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Date Time League Season
29 October 2021 7:45 pm LOI Men's First Division 2021

Match Report

Shels lift silverware after draw with UCD

Shelbourne are celebrating tonight in front of their home fans as they finish the season officially Champions of the First Division.

A late YoYo Mahdy goal salvaged a draw against UCD. Home fans may wonder how they didn’t win the game as they were dominant throughout and had chances to score more.

However, as Shels fans sing late into the night, they were in jubilant mood come the final whistle.

In a game that took time to spark into life, the hosts worked well down the left wing in the early stages and Brennan had chances, finding himself in space in front of goal. Shane Farrell tried to get his team going with his dribbling style and Adam Verdon impressed for the visitors as he showed a passing range that found his team-mates in good positions. 

While Shelbourne came out with all guns blazing and tested Healy in goals, through players like Rooney and Brennan; UCD's defence stood up to everything that Shels threw at them.

Then, in the 54th minute, brilliant individual skill by Dara Keane, where he turned and passed forward; placed Evan Caffrey through on goal and he slotted the ball confidently underneath the keeper. 

As Shelbourne chased for a reply, O’Connor headed wide and Farrell headed over the bar. Michael O’Connor did successfully put the ball into the back of the net much to the initial jubilation of the Shelbourne support, only for the linesman to raise his flag and act as party-pooper to the Shels parade. 

As both sides chased another goal, the crowd sang and got fully behind their Shelbourne heroes and eventually they broke down the UCD resistance. It was the former student, Mahdy, so impressive during his spell at Belfield, who grabbed the equaliser in the 88th minute, to ensure a release of pure emotion as red flares went off within the ground. 

Shelbourne will go up as champions to the Premier Division in 2022 and the only question now is: Will their opponents tonight, go up with them? We will await the playoffs to find out. 

Shelbourne
1Brendan Clarke Goalkeeper
3Kevin O’Connor Defender
4Ally Gilchrist Defender
16John Ross Wilson 32 Defender
23Luke Byrne Defender
6JJ Lunney 5 Midfielder
10Ryan Brennan 9 Midfielder
14Brian McManus Midfielder
26George Poynton 2 Midfielder
18Dayle Rooney Midfielder
17Shane Farrell Forward
#Colm Cox Goalkeeper
Eric Molloy Forward
Gavin Molloy Midfielder
2Michael Barker 26 Defender
5Yassine En-Neyah 6 Midfielder
9Michael O’Connor 10 Forward
11Yoyo Mahdy Forward 88'
15Maxim Kouogan Defender
20Kyle O’Connor Forward
32Kameron Ledwidge 16 Forward

UCD AFC
1Lorcan Healy 16 Goalkeeper
3Evan Osam Defender
5Luke Boore 19 Defender
12Adam Lennon Midfielder
14Eoin Farrell Forward
15Adam Verdon Midfielder
17Dara Keane Midfielder
21Paul Doyle Midfielder
22Sam Todd Defender
27Sean Brennan 8 Midfielder
30Evan Caffrey Forward 54'
4Harry McEvoy Defender
8Mark Dignam 27 Defender
10Colm Whelan Forward
16Carl Williams 1 Goalkeeper
18Donal Higgins Midfielder
19Daniel Norris 5 Forward
Lennon Gill Forward
11Ciaran Behan Midfielder

Timeline

 54' 27. Evan Caffrey
JJ Lunney
Yassine En-Neyah		67' 
Ryan Brennan
Michael O'Connor		67' 
 67'Sean Brennan
Mark Dignam
 76'Lorcan Healy
Carl Williams
George Poynton
Michael Barker		79' 
John Ross Wilson
Kameron Ledwidge		79' 
 83'Luke Boore
Daniel Norris
9. Yoyo Mahdy 88' 

  • Shelbourne are celebrating tonight at Tolka Park as they are officially Champions of the First Division, in front of their home fans.

  • 88'

    MAhdy scores against his former side to draw Shels level, deservedly so

  • 86'

    YoYo Madhy whips the ball into the area but the UCD keeper, Williams, deals with it effectively.

  • 79'

    Luke Byrne has two headers in the area, and gets a knock on the head inside the area on the second

  • 77'

    Keane wins the ball for UCd and sets up his team-mate Farrell who shoots over

  • 71'

    Michael O'Connor heads the ball into the net but it is ruled out for offside.

  • 65'

    A great team move from Shels is met by Shane Farrell who heads over the bar.

  • 61'

    Michael O'Connor with space in the box heads wide.

  • 54'

    A brillaint turn in midfield by Keane puts in Caffrey with a lovely ball. Goal for UCD as Caffrey slots it away comfortably

  • 50'

    Brillaint footwork from Brennan finds Farrell in space who shoots across goal but wide.

  • 49'

    Great dribbling from Rooney on the left wing which Healy saves, and it is knocked up towards Ryan Brennan who could not direct it goalwards.

  • 46'

    Lorcan Healy makes a good save from a left wide of the penalty area.

  • 45'

    Shels kick off the second half and win a corner kick early on.

  • 45'

    Half-Time at Tolka as Shels fans clap off Ian Morris, where the local fans are in Bouyant mood.

  • 40'

    Five minutes to play here and the crowd are still waiting for a little inspiration in terms of goal chances.

  • 33'

    Nice turn from Shane Farrell and he dribbles past two players and plays a little give and go but he doesn't get the return.

  • 30'

    Half hour played and it is scoreless here at TolkaPark.

  • 26'

    Brian McManus runs through on the inside left position but UCD's keeper is sharp off his line and knocks it out for a corner.

  • 24'

    JJ Lunney with a fantastic cross earns Shels a corner kick, which is headed onto the UCD crossbar. Very close again for the home side.

  • 24'

    Danger for Shels as Sean Brennan is taken down but the free-kick sails wide.

  • 19'

    Adam Verdon displaying his range of passing here twice in succession. Brilliant passing.

  • 16'

    Kevin O'Connor smashes the free-kick against the crossbar as Shels almost break the deadlock.

  • 15'

    Claims for handball from UCD defenders as the UCD defence is under the kosh here.

  • 13'

    Shelbourne again work it well down the left wing and the ball into Brennan finds him in space but his shot is blocked down in the area.

  • 10'

    After good play from Shels, Brennan unleashes a stinging shot which forces a corner kick for the home side.

  • 3'

    UCD will have a number of players who will want to shine and play in the playoffs.

  • 3'

    UCD will have a number of players who will want to shine and play in the playoffs.

  • 3'

    JR Wilson sets up a nice Shelbourne attack early on and JJ Lunney is put in but tries to cut back on his left foot and Healy is up to it. If he shot first time, He probably would have scored.

  • Colm whelan is out for UCD, which will help Ryan Brennan in his quest for the golden boot award.

  • Both sides are conduting a minute's silence

  • The home fans are in a buoyant mood as flares are burning around the ground.

  • UCD players are forming a guard of honour for the League champions here pre-kick off.

  • For Shels, The players will want to end their fantastic season on a high note in what will be Ian Morris' last game in charge at Tolka Park.

  • For UCD, Andy Myler has made a number of changes for our final league game of the season ahead of next weeks playoffs with Kerrigan, Keaney and O’Brien missing out through suspension

  • Welcome to FinalWhistle.ie coverage of First Division Champions Shelbourne against UCD tonight.

Past Meetings
(Series 18)
0 - 0
LOI Men's First Division
UCD Bowl

University College Dublin AFC v Shelbourne

(1st Round)
2 - 0
FAI Cup
UCD Bowl

UCD AFC v Shelbourne

(Series 9)
3 - 1
LOI Men's First Division
Tolka Park

Shelbourne v University College Dublin AFC

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Tolka Park
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