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Date Time League Season
6 August 2023 6:00 pm LOI Men's Premier Division 2023

Match Report

Burt Returns Rovers To Winning Ways

Shamrock Rovers’ return to league action saw them defeat Cork City at Tallaght Stadium and in doing so restore their four point lead at the top of the Premier Division table.

The three goals scored in this game were three fantastic strikes. Graham Burke gave Rovers the lead in the 29th minute but Barry Coffey levelled for City in the 35th minute. Liam Burt’s goal in the 50th minute decided the game which was Rovers first win over City this season.

It was an even opening quarter with no real chances of note. In the 19th minute Burke had a chance to open the scoring but his shot came off the post. Minutes later City keeper Ollie Byrne pulled off a good save to deny Liam Burt. Cork defended well and tried to break on the counter. Markus Poom had a header that went wide in the 27th minute. 

Rovers took the lead in the 29th minute; Burt played the ball to Burke, he teased the City defence before firing a superb shot to the net. City were back on level terms in the 35th minute. Ronan Finn fouled Aaron Bolger and a free was awarded. Coffey stepped up and hit a terrific strike past Alan Mannus. The Rovers keeper maybe could’ve done better.

Both sides had chances after that. In the 38th minute Coffey played the ball over to Jaze Kabia but he blasted his shot over. Down the other end Burt dragged his shot wide. Cian Bargary played the ball over to Coffey in the 43rd minute but his well struck effort was straight at Mannus.

Five minutes into the second half and Rovers were back in front again; a good counter ended with Burt picking up Poom’s ball, he took on a number of players before finishing off an unbelievable solo effort.

It was all Rovers in the second half. Burke had a shot that was deflected out for a corner while in the 69th minute his free brought an excellent save out of Byrne. Substitute Richie Towell had a chance but his effort was just over in the 73rd minute. 

The visitors had their first effort on goal in the second half in the 79th minute; Bargary cut inside but his effort just sailed over the bar. 

They pressed for an equaliser while Rovers tried to get them on the counter and Aaron Greene squandered a great chance to score their third goal at the end.

Shamrock Rovers

1Alan Mannus Goalkeeper
4Roberto Lopes Defender
6Daniel Cleary Defender
7Dylan Watts 17 Midfielder
8Ronan Finn 15 Midfielder
10Graham Burke Forward 29'
40'
11Sean Kavanagh Defender
16Gary O’Neill Midfielder
19Markus Poom Midfielder
24Johnny Kenny 20 Forward
27Liam Burt 9 Midfielder 50'
9Aaron Greene 27 Forward 90'
15Darragh Nugent 8 Midfielder
17Richie Towell 7 Midfielder
20Rory Gaffney 24 Forward
25Leon Pohls Goalkeeper
31Kieran Cruise Defender
33Carl Lennox Defender
34Conan Noonan Midfielder
39Najemedine Razi Midfielder

Cork City

Ollie Byrne Goalkeeper
4Cian Coleman Midfielder
7Babatunde Owolabi Forward
8Aaron Bolger Midfielder
10Barry Coffey Midfielder 35'
11Jaze Kabia 33 Forward
11Cian Bargary Forward
14Rokas Stanulevicius Midfielder
15Conor Drinan Forward
18Joshua Honohan Defender 68'
27Kevin Čustović Defender
Ben Worman 14 Midfielder
2Gordon Walker Defender
21Oran Crowe Midfielder
22John O’Donovan Defender
32Arran Healy Midfielder
33Joshua Fitzpatrick 11 Forward
35Colin Henderson Midfielder
42AJ Bowman Midfielder
  • 90'

    Aaron Greene is booked

  • 90'

    City have a corner. So many are now up for this

  • 88'

    Rovers have a corner

  • 86'

    Liam Burt is off

  • 86'

    Aaron Greene is on

  • 85'

    City are pressing for an equaliser.

  • 83'

    Corner for City

  • 80'

    Coffey with a free but it's well wide

  • 79'

    Bargary cuts inside but it just sails over

  • 78'

    Rokas Stanulevicius is off

  • 78'

    City's new signing Ben Worman is on

  • 77'

    Ronan Finn is off

  • 77'

    Darragh Nugent is on

  • 73'

    Burt plays the ball back to Rory Gaffney, but City clear, it eventually falls to Richie Towell but his effort is just over.

  • 72'

    Jaze Kabia goes off

  • 72'

    Josh Fitzpatrick is on

  • 69'

    Burke's free brings a great save out of Ollie Byrne

  • 68'

    Josh Honahan is booked

  • 65'

    Johnny Kenny is off

  • 65'

    Rory Gaffney is on

  • 65'

    Dylan Watts is off

  • 65'

    Richie Towell is on

  • 57'

    Burke's shot is deflected out for a corner

  • 50'

    Liam Burt with an unbelievable solo goal to give Rovers the lead again. His first for the club

  • 45'

    Half-time here and it's level

  • 45'

    Rovers have a free in a good position

  • 43'

    Bargary with the ball to Coffey, he hits a fine shot but it's at Mannus.

  • 40'

    Graham Burke is booked for a late challenge on Aaron Bolger.

  • 39'

    Liam Burt drags his shot wide. Chance squandered for Rovers.

  • 38'

    Coffey plays the ball over to Jaze Kabia, he takes a shot but it's well over the bar.

  • 35'

    Barry Coffey hits a stunning strike from a free. Mannus should've done a bit better

  • 34'

    Ronan Finn fouls Aaron Bolger and it's a free for City

  • 30'

    Liam Burt had played the ball to Burke but it was all his work for that goal

  • 29'

    Graham Burke with a superb goal to give Rovers the lead. He teased the Cork defence before hitting a great strike.

  • 27'

    Poom with the header but it's wide

  • 26'

    Johnny Kenny does well and wins another corner for Rovers

  • 24'

    Ollie Byrne pulls off a great save to deny Liam Burt. A good move from Rovers, Kenny with the ball to Burt

  • 20'

    Owolabi, picks up possession he cuts inside give the ball to Cian Bargary but hits a weak effort at Alan Mannus

  • 19'

    Graham Burke with a well struck shot but it hits the far post.

  • 19'

    Cork City having defend well

  • 15'

    Poor one from Dylan Watts

  • 15'

    First corner of the game for Rovers. They're coming more into this game

  • 10'

    It comes to nothing

  • 10'

    City have the first corner of the game

  • 9'

    Barry Coffey with a shot but it's poor and Lopes clears

  • 7'

    Nothing created yet by either side

  • 3'

    Good move from Rovers but City keeper Ollie Byrne is out of his area quickly to clear

  • 1'

    Underway at Tallaght.

  • On Friday night St. Pat's cut the gap on leaders Rovers to just one point. City are six points behind eighth place Drogheda Utd.

  • City though have had the edge of Rovers this season. Their first meeting ended in a thrilling 4-4 draw while the game at Turners Cross finished in a 1-0 win for City. Rovers ended that game with 8 players.

  • Cork City are ninth in the table. In their last game they lost 2-0 at home to Shelbourne.

  • In that last league game Rovers drew 0-0 with Drogheda Utd. Since then they've had a disappointing European campaign and were knocked out of the Sports Direct FAI Cup by Dundalk

  • It's a first league game since the beginning of July for Shamrock Rovers as they welcome Cork City to the Tallaght Stadium.

Past Meetings

(Round 17)
1 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC 1-0 Shamrock Rovers FC

(Round 9)
5 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers FC 5-0 Cork City FC

(Round 4)
4 - 4
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers FC 4-4 Cork City FC

3 - 0
eLOI

Shamrock Rovers v Cork City

(Series 11)
0 - 3
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Shamrock Rovers

(2nd Round)
2 - 1
FAI Cup
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers v Cork City

(Series 2)
6 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers v Cork City

3 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers FC v Cork City FC

1 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Shamrock Rovers FC

2 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers FC v Cork City FC

1 - 3
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Shamrock Rovers FC

0 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers FC v Cork City FC

0 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Shamrock Rovers FC

3 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers FC v Cork City FC

1 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Shamrock Rovers FC

3 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers FC v Cork City FC

4 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Shamrock Rovers FC

1 - 2
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers FC v Cork City FC

3
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Shamrock Rovers FC

8:00 pm
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers FC v Cork City FC

2
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Shamrock Rovers FC

3
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers FC v Cork City FC

7:45 pm
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Shamrock Rovers FC

8:00 pm
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers FC v Cork City FC

1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Shamrock Rovers FC

2
LOI Men's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers FC v Cork City FC

3
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Shamrock Rovers FC

(Round 19)
5 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers v Cork City

(Round 12)
0 - 3
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Shamrock Rovers

(Round 5)
6 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers v Cork City

(Round 14)
3 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Shamrock Rovers

(Round 8)
2 - 2
LOI Women's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers v Cork City

(Round 1)
2 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Shamrock Rovers

(Round 14)
0 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers v Cork City

(Round 10)
2 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Shamrock Rovers

(Round 4)
0 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Tallaght Stadium

Shamrock Rovers v Cork City

Ground

Tallaght Stadium
Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 XC9W

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