Airtricity League round-up: Sligo Roversinflicted a third defeat of the season on Shamrock Roversat the Showgrounds last night, claiming a 2-0 victory that sees Michael O'Neill's side slip to second in the table after St Patrick's Athleticbeat Bray Wanderers1-0 at Richmond Park.
Gavin Peers gave Sligo the lead after 38 minutes when he met Joseph Ndo’s corner with a firm header to give Shamrock Rovers’ goalkeeper Alan Mannus no chance.
O’Neill brought on Gary Twigg on the hour in search of an equalise, but it was the home side that grabbed a second in injury time when Eoin Doyle ran on to John Dillon’s pass to round Mannus and slot home.
St Pat's victory came down to an incident in the 54th minute when Bray defender Adam Mitchell handled Brian Shortall's goal-bound shot on the line.
It gave referee Neil Doyle no option but to send him off and Danny North sent Matt Gregg the wrong way with the resulting penalty to score his 11th goal of the season.
Derry City'sbid to remain with the pacesetters came unstuck at Belfield as they twice had to come from behind to earn a point against UCD.
The students took the lead right on the break when Dean Marshall fired home from David O’Connor’s cross.
Daniel Lafferty equalised for the Candystripes on 67 minutes, but straight from the kick-off Graham Rusk got on the ball and fired a speculative shot from 20 yards that Ger Doherty made a hash of in the Derry goal as UCD regained their lead.
Stewart Grecen rescued the point for Derry with six minutes to go, when he came up from the back to score with a header from a corner kick.
Bohemiansmade it two wins on the trot with a 2-0 victory over Drogheda Unitedat Dalymount Park. Christy Fagan struck in the sixth minute to open the home side's account and keep up his fine form in front of goal, with Anto Flood securing the three points just before the hour mark from Killian Brennan's corner.
Dundalkadded to Galway United'swoes at Oriel Park, running out 5-1 winners against the side led by their former manager Sean Connor.
Greg Bolger opened his account for the Lilywhites on 20 minutes, with the aid of a big deflection, and the midfielder showed he had taken a liking to scoring by doubling the home side’s advantage right on half-time.
It was the start of a goal glut for Dundalk as Mark Quigley scored within a minute of the restart and Keith Ward added a fourth a minute later to score his first goal for the club.
Mark Griffin added to Galway’s misery with their fifth, with the westerners grabbing a consolation goal through Gary Kelly just short of the hour mark before substitute Johnny Breen re-established the five-goal margin with a simple tap-in after great work from Quigley.
