4 v 1 
Athlone TownVideo
Details
| Date | Time | League | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 March 2022 | 7:45 pm | LOI Men's First Division | 2022 |
Match Report
Free Scoring Cork Too Good for Athlone
High flying Cork made light work of Athlone in a 4-1 victory at Turners Cross.
The hosts were on the attack from the off and nearly had the lead after fifteen seconds when Barry Coffey ran straight through the Bray defence but struck his shot straight at Athlone goalkeeper Micheál Schlingerman.
Ruairí Keating opened the scoring on seven minutes when he snuck past the Athlone defence before rounding Schlingerman and slotting the ball into the empty net for his third goal of the season.
Keating would bag his second goal of the night on eighteen minutes from the penalty spot after an Athlone defender was deemed to have handled the ball from a corner.
City’s third would come in the 35th minute when Cian Murphy headed in off Kevin O’Connor’s corner. Ally Gilchrist can count himself unlucky not to have scored himself as his header fell to the Tipperary man to finish.
There was another goal two minutes later, this time for the visitors after Carlton Ubaezuonu took advantage of some slack City defending to sneak into the back post and fire the ball past David Harrington, ending a four-game run of clean sheets.
The second half began much the same as the first. Cork got their fourth goal of the night in the 52nd minute when Barry Coffey managed to find the net after a goalmouth scramble from Kevin O’Connor’s long throw.
Athlone’s misery was compounded in the 82nd minute when substitute Aaron Connelly was sent off for a second yellow after a rash tackle on Cian Murphy, much to the delight of the Shed end.
In the end, a comfortable 4-1 victory for the hosts which puts them three points clear at the top of the table after seven games.
Timeline
| 7. Ruairi Keating | 7' | |
| 7. Ruairi Keating | 18' | |
| 24. Cian Murphy | 35' | |
| 37' | 31. Carlton Ubaezuonu | |
| 10. Barry Coffey | 52' | |
| Ronan Hurley Kieran Coates | 58' | |
| 62' | Gary Armstrong Aaron Connolly | |
| 67' | Youri Habing Glen McAuley | |
| 70' | 8. Aaron Connolly | |
| Ruairi Keating Uniss Kargbo | 74' | |
| Cian Murphy Matt Srbely | 74' | |
| 82' | 8. Aaron Connolly | |
| Barry Coffey Joshua Honohan | 84' | |
| Cian Bargary Oran Crowe | 84' | |
| 84' | Thomas Oluwa Shane Barnes |
Past Meetings
|
(Series 23)
2 - 0LOI Women's Premier Division
Athlone Town Stadium Athlone Town v Cork City |
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(Series 21)
3 - 1LOI Men's First Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Athlone Town |
|
(Series 14)
2 - 2LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Athlone Town |
|
(Series 12)
0 - 2LOI Men's First Division
Athlone Town Stadium Athlone Town v Cork City |
|
(Series 5)
2 - 2LOI Women's Premier Division
Athlone Town Stadium Athlone Town v Cork City |
|
(Series 3)
0 - 1LOI Men's First Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Athlone Town |
|
(Series 7)
2 - 0LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Athlone Town |
2 - 2LOI Men's Premier Division
Athlone Town Stadium Athlone Town AFC v Cork City FC |
1LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City FC v Athlone Town AFC |
3LOI Men's Premier Division
Athlone Town Stadium Athlone Town AFC v Cork City FC |
Ground
| Turner's Cross |
|---|
| Beaufort Park, Turner\'s Cross C, Cork, County Cork, Munster, T12 E3H5, Ireland |
Sam Curtin
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Full time at Turners Cross and a comfortable 4-1 victory for Cork to stay top. Athlone battled to the end but City were just too good.
Kieran Coates should have scored his first goal for the club. In yards of space but his shot flies over the bar.
Three additional minutes at Turners Cross.
Subs for both sides. Oran Crowe and Josh Honahan on for Cork while Shane Barnes is on for Athlone.
Second yellow for Aaron Connelly for a rash challenge. He didn't even wait for the ref to pull out the card.
Great chance for Cian Bargary to make it five after making a really good run down the left wing but his shot is saved by Schlingerman.
Game has petered out in the past few minutes with result sewn up by the hosts.
Double sub for Cork, Ruairi Keating and Cian Murphy going off for Uniss Kargbo and Matt Srbely.
Athlone sub Aaron Connolly gets a yellow for a rash tackle on Cian Murphy.
Sub for Athlone as Youri Habing goes off for what appears to be Glen McAuley
Great chance for Athlone as a free kick falls to Aaron McBride but he can\'t get his header on target.
Attendance at Turners Cross tonight is 2,754.
Great chance for Keating to get his hat-trick, a great cross is put in from the right handside but his header goes just over.
Sub for Cork as Ronan Hurley goes off for Stoke loanee Kieran Coates.
Goal number four for Cork. A long throw in causes a goal mouth scramble which Barry Coffey manages to get on the end of.
They go very close from the corner with Gilchrist's header going just wide. He's a real danger from set pieces.
Bright start to the second half from Cork. A good attacking move down the left leaves them with a corner opportunity.
Back underway.
Teams back out for the second half.
Half-time and its Cork who lead it 3-1 in a game they have always looked comfortable in. Athlone battling as much as they can to be fair.
Yellow card for Cian Murphy for what appears to be dissent. A silly one to pick up.
One additional minute at the end of the first half.
Should have been four for Cork but Schlingerman makes an excellent save from close range from hat-trick hunting Keating.
Goal for Athlone. Ubaezuonu sneaks in at the back post to fire it past Harrington.
Cian Murphy makes it 3 after O'Connor puts in an excellent delivery which hits off Gilchrist before the Tipp man is there to head it in from close range.
Cork really targeting the left channel with Keating and Darragh Crowley causing lots of problems for the Athlone defence.
Atmosphere has flattened somewhat in the past few minutes with Cork firmly in control at two goals to the good. Another corner comes up but Kevin O'Conner's cross misses everyone.
Athlone have managed to settle down a little bit with a decent spell of possession and a corner which is easily dealt with by Harrington.
Ruairí Keating slots home the penalty to make it 2-0.
Penalty for Cork as a corner is swung in and the ball hits off an Athlone defender.
Athlone have had a couple of decent moments going forward but have so far failed to threaten David Harrington's goal.
City in complete control so far, getting shots off for fun. Could be a long night for the visitors.
Goal for City as Ruairi Keating skips past the Athlone defence and the goalkeeper to slot in his third goal of the season.
Chance for City off their first corner but Ally Gilchrist heads the ball just over.
Underway at Turners Cross and already a chance for City as Barry Coffey has a shot on goal but it's comfortably saved by Schlingerman.
Teams out onto the pitch at Turners Cross. Perfect conditions for football.
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