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Date Time League Season
17 February 2023 7:45 pm LOI Men's Premier Division 2023

Match Report

LOI PD Report: Drogs and Shels play out Tolka Park stalemate

Shels and Drogheda Utd played out a scoreless draw in their opening Premier Division with there being more yellow cards dished out than decent chances created.

In the opening half Freddie Draper had a great opportunity to break the deadlock for the visitors while Sean Boyd’s effort came off the post after Shels broke.

In the second half Paddy Barrett’s header from a Tyreke Wilson free came off the crossbar. 

The last time these two sides met Shels put six past Colin McCabe but there was no worry of history repeating itself in Tolka Park tonight. Despite the sides having chances neither keeper was called into make a save of note. 

The visitors settled in well and played some good football. They had a great chance to open the scoring in the 20th minute. Draper capitalised on a defensive mistake from Shels, he chipped the ball over Shels keeper Conor Kearns but it landed on the roof of the net.

Out of nothing Shels had a chance in the 22nd minute to break the deadlock. Boyd broke and raced through, he played the ball wide to Matty Smith who somehow missed from close range. It was a glaring miss from Smith.

Conor Keeley headed straight at Kearns in the 26th minute and three minutes later Boyd saw his fine strike hit the butt of the post. As the half wore on Shels created more chances with Jack Moylan involved in a lot of their good play but they couldn’t find a way past McCabe. 

In the 69th minute a free-kick from Tyreke Wilson met the head of Paddy Barrett but his effort came off the crossbar.

Shels began to pile on the pressure and enjoyed possession but were sloppy in their passing and Drogs were able clear any danger. Gavin Molloy tried his luck in the 87th minute but his shot was blocked down as Drogs defence were resolute with Conor Keeley a rock.

In stoppage time Draper headed the ball down to Adam Foley but his strike was wide as both sides had to settle for a share of the spoils.

Shelbourne
1Conor Kearns Goalkeeper
6JJ Lunney Midfielder
8Mark Coyle 32 Midfielder 58'
9Sean Boyd 15 Forward
10Jack Moylan 27 Midfielder
11Matty Smith 37 Forward 65'
13Tyreke Wilson 2 Defender 13'
17Shane Farrell Forward 42'
21Gavin Molloy Midfielder
23Luke Byrne Defender
29Paddy Barrett Defender 4'
19Scott Van Der Sluis Goalkeeper
2John Ross Wilson 13 Defender
4Andrew Quinn Defender
7Brian McManus Midfielder
15Kyle Robinson 9 Forward
27Evan Caffrey 10 Forward
31Luke Browne Defender
32Kameron Ledwidge 8 Defender
37Kian Leavy 11 Midfielder

Drogheda Utd
1Colin McCabe Goalkeeper
2Elicha Ahui Defender 68'
3Evan Weir Defender
4Ben Curtis Defender
5Conor Keeley Defender 44'
7Darragh Markey 10 Midfielder
8Gary Deegan Midfielder
9Freddie Draper Forward
11Adam Foley Forward 62'
19Ryan Brennan 28 Midfielder
16Dayle Rooney Midfielder
12Fiachra Pagel Goalkeeper
6Emmanuel Adegboyega Defender
10Dylan Grimes 7 Midfielder
17Jarlath Jones Defender
18Sean Brennan Midfielder
21Luke Heeney Midfielder
24Warren Davis Midfielder
28Darragh Noone 19 Midfielder
29Michael Leddy Forward

Timeline

29. Paddy Barrett 4' 
3. Tyreke Wilson 13' 
17. Shane Farrell 42' 
 44' 22. Conor Keeley
8. Mark Coyle 58' 
 62' 11. Adam Foley
11. Matty Smith 65' 
Mark Coyle
Kameron Ledwidge		65' 
 68' 2. Elicha Ahui
Tyreke Wilson
John Ross Wilson		77' 
Matty Smith
Kian Leavy		77' 
 78'Darragh Markey
Dylan Grimes
Sean Boyd
Kyle Robinson		82' 
Jack Moylan
Evan Caffrey		83' 
 88'Ryan Brennan
Darragh Noone
  • 90'

    Six minutes of additional time. Will we get a late winner

  • 88'

    Ryan Brennan goes off

  • 88'

    Darragh Noone is on for Drogs

  • 87'

    Robinson and Molloy with half chances for Shels

  • 82'

    Jack Moylan makes way

  • 82'

    Evan Caffrey on for Shels

  • 82'

    Sean Boyd goes off

  • 82'

    Kyle Robinson is on for Shels

  • 78'

    Darragh Markey goes off

  • 78'

    Dylan Grimes is on

  • 77'

    Matty Smith is off

  • 77'

    Kian Leavy comes on

  • 77'

    His brother Tyreke is off

  • 77'

    JR Wilson is on

  • 71'

    Shels piling on the pressure now. Neither keeper has had to make a save of note though

  • 69'

    Wilson with a free and Paddy Barrett\'s header came off the crossbar

  • 68'

    Ahui is booked for a challenge on Moylan. Didn't look too much in it

  • 65'

    Mark Coyle makes way

  • 65'

    Kameron Ledwidge is on

  • 65'

    Matty Smith is booked and it's the softest yellow I've seen in a while

  • 62'

    Adam Foley is booked for a foul on Tyreke Wilson

  • 58'

    Mark Coyle is booked

  • 53'

    Good play from Shels. Shane Farrell had options but his effort is cur out by McCabe

  • 51'

    Markey's corner is cleared, it comes back in and it's out by Paddy Barrett. Good defending.

  • 51'

    Markey's corner is cleared, it comes back in and it's out by Paddy Barrett. Good defending.

  • 50'

    Drogs win another corner

  • 45'

    Evan Weir is booked

  • 44'

    Jack Moylan does well, puts the ball across the box, falls to Shane Farrell, he takes a shot and Boyd tries to connect but doesn't

  • 41'

    Shane Farrell is booked for kicking the ball away

  • 41'

    Good defending from Paddy Barrett.

  • 39'

    Some of the frees in this game are laughable. Players going down too easily

  • 36'

    A free for Shels in a good position

  • 30'

    Moylan to Tyreke Wilson, he whips the ball across the face of the goals but no one there. Shels are finding their groove

  • 29'

    Sean Boyd with a fine strike that comes off the post. Good play by Moylan

  • 26'

    Conor Keeley with a header but it's straight at Conor Kearns

  • 25'

    Another corner for Drogs

  • 22'

    Oh my gosh!!!! Sean Boyd wins the ball and breaks, he decides to square the ball to Matty Smith instead of taking the shot, Smith someone misses from close range.

  • 20'

    Draper with a great chance. Hooks the ball over Kearns but it went over the bar

  • 19'

    Drogs are the better side so far

  • 17'

    Poor effort from Shels

  • 17'

    Corner to Shels and it lifts the crowd

  • 9'

    Good tempo to this game

  • 4'

    Paddy Barrett is booked for upending Ryan Brennan

  • 2'

    A second corner for Drogs

  • A minute's applause for the late Theo Dunne. RIP

  • The teams are out. Good atmosphere in Tolka Park

  • The last meeting between these two sides ended in a 6-0 win for Shels.

  • Three points separated these two sides at the end of last season. Shels finished 7th, Drogs 8th

  • The Drogs team are in the system now. Waiting for Shels team news

  • Good evening everyone and welcome to Final Whistle's coverage of Shels and Drogheda Utd. Deniese O'Flaherty here.

Past Meetings
(Round 35)
6 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tolka Park

Shelbourne 6-0 Drogheda United

(Round 27)
3 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Weavers Park

Drogheda United 3-1 Shelbourne

(Round 15)
1 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tolka Park

Shelbourne v Drogheda United

(Round 2)
0 - 2
LOI Men's Premier Division
Weavers Park

Drogheda United v Shelbourne

4 - 0
eLOI Group D
Online Event

Drogheda United v Shelbourne

Ground

Tolka Park
Tolka Park (Shelbourne FC), Drumcondra South A ED, Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Deniese is a freelance sports journalist/broadcaster. She has worked for several local and national media outlets. GAA and soccer are her great loves and she also follows rugby league and snooker. She's a big supporter of her local clubs St. Mary's GAA Granard and Longford Town. She also follows Celtic, Liverpool and Leeds Rhinos. She presented and produced a popular sports podcast last year where she interviewed Ray Houghton, Chris Kamara and John Hartson. Deniese is currently Head of Communications for Boccia Ireland