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

Match Report

Shels are First Division champs

Shelbourne are officially SSE Airtricity League First Division Champions after they secured a 1-0 win over Treaty United at Tolka Park tonight thanks to a second half penalty from George Poynton.

Ian Morris’ side will be playing in the Premier Division next season.

The game started off as a fairly dull contest. Both sides were struggling to create any real chances as they tested each other out.

It was eventually the hosts who started to take control of the game and called Treaty United ‘keeper, Tadhg Ryan into action and made a number of great saves in the first half.

Shels were in control at the end of the first half and looked the most likely to take the lead.

Michael O’Connor was causing problems for the away side’s defence and if he had his shooting boots on he could have easily been on the scoresheet. However, his shots seemed to be easy for Ryan to deal with.

Brendan Clarke was forced into making a wonderful save in the 63rd minute from point blank range and kept his side level.

Less than ten minutes later they were ahead from a Poynton penalty. Shane Farrell was brought down in the box and the referee had no hesitation in pointing to the spot.

There were some heroic clearances and tackles in the last fifteen minutes that helped the hosts hold onto their narrow lead.

Morris will be delighted with his side’s performance against a hard working Treaty United team.

Tommy Barrett will be disappointed that his players could not spoil the party for the Reds, but they could still see themselves finish in a play-off spot.

Shelbourne have secured their status as First Division Champions and they will be a Premier Division side next year.

A great night for the North Dublin side and the fans were clearly ecstatic as they made their way onto the pitch after the full time whistle to celebrate their team’s victory.

Shelbourne
1Brendan Clarke Goalkeeper
3Kevin O’Connor Defender
4Ally Gilchrist Defender
5Yassine En-Neyah 18 Midfielder
9Michael O’Connor Forward 35'
10Ryan Brennan Midfielder 78'
16John Ross Wilson Defender
17Shane Farrell Forward
23Luke Byrne Defender
26George Poynton Midfielder 75'
85'
32Kameron Ledwidge 14 Forward
25Jack Brady Goalkeeper
Eric Molloy Forward
Gavin Molloy Midfielder
Stanley Anaebonam Forward
2Michael Barker Defender
11Yoyo Mahdy Forward
14Brian McManus 32 Midfielder
15Maxim Kouogan Defender
18Dayle Rooney 5 Midfielder

Treaty Utd
1Tadhg Ryan Goalkeeper
2Charlie Fleming Defender
3Marc Ludden Defender
5Clyde O’Connell 24 Midfielder
6Anthony O’Donnell Defender
7Conor Melody 16 Midfielder
10Sean McSweeney 9 Forward
12Matt Keane 17 Defender
18Stephen Christopher Midfielder
23Callum McNamara Midfielder 56'
25Mark Walsh Midfielder
30Seán McCormack Goalkeeper
9Kieran Hanlon 10 Forward
11Alan Murphy Midfielder
16William Armshaw 7 Midfielder
17Joel Coustrain 12 Midfielder
19Josh Quinlivan Midfielder
22Sean Oyibo Forward
24Dean George 5 Forward

Timeline

9. Michael O'Connor 35' 
 45'Sean McSweeney
Kieran Hanlon
 56' Callum McNamara
Kameron Ledwidge
Brian McManus		66' 
38. George Poynton 75' 
19. Ryan Brennan 78' 
 80'Conor Melody
William Armshaw
 80'Matt Keane
Joel Coustrain
Yassine En-Neyah
Dayle Rooney		84' 
38. George Poynton 85' 
 85'Clyde O'Connell
Dean George

  • Shelbourne are First Division Champions

  • FULL-TIME: Shelbourne 1-0 Treaty United

  • 91'

    As we go into injury time play is stopped for a head injury

  • 88'

    An effort from Brennan goes just over the bar

  • 87'

    McManus hits the target but it is well saved by Ryan

  • 83'

    A foul gives Shels the opportunity to slow things down

  • 76'

    Shels are less than fifteen minutes away from lifting the First Division Title

  • 75'

    He places it to Tadhg Ryan\'s left

  • 73'

    Poynton steps up

  • 73'

    Shane Farrell was brought down in the box

  • 73'

    PENALTY for Shelbourne

  • 63'

    Brendan Clarke makes a wonderful save from point blank range as he keeps his side level

  • 56'

    McNamara is booked for a cynical foul

  • 55'

    Ally Gilchrist makes a wonderful clearance as the played across the Shels box

  • 55'

    Kieran Hanlon lets fly but it is blocked wide

  • 49'

    O'Connor shoots again but it is deflected into Ryan's arms

  • 48'

    O'Connor gets a shot away that is blocked away for a corner

  • 46'

    Treaty get the second period underway

  • The players are back on the pitch ahead of the second half

  • HALF-TIME: Shelbourne 0-0 Treaty United

  • 43'

    Gilchrist gets another header from a corner but sees it go wide

  • 42'

    Shels had the ball in the net but it was judged to be a foul on Tadhg Ryan

  • 40'

    Poynton smashes the ball across the box and it's deflected wide

  • 40'

    Yassine En-Neyah shows wonderful footwork and whips the ball into the box but it is headed clear

  • 39'

    Ally Gilchrist goes close from a corner as he hits the post with a header

  • 35'

    Michael O'Connor receives the first yellow of the game for a silly tackle

  • 34'

    Shels have been in control for the past ten minutes but they need to start taking their chances

  • 34'

    Ryan is called into action again and makes a good save at his near post

  • 33'

    Ryan Brennan hits the target and Tadhg Ryan makes another simple save

  • 31'

    George Poynton lets fly from distance and just misses the target

  • 30'

    O'Connor gets another shot away but similar to the first it is an easy save for Ryan

  • 26'

    Shane Farrell catches a volley cleanly and it just goes off target

  • 23'

    Ryan spills a cross but does well to recover

  • 20'

    There looked to be a foul on a Shels player after the save but it was ignored by the referee

  • 20'

    Ryan makes a wonderful save from an overhead kick

  • 18'

    The resulting corner is claimed by Tadhg Ryan

  • 17'

    A John Ross Wilson strike is well blocked and put out for a corner

  • 14'

    Very few chances for both sides as the game is yet to settle down

  • 10'

    Michael O'Connor gets a shot off but it is easy for Tadhg Ryan in the Treaty net

  • 5'

    Not a lot to talk about in the first five minutes with both sides testing each other out

  • 1'

    Shels get the game underway

  • The Shels fans are putting on a display for their team with plenty of banners, flags and pyrotechnics

  • The players are on the pitch ahead of kick-off

  • Just over 20 minutes to go until kick-off

  • Conor Melody, Sean McSweeney and Marc Ludden are in to replace Joe Collins, Jack Lynch and Kieran Hanlon

  • Treaty have made three changes from last week's 0-0 draw with Cork City

  • The Shels team is in and they are unchanged from last week's 2-0 win over Cabinteely

  • Team news will be in shortly with kick-off scheduled for 7.45pm

  • Treaty are still in with a chance of securing a play-off spot and a win for them tonight would put pressure on the teams around them

  • A win for Shels would see them become SSE Airtricity League First Division champions and secure automatic promotion to the Premier Division

  • Tolka Park is the venue for tonight's game

  • Hello and welcome to Final Whistle's coverage of tonight's match between Shelbourne and Treaty United in the SSE Airtricity League First Division

Past Meetings
(Series 15)
7 - 2
LOI Women's Premier Division
Tolka Park

Shelbourne v Treaty United

(Round 15)
1 - 1
LOI Men's First Division
Jackman Park

Treaty United v Shelbourne

(Series 6)
0 - 5
LOI Women's Premier Division
Jackman Park

Treaty United v Shelbourne

(Round 6)
2 - 2
LOI Men's First Division
Tolka Park

Shelbourne v Treaty United

(Series 9)
0 - 7
LOI Women's Premier Division
Markets Field

Treaty United v Shelbourne

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Tolka Park
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A journalist with an interest in sports. BA in Multimedia Journalism from the University Of Wolverhampton.