Karma for Drogheda United then. Alan Byrne sent off for a challenge on the Limerick player in the box. It was a peno but was never a red card. Limerick player didn't have control of the ball when he was brought down and there were two Drogheda players covering him. He still had a lot of work to do.
You've got no fans.
Absolute wonder goal from Greg Bolger tonight for Pats. From half way line area (could even have been inside his own half, I'm not too sure.) Derry keeper Doherty injured himself going for it and had to come off. Game stopped for 8 minutes.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
Very good performance by Bohs this evening.
Dundalk went ahead through a fortunate deflected goal and Bohs looked dangerous from every set-piece.
Bohs were very much in the game at 1-0 but Murphy got himself sent off needlessly. It's all well and good getting in teams faces but not if you are going to get yourself sent off.
Even with 10 men, Bohs continued to look dangerous but chasing the game left spaces that Dundalk exploited to score another two goals.
Great to get our first win. Going to be a bit of a dog fight between (probably) ourselves, Limerick, Drogs, Galway and Bray in the bottom half I reckon so any wins we get against those teams are important. Happy enough with our start so far overall. An improvement on our friends in Athlone's last year anyway ;-)
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
All looks very grim indeed.
To go to the one true Rovers and get three points will surely go down as one of the proudest moments in Shams history
We were rubbish. 3 points is nice though. Great to see Sheppard get a goal, he has been one of our better players for the past few weeks.
Bennos goal was quality and you could tell it meant a lot to him. He's loving being home.
That pretty much sums it up, except to add that Tomney did his best to ruin a good game.Even the RTE report refers to him missing one clear handball in the first half which should have been a peno for Bohs.
Murphys sending off looked a fair tackle or marginal free to me, not a booking
Dundalk dont look as strong as last year.
We look like we could compete for fourth pllace
There is no doubt that the ball hit Gartland's arm, but it would have been a very harsh decision to give a penalty.
It is more that Dundalk have not yet hit the heights of last season - apart from Hoban and the shortage of options at centre forward, the squad is stronger. 12 from 12 is satisfactory start for a team yet to find form.RTE says: Adam Evans’ cross from the left flicked off the heel of Brian Gartland and skipped up onto his outstretched arm.
Bohs looked decent and will rue the sending off - without that, it is possible that they could have got something from the game
Thought it was a very harsh second yellow alright, and looked like a handball. Dundalk also defiantly had a penalty not awarded when McMillan was clipped as the ball went out for a goal kick.
Dundalk looked pretty poor alright with Finn in particular looking unsettled. Bohs dominated parts of the game alright, but Dundalk wont concede many goals with that defence. And thats what wins league titles.
Bolger's goal if you haven't seen it yet
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