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St Patrick’s Athletic make it three in a row with latest home win

Despite going ahead, Limerick City can’t stop Dublin side’s second-half comeback

Dean Clarke opened the scoring for Limerick in their SSE Airtricity League Premier Division match against St Patrick’s Athletic at Richmond Park. Photo: Cathal Noonan/Inpho
Dean Clarke opened the scoring for Limerick in their SSE Airtricity League Premier Division match against St Patrick’s Athletic at Richmond Park. Photo: Cathal Noonan/Inpho
Sat Jun 13 2015 - 14:51

St Patrick’s Athletic 3 Limerick City 1

A second-half comeback helped St Patrick’s Athletic rack up their third straight league victory on Friday night against basement side Limerick.

Trailing at the interval to Dean Clarke’s opener at Inchicore, Saints netted three times in eight second-half minutes to stay clear of Bohemians on goal difference in fourth place.

Christy Fagan was on the scoresheet against for St Pat’s against Limerick. Photograph: Inpho
Christy Fagan was on the scoresheet against for St Pat’s against Limerick. Photograph: Inpho

The hosts’ goalkeeper was helpless to prevent Clarke beating him from close range after Sean Russell’s left-wing cross had unlocked the defence.

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While Chris Forrester rattled the crossbar on the half-hour, it took until five minutes after the restart for Pat’s to equalise.

They didn’t relent and went 2-1 ahead on 54 minutes. Fagan, who capped his return to the side following a six-week lay-off with a brace against Bohs in midweek, notched the third for Pat’s four minutes later.

ST PATRICK'S ATHLETIC: Clarke; O'Brien, McGuinness, Hoare, Desmond; Chambers (Langley 77), Bolger, Brennan (McCormack 46); Forrester (McGrath 84), Fagan, Greene.

LIMERICK: O'Donnell; Hughes (Whitehead 77), Williams, Price, Tracy; Turner, Duggan, O'Conor, Rainsford (Faherty 63); Russell; Clarke (Mann 84).

Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)