited handsomely from the Midlanders' severe attack of vertigo!
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Gilzean is Sligo-bound
- December 7, 2000
Striker Ian Gilzean has signed for Sligo Rovers - his third club of the season!
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Kelly is Pats' hero
- December 2, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic 3 Galway United 0
It looks easy on paper but the Saints can thank their back four and, particularly, a superb display by goalkeeper Seamus Kelly for this victory.
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Foley set for Galway return
- December 1, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic v Galway United, 19:45
Kieran Foley is set to return for Galway United tonight at the Stadium of Light after his latest injury nightmare.
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Saints go through
- November 29, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic 2 Finn Harps 1
St. Patrick's Athletic made sure of an all-Dublin League Cup final when they survived a scare to beat Finn Harps at the Stadium of Light last night.
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Saints claim Shels are sinners
- November 28, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic have lodged a protest with the Eircom League over the alleged treatment of one of their officials at Friday night's Dublin derby match against Shelbourne.
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First trophy up for grabs
- November 28, 2000
The first trophy of the season moves a step closer tonight, as UCD, Limerick, St. Patrick's Athletic and Finn Harps battle it out for a place in the League Cup final.
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Shels survive Saints fightback
- November 26, 2000
Shelbourne 3 St. Patrick's Athletic 1
In a game that looked all over at half time, Shelbourne had to survive a gutsy fightback by St. Patrick's before securing all three points at bitterly cold Tolka Park.
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Derry come so close
- November 18, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic 1 Derry City 0
St. Pat's extended their unbeaten run to eight games at the Stadium of Light - but it looked like their fifth draw on the trot until Colm Foley popped up with a late, late winner.
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Derry aim to break Pats hoodoo
- November 17, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic v Derry
Derry travel to the Stadium of Light tonight seeking to break a hoodoo that stretches back over three years. For the Candystripes have won just once in the last ten meetings between the sides.
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Saints hang on for point
- November 13, 2000
UCD 1 St. Patrick's Athletic 1
Saints boss Pat Dolan hailed UCD as "the best side we've met this year" after watching his side come away with a point they scarcely deserved.
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Waterford make it tough
- November 9, 2000
Waterford United 0 St. Patrick's Athletic 1
The sending off of manager Pat Dolan seemed to inspire St. Pat's in their Eircom League Cup quarter-final against Waterford at the RSC last night.
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Battling Cork take point
- November 4, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic 1 Cork City 1
When these two teams were dominating the National League throughout the late Nineties, St. Pat's were always Cork's nemesis - and Cork saw more than one title sail off down the Camac or the Lee after another head-to-head failure.
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Bray rescue precious point - October 30, 2000
Bray Wanderers 2 St. Patrick's 2
Bray made things tough for themselves against St. Pat's at the Carlisle Ground, giving the visitors a two-goal start before rescuing a point with just seven minutes left.
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Saints revival continues - October 21,
St. Patrick's Athletic 3 Kilkenny City 0
St. Patrick's Athletic continued their climb up the Premier Division table on Friday night with an easy win over Kilkenny City, who continue to slide back towards the lower league.
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Dolan's forward worries - October 20, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic boss Pat Dolan has a worrying wait to see whether his in-form strikers Liam Kelly and Ger McCarthy will win their battle to be fit to play against Kilkenny City tonight at Richmond Park.
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Hallows dream turns sour - October 19, 2000
Marcus Hallows has slapped in a transfer request at St. Patrick's Athletic after a year of misery at the club.
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Saints dig deep to hold Bohs - October 14, 2000
Bohemians 2 St. Patrick's 2
Bohemians looked to be heading to the top of the Eircom Premier League when they led St. Pat's 2-0 in the Dublin derby at Dalyer - but they reckoned without the Saints fighting qualities.
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Pat's seek to end Bohs run - October 13, 2000
Throughout the Nineties, St. Pat's were the undisputed kings of Dublin and tonight they cross town to Dalymount Park (19:45 BST) seeking to reclaim their throne.
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Draw made for League Cup quarters - October 11, 2000
The draw for the quarter-finals of the Eircom League Cup was made last night and it threw up some interesting ties.
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Pat's earn first win - October 2, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic will be hoping that things will start to happen for the club after they earned their first league win of the season against Shamrock Rovers at Morton Stadium on Sunday.
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League Cup provides relief for Pats - September 21, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic 3 St. Francis 1
The League Cup also brought a rare and welcome win for premier division strugglers St. Pats at Richmond Park, with first division St. Francis proving themselves no match in the battle of the Saints.
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Longford hammer nail in Saints coffin - September 15, 2000
St. Pat's 2 Longford 4
Newboys Longford firmly established their Premier division credentials with a convincing win over the 1999 champions - and at the same time cast the Stadium of Light into even deeper gloom.
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Pressure mounts on Pat's - September 15, 2000
St. Pats are the only Eircom Premier club still without a win this season and are under real pressure from their fans to finally deliver the football they are capable of.
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Pat's are bottom of the pile - September 8, 2000
Galway United 1 St. Patrick's Athletic 1
What has gone wrong at St. Patrick's Athletic? The 1999 League Champions have yet to win a league match this season and were lucky to even earn a point at Terryland Park against Galway on Friday night
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Griffin joins Supersaints - September 8, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic boss Pat Dolan yesterday completed the signing of former UCD and Waterford United player Robbie Griffin. The 27-year-old left-sided player is expected to join the squad for the trip to Terryland Park for the league game against Galway tonight.
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Prenderville joins Oldham - September 7, 2000
The revolving career of young Irishman Barry Prenderville has taken another turn. The 23-year-old defender has left St. Patrick's Athletic to join English Second Division outfit Oldham Athletic after signing a two-year this week.
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Shame on you Pat - September 5, 2000
Pat Dolan's shameful column in today's Irish Star should never have been given print space. The outspoken St. Pat's boss reckons that Phil Babb and Jason McAteer should have never been picked for Ireland because they are not Irish.
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Shels win fraught derby - September 1, 2000
St. Pat's 0 Shelbourne 2
The two most recent Eircom Premier champions battled it out at the wrong end of the table - and it was Shelbourne who restored some sanity to their season with three badly needed points.
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Dublin derby with a difference - September 1, 2000
Tonight's Dublin derby at Richmond Park between St. Patrick's Athletic and Shelbourne has a weird feeling to it. Both teams are struggling to kick-start their seasons as both languish in the bottom half of the Premier table and tonight both managers will be hoping that their teams come back to form.
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Saint's sink to defeat at Turner's Cross - August 14, 2000
Cork City 1 St. Patrick's Athletic 0
No time is a good time to have to travel to Turner's Cross to take on Cork City, especially the first game of the season as St. Patrick's Athletic found out yesterday.
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Morgan moves north - August - 8, 2000
Thomas Morgan has decided to try his luck in Northern Ireland with Newry Town after two frustrating seasons with St. Patrick's Athletic.
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Pat's ready to be Mannion's saviour - August 5, 2000
Seán Mannion is set to become a St. Patrick's Athletic player if he is able to prove his fitness to manager Pat Dolan.
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More pre-season blues - July 26, 2000
Things have not gone that well for Irish clubs against their English counterparts in pre-season so far and last night was no different. None of the four Eircom League teams in action against English Nationwide teams managed a win.
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Pat's not Hammered by West Ham - July 24, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic lost 1-0 against English Premiership side West Ham United yesterday at Richmond Park but came out of the game with a lot of credit.
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Des Byrne becomes a Don - July 24, 2000
Wimbledon manager Terry Burton has swooped to sign St. Patrick's Athletic full-back Des Byrne for an undisclosed fee which is thought to be an Irish record.
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Supersaints sign Paul Byrne - July 21, 2000
As expected Paul Byrne has moved from Bohemians to Dublin rivals St. Patrick's Athletic. The former Celtic star signed for Pat Dolan's team on Wednesday night and should be available to play in St. Pat's friendly against West Ham on Sunday.
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Bohs finally get their man - July 14, 2000
All speculation can now end on whether Trevor Molloy is going to join Bohemians or not. The former Irish u21 international put pen to paper at Dalymount Park this afternoon to become the most expensive player in National League history.
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Seamus Kelly linked with St. Pat's - July 7, 2000
Cardiff City goalkeeper Seamus Kelly has been linked with a move back to Ireland to join St. Patrick's Athletic. The former UCD goalkeeper has failed to hold down a first-team place at Ninian Park in his two seasons at the club.
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