Shamrock Rovers

Robert Bayly - Yellow Card (36)

Chris Turner - Yellow Card (48)

Billy Dennehy - Goal (68)

Fri 03 Sep 2010

1 - 0

(Full Time)

Sligo Rovers

Danny Ventre - Yellow Card (54)

Team Lineup
Alan Mannus	(G)
Danny Murphy	(D)
Dan Murray	(D)
Craig Sives	(D)
Enda Stevens	(D)
Robert Bayly	(M)
James Chambers	(M)
Billy Dennehy	(M)
Chris Turner	(M)
Neale Fenn	(F)
Gary Twigg	(F)
Pat Jennings	(Sub)
Paddy Kavanagh	(Sub)
Danny McGuinness	(Sub)
Sean O'Connor	(Sub)
Thomas Stewart	(Sub)

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Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Sligo Rovers
90' - We're into added time here and the home side are still 1-0 ahead. Still, Sligo push forwards but surely now it's too late.

Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Sligo Rovers
90' - Full Time - It's all over at Tallaght. A very hard won three points for Shamrock Rovers.

Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Sligo Rovers
83' - Substitution - Sligo make a double substitution - John Dillon replaces Gary McCabe while Mark McGoldrick comes in for Eoin Doyle.

Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Sligo Rovers
80' - Sean O'Connor has driven a fierce shot just wide of the Sligo goal and a Dennehy corner was headed back into the box by Craig Sives where Gary Twigg just failed to convert. It's a great game here.

Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Sligo Rovers
72' - Substitution - Shams Sub - Thomas Stewart comes on for Neale Fenn.

Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Sligo Rovers
69' - A chance for Sligo right from the kick-off. Eoin Doyle got in behind the defence but Mannus blocked his shot. Doyle picked up the rebound and hooked a cross to the back post where Gary McCabe's volley was blocked down.

Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Sligo Rovers
68' - Goal - Billy Dennehy makes it 1-0 to the home side, cracking a free kick straight into the far top corner of the Sligo goal. Lovely strike.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
60' - Plenty of noise at Tallaght now. It's not beautiful but it's turning into a great contest.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
54' - Yellow Card - Sligo midfielder Danny Ventre clatters Chris Turner under a high ball and goes into Kelly's book.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
49' - Billy Dennehy flashes a 20 yard drive narrowly over the bar as the home side create the first chance of the second half.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
48' - Yellow Card - Chris Turner is booked for a foul on Sligo's Iarfhlaith Davoren.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
46' - Second Half - The game at Tallaght has restarted.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
45' - Half Time - The game is scoreless at half time.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
43' - Substitution - Shams Sub - Robert Bayly is injured and after some treatment he has to go off. He is replaced by Sean O'Connor.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
40' - So close for Sligo as a Gary McCabe free is driven in low and takes a deflection which Mannus just about recovered from. But he could only parry it into the six yard box. Neither Blinkhorn nor Peers could finish.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
36' - Yellow Card - A blatant pull back on Sligo's John Russell by Robert Bayly and he is the first man booked tonight by referee Alan Kelly.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
29' - A life saving block from JIm Lauhlann denies Neale Fenn after Twigg broke through the off-side trap and had his shot parried by Ciaran Kelly.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
25' - Frustration is building in the home crowd. Sligo are showing more up front and Rovers are losing their way in midfield.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
15' - Eoin Doyle should have put Sligo one up but a weak shot from 5 yards was gathered by Alan Mannus.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
11' - Billy Dennehy's flicked header licks the paint off the crossbar after Neale Fenn crossed following a mistake by Gavin Peers. Still scoreless. There's a goal coming here.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
9' - A great ball from Ndo to put Mathew Blinkhorn in on the Hoops' goal. He was denied by a saving tackle from Danny Murphy. Billy Dennehy is looking very dangerous on Rover's left flank.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
5' - Good running from Sligo early on; Russell and Ventre look sharp in the middle.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
1' - First Half - 18 seconds in and Gary Twigg lays a ball off for Neale Fenn, Fenn returns the ball low and to the left, Twigg hits it first time... Just over. Still scoreless.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
0' - The teams are in; Joseph Ndo is fit and plays for Sligo who look like they will line out in a 4-5-1 with Mathew Blinkhorn the lone striker.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
0' - Shamrock Rovers have both Enda Stevens and Danny Murphy in the staring eleven with Sives and Murray in the middle. Chambers, Bayly, Turner and Dennehy form the central four with Twigg and Fenn up front.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
0' - Fifteen minutes to go here and they've just put the lights on in the press box. The floodlights are on now too. Damn it I want my summer back!

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
0' - Ten minute to go here at Tallaght and not a huge crowd. Maybe the Picnic has syphoned off a few Hoops fans.

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
0' - Just under an hour until kick-off at Tallaght. Lovely evening for a game of football. We'll have the teams up for you shortly.

Team Lineup
Ciaran Kelly	(G)
Iarfhlaith Davoren	(D)
Alan Keane	(D)
Jim Lauchlan	(D)
Gavin Peers	(D)
Eoin Doyle	(M)
Gary McCabe	(M)
Joseph Ndo	(M)
John Russell	(M)
Danny Ventre	(M)
Matthew Blinkhorn	(F)
John Dillon	(Sub)
John Gibson	(Sub)
Jason McCartney	(Sub)
Mark McGoldrick	(Sub)
Conor O'Grady	(Sub)