| Competition: League of Ireland Premier Division Venue: Hunky Dorys Park Attendance: Unknown Referee: Unknown | ||
 Drogheda United Glen Fitzpatrick - Red Card (45) Darren Meenan - Goal (57) Ryan Brennan - Yellow Card (90) |
Fri 10 Sep 20101 - 3(Full Time) |
 Dundalk Ross Gaynor - Goal (16) Matthew Tipton - Goal (24) Tom Miller - Yellow Card (74) Fahrudin Kuduzovic - Goal (88) Steven Lennon - Yellow Card (92) |
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Game Matchtracker
Drogheda United 1 - 3 Dundalk 94' - Full Time - The final whistle blows and Dundalk win out by three goals to one. The visiting supporters are delighted as their run of bad lucks seems to have come to a halt. And the Drogheda fans can but dread the final run in, as rivals Bray Wanderers won 4-0 tonight! 
Drogheda United 1 - 3 Dundalk 93' - Yellow Card - Ryan Brennan of Drogheda picks up a late booking.
Drogheda United 1 - 3 Dundalk 92' - Yellow Card - Dundalk's Steven Lennon is booked.
Drogheda United 1 - 3 Dundalk
90' - Free to Drogheda, right on the edge of the box. And Ryan Brennan hits the cross bar! There will be four minutes of added time. 
Drogheda United 1 - 3 Dundalk 88' - Goal - Faz Kuduzovic with Dundalks third goal, after a great ball in from substitute Steven Lennon. 
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk 87' - Substitution - Drogheda Sub - Peter McMahon comes on for Conor Sinnott.
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk
86' - Free in to Drogheda. Conor Sinnott took it quickly, but Cherrie, who has been immense for Dundalk, saved comfortably.
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk
85' - Silly frees are being given away by Drogheda. They are breaking up play and disrupting the flow of the game.
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk 83' - Substitution - Drogheda Sub - Darragh McNamara replaces Eric McGill.
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk 82' - Substitution - Dundalk Sub - Steven Lennon comes on for Mathew Tipton off.
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk
81' - Darren Mennan goes down in the Dundalk box but it is a throw in says the referee
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk
80' - Drogheda currently have nine men on the field. Ryan Brennan needed attention... but he has now returned to his spot on the park.
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk 77' - Substitution - Dundalk Sub - Ciaran McGuigan replaces Garry Breen.
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk
76' - Shaun Kelly with another crunching tackle on United's Mick Daly in the centre of the park. Play is waved on as Darren Meenan breaks on the right. However the attack comes to nothing. This game is definitely heating up as tensions flare in the latter stages.
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk 74' - Yellow Card - Two Drogheda players are taken down 30 yards from goal. Tom Miller sees yellow for his part in the affair.
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk 70' - Substitution - Dundalk Sub - Stephen McDonnell replaces Daniel Kearns.
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk
66' - Wayne Hatswell with a long range effort but Robert Duggan in the Drogs goal watched it all the way.
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk
63' - John Flood tries to thread the ball through for Mick Daly but it wasn't to be as Cherrie once again claimed the ball.
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk
60' - A breaking ball from the midfield, set Kuduzovic away. Duggan was quick running from his net to challenge the striker and clear the ball out of play
Drogheda United 1 - 2 Dundalk 57' - Goal - GOAL!! Drogheda get one back through Darren Meenan. John Flood was first with an attempt but Cherrie parried it and Meenan was quick to pounce on the rebound. He took that goal well.
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk
56' - Corner to Drogheda, taken by Sinnott. It fell to Darren Meenan who didn't know what to do with it. Seconds later a ball flew across in front of Drogs captain Alan McNally who was unlucky not to get his head to it.
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk
55' - The home side are looking to press on, but Dundalk are defending well, passing their way around the men in claret and blue.
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk
51' - Corner to Dundalk causing panic in the Drogheda box, but it is cleared... United break forward but do not progress past the halfway line. They will need to do better to get back into this tie..
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk
46' - Well alrighty.... the teams are back on the field and we have another 45minutes to look forward too...
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk
45' - Conor Sinnott took a free, foolishly conceded by Dean Bennett, and drove it low and hard at the Dundalk goal. But Peter Cherrie was equal to it. 
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk 45' - Red Card - Drogheda striker Glen Fitzpatrick has been sent off! It was John Flood who elbowed Dundalk defender Wayne Hatswell but the referee spoke to his linesman who advised a red card be shown to Fitzpatrick. Let's just say that Glen was not happy about it! 
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk 45' - Half Time - Drogheda are two down at the break and will only have ten men for the second half. Hmm, I wonder which way this will go?
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk
42' - A Drogheda attack causes Peter Cherrie to race 30 yards from his goal to head clear.
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk
38' - Free to Drogheda which Conor Sinnott takes. The ball falls to Glen Fitzpatrick on the edge of the box and he played it in, but Dundalk clear.
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk
36' - Bennet, Kuduzovic and Gaynor are linking up well for Dundalk and causing problems for the Boynesiders. A searching ball in from the right drifted goalward but Fahrudin Kuduzovic couldn't jump high enough to direct it into the net.
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk
34' - Tom Miller with a long throw in for Dundalk, almost finds the gap in the Drogheda box. But Drogheda clear and create a chance of their own which Dundalk 'keeper Cherrie had to come out swiftly to collect.
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk
32' - Glen Fitzpatrick went to ground as the ball was played forward by Drogheda. A rebounding ball fell to Alan McNally who hit a super shot at the Dundalk goal but Peter Cherrie got his body behind it.
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk
31' - The rain has stopped at Hunky Dory Park.
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk
29' - Yael Haro with a mistake that almost gifts Daniel Kearns a chance for Dundalk. Nervous times for the Drogs defence!
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk
27' - Dean Bennett challenges Conor Sinnott, leaving his foot in and causing some discomfort to the Drogheda midfielder. But the referee waves play on...
Drogheda United 0 - 2 Dundalk 24' - Goal - Dundalk are now two up! Free to the traveling team, Two ex-Drogs were involved in the build up. Faz Kuduzovic took it short to Ross Gaynor who fed in Mathew Tipton for the shot which puts the lilywhites two ahead.
Drogheda United 0 - 1 Dundalk
22' - Dundalk's Dean Bennett thinks quickly, picking out Ross Gaynor with a clever searching ball. But the danger is snuffed out by Eric McGill in the claret and blue.
Drogheda United 0 - 1 Dundalk
19' - The noise of the rain is drowning out the sound of both sets of supporters, and the live game before me looks almost as if I am viewing on a badly tuned television.
Drogheda United 0 - 1 Dundalk 16' - Goal - Dundalk take the lead! The visitors break with Ross Gaynor coming in from the left to find space and shoot. A great shot too, it has to be said, which found its way into the bottom right of Robert Duggans net at the Crosslanes end. And with that the heavens have opened!!
Drogheda United 0 - 0 Dundalk
15' - Fitzpatrick on the end of a fantastic header in, beating Breen, Flood with the shot but it flew left and wide, to the disappointment of the home support - who are in strong voice
Drogheda United 0 - 0 Dundalk
11' - Attacking play from the homeside as Fitzpatrick makes the run forward, pulls it back across the goal, Mennan handles while trying to conect and there is a free out. Seconds later Drogheda on the attack again Flood challenging Cherrie in the Duns net
Drogheda United 0 - 0 Dundalk
9' - A tricky, bouncing ball filtering through for Dundalk but eventually falling to Duggan who cooly collects and distributes..
Drogheda United 0 - 0 Dundalk
6' - A Drogheda corner, taken by Corie Tracey, appears to strike a Dundalk hand inside the box but the home team's claims are waved away by referee Damien Hancock.
Drogheda United 0 - 0 Dundalk
3' - Mathew Tipton scores for Dundalk with a header at the back post... BUT, it's ruled out for offside.
Drogheda United 0 - 0 Dundalk 1' - First Half - The whistle sounds... and we're off.
Drogheda United 0 - 0 Dundalk
0' - All ready and waiting for this Co Louth derby game. The media have turned out in mass and I find myself not in my usual spot! However, I shall endavour to bring you the events as they occur.
Drogheda United 0 - 0 Dundalk
0' - Team huddle time, as noted by the DUFC supporters who have raised a flag showing the same. |
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