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Date:
Friday, November 3rd, 2000
Competition: eircom
League, Premier Division
Venue: Richmond
Park, Dublin
Result:
St. Pat's 1:1 Cork City
Half-time: 1:0
Scorers: James Mulligan,
76mins
City team: Devine;
Horgan, Daly, Coughlan, O'Donoghue; O'Halloran (Caulfield,
half-time), Herrick, Gaughan, Cahill; Mulligan, Morley.
Report: St Patrick's
Athletic drew 1-1 with Cork City but will be disappointed
they didn't take all three points.
They got off to a bright start and went
ahead after just six minutes when Liam Kelly scored
in his fourth consecutive game. A Paul Byrne corner
from the left was met by Robbie McGuinness. His close-range
header was blocked on the line but Kelly was there to
follow-up and give St Pat's a deserved lead.
St Pats' had several opportunities to
extend their lead particularly through Ger McCarthy
but failed to score. They were also fortunate to have
keeper Seamus Kelly stay on the field after he pulled
down James Mulligan outside the penalty area but only
saw yellow for the offence.
Cork City left it very late to equalise
but in the 76th minute Mulligan got his name on the
scoresheet when he hooked the ball home to earn a share
of the points for Cork. However, the sending-off of
Mark Herrick in the 88th minute took from the result
for the visitors.
match report thanks to RTÉ Sport
Report 2: Striker
Liam Kelly’s remarkable scoring spree continues as the
St Pat's man netted for the fourth game in a row to
keep their revival on track.
But it was a striker who has been short on goals lately
who stole the show, as James Mulligan equalised with
15 minutes remaining to claim only his second goal in
nine games since his £20,000 move from Finn Harps in
September.
Former Stoke City star Mulligan has been under pressure
from the City fans to repay some of his large transfer
fee with goals, but the one against Pats which gained
Derek Mountfield’s men a point to keep them in touch
with leaders Shelbourne, will gain him many brownie
points in Turner’s Cross.
Before his equaliser it looked as if it would be Kelly’s
night.
Former Shelbourne and Home Farm man Kelly was on the
mark after just six minutes, earning the Dubliner hero
status among the Pats support. It marks a remarkable
turnaround for a player who was out in the cold at Richmond
Park at the start of the season as manager Pat Dolan
gave strikers such as Jamie Harris and Marcus Hallows
their chance.
But since Kelly came back into the team in mid-September
he has been one of the main reasons for the Saints’
jump up the table from bottom, scoring in six of the
last seven games.
Kelly scored after Colm Foley nodded on a Paul Byrne
free-kick, and Kelly was on hand to push the ball over
the line.
After that Pats searched for the second goal which would
make the points secure but failed to break down a tough
City defence, and then after 75 minutes Mulligan popped
up to stab the ball past Shay Kelly.
match report thanks to onefootball.com
Report 3: The point they scarcely deserved made it a more-than-worthwhile trip to Richmond Park for Cork City last night, even if the shine was taken off the outing for the southerners by Mark Herrick's dismissal late on for a reckless challenge on Robbie Griffin. City were forced to scrap their way back into the contest after Liam Kelly's sixth goal in seven games had given the locals the lead. And scrap they did, narrowly surviving a succession of goalmouth scares before grabbing a point through James Mulligan. For quite a while, though, City simply looked ill-equipped to chase a game they looked determined to hand to their hosts. Consistently during those early exchanges the southerners lacked any sort of composure on or off the ball.
And they paid the price promptly enough when Paul Byrne swung in a corner after seven minutes from the left, and Gavin Doyle convinced at least some of his teammates that he had, untroubled by defenders, squeezed the ball over the line close and Kelly left absolutely no room for doubt with the follow-up. There was no shortage of opportunities to build on the lead as the home side moved the ball about more effectively and with a far greater sense of purpose.
After being caught shorthanded at the back once too
often, however, Derek Mountfield's side gradually started
to strike a balance between their fight to get something
out of the game and their need not to fall any further
behind. Showing a bit of patience in the second half
of what was a fast moving and entertaining game throughout,
their build-up started to look more threatening and
the equaliser, when it came in the 76th minute, involved
a memorable finish by Mulligan after good work by Neal
Horgan and Steve Gaughan.
match report thanks to The Irish Times
St Patrick's Athletic:
Kelly; Croly, Foley, Maguire, K Doyle; Byrne, R McGuinness
(Russell, 65 mins), Griffin, G Doyle (McNevin, 72 mins);
McCarthy, Kelly (Harris, 86 mins).
Cork City: Devine;
Horgan, Daly, Coughlan, O'Donoghue; O'Halloran (Caulfield,
half-time), Herrick, Gaughen, Cahill; Mulligan, Morley.
Referee: J Feighery
(Dublin).
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