Finn Harps face their second game in four days as Ollie Horgan’s men face St Patrick’s Athletic at Richmond Park. We’ll have live updates here as the game unfolds:
ALL OVER!!!! Pats 1 HARPS 2
95 – Byrne free saved!
Free in for Pat’s with a minute-and-a-half left. It’s cleared. Pat’s have possession.
Two left…
93 – Packie Mailey for McAleer
Four left…
FIVE MINUTES of added time to be played here. Christ.
Jesus, lads, my nerves! 1-2 still and we’re into the final minute of normal time.
83 – Funston for Morrissey.
80 – Alex O’Hanlon for Dennehy
77 – McCourt’s first touch is to deliver a teasing free kick into the Pat’s box that flies away out the far side. 1-2
76 – McCourt on for Bonner.
Paddy McCourt is about to come on.
72 – Great chance for Pat’s to draw level, but Fagan’s header flies past the post. 1-2
Attendance of 895 confirmed for Richmond Park tonight.
67 – Ollie should take Liam Buckley’s Fagan and raise him a McCourt. 1-2
67 – Christy Fagan comes on for Pat’s as he replaces O’Hanlon.
65 -McAleer floats one over the top after cutting in from the right. 1-2
61 – Kurtis Byrne for Kelly on the Pat’s side. 1-2
54 – Ethan Boyle is the latest man to be booked here. 1-2
50 – Ian Bermingham shoots over from the edge of the box. Harps need to settle here, again. 1-2
Pat’s have come out showing serious intent in the second half.
46 – just 30 seconds into the second half, Kelly is played in by Dennehy. Kelly gets past Harkin, but shoots over. 1-2
HT – PATS 1 HARPS 2
44 – Barker makes the mistake and McAleer gets in before squaring for O’Connor to slot home. 1-2
44 GOAL FOR HARPS
Gallagher gets out to save at the feet of the in-rushing Conan Byrne as Pat’s continue to probe. 1-1
Harps much better now having managed to settle somewhat.
32 – Houston has a go again, but it’s charged down. Houston made the chance having done well to intercept possession and worked the move with Caolan McAleer. 1-1
21 – Harps survive immediately after drawing level. Peers fires off the crossbar and Kelly’s follow-up goes over. Phew. Breathe. 1-1
19 – Sean Houston fires home from the edge of the box after Pat’s only partially clear a cross into the box. Fine finish by Houston. 1-1
19 – GOAL HARPS
17 – Ciaran Gallagher, somehow, manages to save from Billy Dennehy who gets onto the end of a teasing cross by Josh O’Hanlon. 1-0
15 Sean Houston goes into the notebook as his second foul in quick succession earns a yellow card. 1-0
Harps under the cosh big time here. Living very dangerously.
Interesting line-up by Harps has Coll at centre-back beside Cantwell with Harkin at left-back, McNulty at right-back and Ethan Boyle in a holding role in the middle of the park
3 – Disastrous start for Harps as Jonny Bonner slips after taking a pass and Graham Kelly nips in to fire past Ciaran Gallagher. 1-0
3 – GOAL ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC
0 – we’re underway in Inchicore!
Harps are in their ‘third’ kit tonight, yellow shirts, blue shorts and yellow socks. Pat’s are their usual red and white.
It’s of no relevance, but the captains are the number 3s: Ciaran Coll and Ian Bermingham.
Harps’ new signing Pascal Millien is here and doing the warm-up with his new team-mates but is not yet available as his paperwork is not yet through.
Harps show four changes to the side that drew 1-1 with Galway on Friday night. There is no place for the injured Paddy McCourt, whose place is taken by Jonny Bonner. Damien McNulty, Gareth Harkin and Danny Morrissey also return to the starting XI with Barry Molloy, Packie Mailey and Eddie Dsane dropping out.
Finn Harps: Ciaran Gallagher; Ethan Boyle, Kilian Cantwell, Damien McNulty, Ciaran Coll; Caolan McAleer, Gareth Harkin, Jonny Bonner, Sean Houston; Danny Morrissey; Ciaran O’Connor.
Subs: Michael Funston, Harry Doherty, Thomas McMonagle, Packie Mailey, Eddie Dsane, Simon McGlynn, Paddy McCourt.
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