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Date Time League Season
9 June 2023 7:45 pm LOI Men's Premier Division 2023

Match Report

Markey stuns Pats with last-gasp winner

Darragh Markey’s injury-time winner gave Drogheda the three points in their 2-1 win over St Patrick’s Athletic at Weavers Park.

Chris Forrester thought he had rescued a point for the Saints from the spot in the first half after Adam Foley’s stunning opener.

The Drogs ended a run of two losses in a row and moved ahead of Sligo Rovers and Cork City in the Premier Division table while halting St Pat’s four-game winning streak.

The first half began with a decent enough pace, despite the sunshine and dry pitch. Both sides were attempting to get up the field as quickly as possible with arguably a few too many long and high balls played from front to back for the game to find any real rhythm.

St Pats had slightly the better of the possession stats in the early minutes of the game, with the home side happy to press and counter.

That high press paid off for Drogheda in the 18th minute, when a corner was flapped at by Dean Lyness in the St Pats’ goal, the ball falling eventually to Dayle Rooney who played a beautifully accurate first-time pass with the outside of his foot toward Adam Foley who smashed in a howitzer of a volley into the net.

The Drogs’ lead lasted almost until the break when referee Paul McLoughlin awarded the Saints a penalty for a push on Chris Forrester by Ryan Brennan during a corner.

Forrester stepped up and rolled the ball past 17-year-old Andrew Wogan in the United goal for his tenth of the season.

Manager Kevin Doherty was livid about the penalty call and he and his staff questioned the ref’s decision after the halftime whistle was blown.

The second half got underway as the sun set and the tempo of the game raised, both sets of players moved the ball around with a bit more zip and verve.

Dean Lyness in the St Pats’ goal was the busier of the two keepers in the second period, saving first from Freddie Draper, then Dayle Rooney.

The Saints themselves were dangerous on the counterattack and almost went ahead when Conor Carty found himself bustling in on goal, only for Elicha Ahui to somehow chased him down and pulled off a last-ditch goal-saving tackle just inside the box.

As the game looked to be heading toward an honourable draw, Darragh Markey won the ball in the centre circle after the Saints had pushed players forward for a corner.

The tricky midfielder carried the ball forward before playing a one-two with Dayle Rooney and slotting past the helpless Lyness in the St Pats goal.

A good win for the home side and one they will no doubt enjoy after losing their last five in a row against the Inchicore side.

Drogheda Utd

35Andrew Wogan Goalkeeper
2Elicha Ahui Defender
3Evan Weir Defender 90'
5Conor Keeley Defender
6Emmanuel Adegboyega Defender 47'
7Darragh Markey Midfielder 90+3'
8Gary Deegan Midfielder
9Freddie Draper Forward 40'
11Adam Foley 21 Forward 18'
60'
16Dayle Rooney Midfielder
19Ryan Brennan Midfielder
1Colin McCabe Goalkeeper
12Fiachra Pagel Goalkeeper
14Matthew O’Brien Midfielder
17Jarlath Jones Defender
20Emre Topcu Midfielder
21Luke Heeney 11 Midfielder
24Warren Davis Midfielder
28Darragh Noone Midfielder
29Michael Leddy Forward

St. Pat's Ath

36Dean Lyness Goalkeeper
2Noah Lewis 12 Defender
3Anto Breslin Defender
6Jamie Lennon Midfielder
8Chris Forrester Midfielder 44'
10Tommy Lonergan 9 Midfielder
14Mark Doyle 18 Forward
15Conor Carty 41 Forward
22Sam Curtis Defender
25Thijs Timmermans 24 Midfielder
26Jay McGrath Defender
23David Odumosu Goalkeeper
7Serge Atakayi Forward
9Eoin Doyle 10 Forward 85'
11Jason McClelland Forward
12Harry Brockbank 2 Defender
18Ben McCormack 14 Midfielder 77'
24Adam Murphy 25 Midfielder
28Rhys Bartley Midfielder
41Mason Melia 15 Forward
  • 90'

    Darragh Markey wins the game for Drogheda at the end

  • 90'

    Evan Weir booked for bringing Murphy down

  • 90'

    Three minutes of added time

  • 88'

    Lyness makes another great save, this time keeping out a Rooney curler that was dropping into the top corner

  • 84'

    Heeney replaces Drogheda goal scorer Foley

  • 80'

    Mason Melia comes on for Conor Carty

  • 79'

    Lewis is replaced by Brockbank

  • 77'

    Ben McCormack booked for a tackle on Keeley

  • 70'

    Foley has another volley saved by Lyness. The ball was well struck but went straight down the middle of the goals.

  • 69'

    Wogan makes a good save from a Forrester long range first time effort that was heading for the bottom corner.

  • 67'

    Foley blazes over the bar after some poor defending in the St Pats' box.

  • 64'

    Mark Doyle comes off for Ben McCormack

  • 64'

    Eoin Doyle comes in for Tommy Lonergan

  • 62'

    Ahui makes a goal saving tackle on Conor Carty

  • 60'

    Foley booked for a high foot.

  • 58'

    Sam Curtis has a shot that fails to trouble Wogan after a good counter attack and overload for St Pats

  • 58'

    Drogheda having the better of the attacking plays. Lyness gathers a cross drilled into the area from the left wing.

  • 55'

    Adam Murphy comes on for Timmermans

  • 53'

    Drogheda pushing hard to try and get themselves back in front.

  • 52'

    Dean Lyness makes a great save from Draper

  • 47'

    Emmanuel Adegboyega booked for a push in the back

  • 46'

    Chris Forrester gets the second half underway.

  • 45'

    The ref blows the halftime whistle. 1-1 at the break.

  • 44'

    Forrester rolls the ball into the net. Scoring his tenth goal of the season.

  • 43'

    The resulting corner sees St Pats given a penalty for a foul by Brennan on Forrester

  • 43'

    Great ball in by Sam Curtis but it is well defended by Drogheda.

  • 40'

    Freddie Draper booked for a coming together with a St Pats player near the centre circle.

  • 39'

    Andrew Wogan assuredly claims the ball from a St Pats corner.

  • 38'

    Lyness gathers comfortably from a Elicha Ahui cross that took a deflection, taking the sting out of the ball.

  • 29'

    St Pats having slightly better of the possession stats.

  • 27'

    Another great ball by Rooney puts Freddie Draper through but the striker can't take advantage of the pass.

  • 18'

    Adam Foley smashes in a stunning volley for Drogheda. Dayle Rooney with a pinpoint pass with the outside of the boot.

  • 14'

    Ryan Brennan goes down for the second time and the game is held up, the Drogheda man making a meal out of both challenges.

  • 7'

    Good pace to the game so far, both teams going for it.

  • 2'

    Conor Keeley heads behind for a corner to St Pats. His header was close to catching the keeper out.

  • 1'

    Drogheda get the game underway.

  • Good evening and welcome to live updates from Drogheda United versus St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland Premier Division. We are less than 30 minutes away from kick-off.

Past Meetings

(Round 15)
3 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Richmond Park

St. Patrick’s Athletic FC 3-0 Drogheda United FC

(Round 9)
1 - 3
LOI Men's Premier Division
Weavers Park

Drogheda United FC 1-3 St. Patrick's Athletic FC

(Round 30)
0 - 2
LOI Men's Premier Division
Weavers Park

Drogheda United 0-2 St. Patrick's Athletic

(Round 22)
3 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Richmond Park

St. Patrick’s Athletic v Drogheda United

(Round 14)
0 - 4
LOI Men's Premier Division
Weavers Park

Drogheda United v St. Patrick's Athletic

(Round 8)
1 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Richmond Park

St. Patrick’s Athletic v Drogheda United

(Series 29)
0 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Weavers Park

Drogheda United v St. Patrick's Athletic

(Series 21)
2 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Richmond Park

St. Patrick’s Athletic v Drogheda United

(Series 11)
3 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Weavers Park

Drogheda United v St. Patrick's Athletic

(Series 2)
2 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Richmond Park

St. Patrick’s Athletic v Drogheda United

0 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Weavers Park

Drogheda United FC v St. Patrick's Athletic FC

2 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Richmond Park

St. Patrick’s Athletic FC v Drogheda United FC

2 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Weavers Park

Drogheda United FC v St. Patrick's Athletic FC

2 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Richmond Park

St. Patrick’s Athletic FC v Drogheda United FC

2
LOI Men's Premier Division
Weavers Park

Drogheda United FC v St. Patrick's Athletic FC

2 - 2
LOI Men's Premier Division
Richmond Park

St. Patrick’s Athletic FC v Drogheda United FC

2 - 3
LOI Men's Premier Division
Weavers Park

Drogheda United FC v St. Patrick's Athletic FC

6
LOI Men's Premier Division
Richmond Park

St. Patrick’s Athletic FC v Drogheda United FC

4
LOI Men's Premier Division
Weavers Park

Drogheda United FC v St. Patrick's Athletic FC

Ground

Weavers Park
United Park, Cross Lane, Fair Gate, The Borough District of Drogheda, County Louth, Leinster, A92DKR0, Ireland

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