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Hopefully, although I fear his career is going to grow a whole lot quicker than mine
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JULY
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The Champions League is back motherf... you get the idea
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 1-0 Limerick
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Hewelt, Brown, *****, Feely, Desmond, Camps, Wilson (Cawley 69), Reilly (Nolan 50), Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill
A narrow win, but a win nonetheless
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Bohemian 1-3 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Feely, Desmond, Camps (McEneff 61), Brown (Cawley 61), Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 78)
Very disappointing to only win 3-1 thanks to a last minute penalty
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG
Valur Reykjavik 0-4 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Beattie 74, *****, Feely, Desmond, Wilson (Kelly 64), Brown, Reilly, Camps, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 64)
A dominant performance and comprehensive victory despite a red card, with Liam Kelly's late goal being the icing on the cake
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 0-0 Dundalk
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Feely, Desmond, Wilson, Brown, Reilly, Camps (Kelly 65), Morgan, O'Neill
We've smashed 4 past Dundalk already this season but couldn't find the net today, very disappointing
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND SECOND LEG
St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 Valur Reykjavik
St Patrick's win 6-0 on Aggregate
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Hewelt, Nolan, *****, Feely, Desmond (Field 64), Wilson, Brown, Reilly (Cawley 64), Camps, Morgan, O'Neill
A confident and routine win as we smash 6 goals past Valur over two legs in the Champions League
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 Sligo Rovers
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Feely, Desmond (Field 57), Wilson, Brown, Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 57)
No European hangover for St Patrick's as we put in another good performance to bag another important three points
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG
St Patrick's Athletic 5-0 The New Saints
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, Wilson (McEneff 18), Brown (Cawley 63), Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill
I thought the Champions League was supposed to be hard?
LEAGUE TABLE
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Still unbeaten.
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The Champions League is back motherf... you get the idea
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 1-0 Limerick
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Hewelt, Brown, *****, Feely, Desmond, Camps, Wilson (Cawley 69), Reilly (Nolan 50), Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill
A narrow win, but a win nonetheless
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Bohemian 1-3 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Feely, Desmond, Camps (McEneff 61), Brown (Cawley 61), Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 78)
Very disappointing to only win 3-1 thanks to a last minute penalty
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG
Valur Reykjavik 0-4 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Beattie 74, *****, Feely, Desmond, Wilson (Kelly 64), Brown, Reilly, Camps, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 64)
A dominant performance and comprehensive victory despite a red card, with Liam Kelly's late goal being the icing on the cake
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 0-0 Dundalk
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Feely, Desmond, Wilson, Brown, Reilly, Camps (Kelly 65), Morgan, O'Neill
We've smashed 4 past Dundalk already this season but couldn't find the net today, very disappointing
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND SECOND LEG
St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 Valur Reykjavik
St Patrick's win 6-0 on Aggregate
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Hewelt, Nolan, *****, Feely, Desmond (Field 64), Wilson, Brown, Reilly (Cawley 64), Camps, Morgan, O'Neill
A confident and routine win as we smash 6 goals past Valur over two legs in the Champions League
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 Sligo Rovers
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Feely, Desmond (Field 57), Wilson, Brown, Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 57)
No European hangover for St Patrick's as we put in another good performance to bag another important three points
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG
St Patrick's Athletic 5-0 The New Saints
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, Wilson (McEneff 18), Brown (Cawley 63), Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill
I thought the Champions League was supposed to be hard?
LEAGUE TABLE
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Still unbeaten.
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As you can probably guess, we beat TNS in the Qualifiers, racking up a 3-0 win in Wales to make it an 8-0 aggregate victory over the Welsh champions. That left us just 180 minutes away from the Champions League group stage
Who was standing in our way? Legia Warszawa.
I was pretty pleased with this draw. We could have had Celtic, Ludogorets or Steaua Bucurest and Warszawa were probably the second best draw possible, after Swiss champions FC Sion
I felt that Legia were beatable over 2 legs. I mean, we've won at the Mestalla after all. The first leg was away and it was, in all honesty, an absolute borefest, but that suited me down to the ground. I was happy so long as we remained within touching distance for the second leg back home in Dublin, and we did that, led by the "Imperious" Lee Desmond
So it's all set up for fireworks at the Aviva Stadium as we look to become Ireland's first Champions League representatives for a long time. Let's do this.
We went with our narrow 4-3-2-1. Hewelt in goal, Nolan, *****, Feely and Field across the back four, Wilson, Brown and Reilly in midfield, Morgan and Camps in attacking midfield and Tony O'Neill up front on his own. Would we miss the injured Gordon Beattie and suspended Lee Desmond? I hope not.
I gave the lads a rousing speech, quoting Braveheart, Gladiator, Rocky VI and Wayne's World as I geed them up for the biggest game of their lives. We streamed out of the dressing room determined and emboldened
5 minutes in and their keeper pumped the ball forward, Camps brought it down, played through O'Neill and.. BANG! 1-0! 1-0 TO ST PATRICK'S ATHLETIC!
30 minutes in and Hewelt pumped it forward, they brought it down and played through O'NEILL!!! OVER THE BAR! Warszawa went up the other end, whipped it in, Szkatula hit it on the volley! Saved by Hewelt!
Legia stopped hoofing and started playing the ball about a bit, we won the ball quickly and broke, Camps, finding O'Neill, for Morgan, he's through! SAVED! ON THE REBOUND!!!! SAVED AGAIN!
Half time. More film quotes. Lets go boys!
Straight away, Nolan gave away a free kick, Legia tried to take it short, but Nolan intercepted and found Wilson, who played through O'Neill, he still had half the pitch to run, O'NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEILL!!!!! 2-0!!!!
Legia really came at us then, with some nice play outside the box resulting in Hammalainen going through on goal! Hewelt made himself big and made the save! Yes Mateusz!
Legia kept coming and their goal soon came, when a high cross was nodded home by Wypario. 14 minutes to hold on
I told the lads to concentrate and remain calm as I preceeded to **** myself. Fortunately my players were more professional and started to see out the game, keeping the ball well and forcing Legia to chase the ball, pulling them out of position before striking as Morgan played through Callum Camps!! He hit it hard and true, beat the keeper and... IN!!!! 3-1!!! 3-1 up with 5 minutes to go! Surely we can hold on?
AND WE DID!!! WE AR INTO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGES!!!
Who was standing in our way? Legia Warszawa.
I was pretty pleased with this draw. We could have had Celtic, Ludogorets or Steaua Bucurest and Warszawa were probably the second best draw possible, after Swiss champions FC Sion
I felt that Legia were beatable over 2 legs. I mean, we've won at the Mestalla after all. The first leg was away and it was, in all honesty, an absolute borefest, but that suited me down to the ground. I was happy so long as we remained within touching distance for the second leg back home in Dublin, and we did that, led by the "Imperious" Lee Desmond
So it's all set up for fireworks at the Aviva Stadium as we look to become Ireland's first Champions League representatives for a long time. Let's do this.
We went with our narrow 4-3-2-1. Hewelt in goal, Nolan, *****, Feely and Field across the back four, Wilson, Brown and Reilly in midfield, Morgan and Camps in attacking midfield and Tony O'Neill up front on his own. Would we miss the injured Gordon Beattie and suspended Lee Desmond? I hope not.
I gave the lads a rousing speech, quoting Braveheart, Gladiator, Rocky VI and Wayne's World as I geed them up for the biggest game of their lives. We streamed out of the dressing room determined and emboldened
5 minutes in and their keeper pumped the ball forward, Camps brought it down, played through O'Neill and.. BANG! 1-0! 1-0 TO ST PATRICK'S ATHLETIC!
30 minutes in and Hewelt pumped it forward, they brought it down and played through O'NEILL!!! OVER THE BAR! Warszawa went up the other end, whipped it in, Szkatula hit it on the volley! Saved by Hewelt!
Legia stopped hoofing and started playing the ball about a bit, we won the ball quickly and broke, Camps, finding O'Neill, for Morgan, he's through! SAVED! ON THE REBOUND!!!! SAVED AGAIN!
Half time. More film quotes. Lets go boys!
Straight away, Nolan gave away a free kick, Legia tried to take it short, but Nolan intercepted and found Wilson, who played through O'Neill, he still had half the pitch to run, O'NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEILL!!!!! 2-0!!!!
Legia really came at us then, with some nice play outside the box resulting in Hammalainen going through on goal! Hewelt made himself big and made the save! Yes Mateusz!
Legia kept coming and their goal soon came, when a high cross was nodded home by Wypario. 14 minutes to hold on
I told the lads to concentrate and remain calm as I preceeded to **** myself. Fortunately my players were more professional and started to see out the game, keeping the ball well and forcing Legia to chase the ball, pulling them out of position before striking as Morgan played through Callum Camps!! He hit it hard and true, beat the keeper and... IN!!!! 3-1!!! 3-1 up with 5 minutes to go! Surely we can hold on?
AND WE DID!!! WE AR INTO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGES!!!
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AUGUST
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Forget those European distractions, we've got an unbeaten run to keep going
EA SPORTS CUP SEMI FINAL
St Patrick's Athletic 4-2 Finn Harps
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Hewelt, Beattie, Feely, Desmond, Field, McEneff, Cawley (Morrison 62), Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 62)
A routine victory turned into an exciting final 10 minutes as both teams forgot how to defend as 5 goals were smashed in. Fortunately we scored 3 of them to put us into another final!
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Shamrock Rovers 2-3 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, McEneff, Brown, Reilly (Morrison 65), Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill
We battered Shamrock today. 31 shots, 13 on target, whilst both of their shots on target flew into the net. Infuriating.
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 1-0 Cobh Ramblers
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, IJzerman, Brown, Reilly, Kelly (Grego-*** 58), Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 58)
A poor game, with Makr IJzerman's goal being the only real moment of quality
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Derry City 2-2 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Beattie (Field 70), *****, Feely, Nolan, McEneff, Brown, Reilly (Morrison 70), Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill
A dreadful first half followed up by an impressive second half as we came from two goals behind to ****** a draw at Derry
FAI FORD CUP THIRD ROUND
Cork City 0-2 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Brown (Wilson 71), Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 71)
Supersub! Matthew Shevlin becomes as St Patrick's hero as he replaces a misfiring Tony O'Neill to book our place in the next round!
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Longford Town 0-3 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Wilson, Brown, Reilly, Camps, Morgan, O'Neill
"Anything you can do".... Tony O'Neill appeared inspired by Matthew Shevlin as he smashed 3 past a hapless Longford
LEAGUE TABLE
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"We don't let this slip now!"
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Forget those European distractions, we've got an unbeaten run to keep going
EA SPORTS CUP SEMI FINAL
St Patrick's Athletic 4-2 Finn Harps
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Hewelt, Beattie, Feely, Desmond, Field, McEneff, Cawley (Morrison 62), Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 62)
A routine victory turned into an exciting final 10 minutes as both teams forgot how to defend as 5 goals were smashed in. Fortunately we scored 3 of them to put us into another final!
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Shamrock Rovers 2-3 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, McEneff, Brown, Reilly (Morrison 65), Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill
We battered Shamrock today. 31 shots, 13 on target, whilst both of their shots on target flew into the net. Infuriating.
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 1-0 Cobh Ramblers
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, IJzerman, Brown, Reilly, Kelly (Grego-*** 58), Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 58)
A poor game, with Makr IJzerman's goal being the only real moment of quality
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Derry City 2-2 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Beattie (Field 70), *****, Feely, Nolan, McEneff, Brown, Reilly (Morrison 70), Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill
A dreadful first half followed up by an impressive second half as we came from two goals behind to ****** a draw at Derry
FAI FORD CUP THIRD ROUND
Cork City 0-2 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Brown (Wilson 71), Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 71)
Supersub! Matthew Shevlin becomes as St Patrick's hero as he replaces a misfiring Tony O'Neill to book our place in the next round!
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Longford Town 0-3 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Wilson, Brown, Reilly, Camps, Morgan, O'Neill
"Anything you can do".... Tony O'Neill appeared inspired by Matthew Shevlin as he smashed 3 past a hapless Longford
LEAGUE TABLE
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"We don't let this slip now!"
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SEPTEMBER
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"We don't let this slip now" etc
FAI FORD CUP QUARTER FINAL
St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 Avondale
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McCabe, Nolan, S.Reilly, Feely, Field, IJzerman, Morrison (Brown 68), Reilly, Kelly, Shevlin, O'Neill (Grego-*** 58)
A rotated side got the job done against amatuers Avondale
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Cork City 2-2 St Patrick's Athletic
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McCabe, Nolan, Feely Elworthy, Desmond, McEneff, Murphy, Cawley, Camps, Morgan (Kelly 74), Shevlin (O'Neill 74)
With a game against PSG coming up in just two days time (Cheers FAI) changes needed to be made which lead to this poor result, cheers FAI
EA SPORTS CUP FINAL
Dundalk 1-3 St Patrick's Athletic
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McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Wilson, Brown, Reilly (Morrison 66), Camps (Kelly 66), Morgan, O'Neill
Our first team showed what they're made of as we came from behind against Dundalk to win our third EA Sports Cup under my stewardship
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Galway United 0-0 St Patrick's Athletic
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McCabe, Nolan, *****, Feely, Desmond, Wilson, Brown (Cawley 65), Reilly, Camps, Morgan, O'Neill
A dreadful bore draw, Galway seem to be the only team who can stop us
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 1-1 Shamrock Rovers
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McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond (Feely 60), Field, Camps, Reilly (McEneff 79), Wilson, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 62)
A win here would have seen us secure the title but, try as we might, we couldn't quite grab the second goal that would have seen us win the league
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Limerick 1-4 St Patrick's Athletic
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McCabe, Brown, *****, Desmond, Field, Wilson, Reilly (Cawley 73), Camps, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 73)
[video]https://youtu.be/04854XqcfCY?t=4[/video]
LEAGUE TABLE
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See above
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"We don't let this slip now" etc
FAI FORD CUP QUARTER FINAL
St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 Avondale
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McCabe, Nolan, S.Reilly, Feely, Field, IJzerman, Morrison (Brown 68), Reilly, Kelly, Shevlin, O'Neill (Grego-*** 58)
A rotated side got the job done against amatuers Avondale
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Cork City 2-2 St Patrick's Athletic
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McCabe, Nolan, Feely Elworthy, Desmond, McEneff, Murphy, Cawley, Camps, Morgan (Kelly 74), Shevlin (O'Neill 74)
With a game against PSG coming up in just two days time (Cheers FAI) changes needed to be made which lead to this poor result, cheers FAI
EA SPORTS CUP FINAL
Dundalk 1-3 St Patrick's Athletic
View attachment 107638
McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Wilson, Brown, Reilly (Morrison 66), Camps (Kelly 66), Morgan, O'Neill
Our first team showed what they're made of as we came from behind against Dundalk to win our third EA Sports Cup under my stewardship
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Galway United 0-0 St Patrick's Athletic
View attachment 107637
McCabe, Nolan, *****, Feely, Desmond, Wilson, Brown (Cawley 65), Reilly, Camps, Morgan, O'Neill
A dreadful bore draw, Galway seem to be the only team who can stop us
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 1-1 Shamrock Rovers
View attachment 107635
McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond (Feely 60), Field, Camps, Reilly (McEneff 79), Wilson, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 62)
A win here would have seen us secure the title but, try as we might, we couldn't quite grab the second goal that would have seen us win the league
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Limerick 1-4 St Patrick's Athletic
View attachment 107634
McCabe, Brown, *****, Desmond, Field, Wilson, Reilly (Cawley 73), Camps, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 73)
[video]https://youtu.be/04854XqcfCY?t=4[/video]
LEAGUE TABLE
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See above
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OCTOBER
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Can we finish the season unbeaten?
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Dundalk 2-5 St Patrick's Athletic
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McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond (S.Reilly 53), Field, Wilson (Morgan 53), Reilly (Morrison 53), McEneff, Camps, Kelly, O'Neill
What a performance! A huge away win in Dundalk is a great way to celebrate winning the league title a week ago
FAI FORD CUP SEMI FINAL
St Patrick's Athletic 1-1 Galway United
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McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond 40, Field, Wilson, Brown 65, Reilly, Camps (Feely 41), Morgan (Cawley 66), O'Neill
Two red cards, a dodgy penalty and one shot on target means that we have to do this all again
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 1-0 Cork City
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McCabe, Nolan, Feely, S.Reilly, Field, McEneff, Reilly (Cawely 80), IJzerman, Kelly (McGrath 80), Camps, Shevlin
A dominant peformance despite enforced changes due to the FAI's ridiculous scheduling
FAI FORD CUP SEMI FINAL
Galway United 0-0 St Patrick's Athletic
Galway win 5-4 on Penalties
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McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Brown, Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, Shevlin (Saunders 63)
We battered them, missed 4 clear cut chances and paid the price. Infuriating
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Sligo Rovers 2-2 St Patrick's Athletic
View attachment 107570
Hewelt, Nolan, *****, Feely, Desmond, McEneff, Reilly, Wilson, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill
Our players are incredibly tired
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 3-1 Finn Harps
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Hewelt, Beattie (Nolan 61), Feely, S.Reilly, Field, Camps, IJzerman, Wilson, Kelly, Morgan (Cawley 61), O'Neill
A solid way to end a run of 4 GAMES IN 6 F*CKING DAYS
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 3-0 Bohemian
View attachment 107567
Hewelt, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Reilly (IJzerman 64), Wilson, Kelly, Morgan (McEneff 64), O'Neill
An impressive performance to end the season as we win the league and end unbeaten!
LEAGUE TABLE
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An unbeaten season! Can we carry this form into Europe?
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Can we finish the season unbeaten?
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Dundalk 2-5 St Patrick's Athletic
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McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond (S.Reilly 53), Field, Wilson (Morgan 53), Reilly (Morrison 53), McEneff, Camps, Kelly, O'Neill
What a performance! A huge away win in Dundalk is a great way to celebrate winning the league title a week ago
FAI FORD CUP SEMI FINAL
St Patrick's Athletic 1-1 Galway United
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McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond 40, Field, Wilson, Brown 65, Reilly, Camps (Feely 41), Morgan (Cawley 66), O'Neill
Two red cards, a dodgy penalty and one shot on target means that we have to do this all again
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 1-0 Cork City
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McCabe, Nolan, Feely, S.Reilly, Field, McEneff, Reilly (Cawely 80), IJzerman, Kelly (McGrath 80), Camps, Shevlin
A dominant peformance despite enforced changes due to the FAI's ridiculous scheduling
FAI FORD CUP SEMI FINAL
Galway United 0-0 St Patrick's Athletic
Galway win 5-4 on Penalties
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McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Brown, Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, Shevlin (Saunders 63)
We battered them, missed 4 clear cut chances and paid the price. Infuriating
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
Sligo Rovers 2-2 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Nolan, *****, Feely, Desmond, McEneff, Reilly, Wilson, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill
Our players are incredibly tired
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 3-1 Finn Harps
View attachment 107569
Hewelt, Beattie (Nolan 61), Feely, S.Reilly, Field, Camps, IJzerman, Wilson, Kelly, Morgan (Cawley 61), O'Neill
A solid way to end a run of 4 GAMES IN 6 F*CKING DAYS
AIRTRICITY PREMIER LEAGUE
St Patrick's Athletic 3-0 Bohemian
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Hewelt, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Reilly (IJzerman 64), Wilson, Kelly, Morgan (McEneff 64), O'Neill
An impressive performance to end the season as we win the league and end unbeaten!
LEAGUE TABLE
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An unbeaten season! Can we carry this form into Europe?
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE
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We will be visiting Milan, Paris and Vienna, how very cultured of us
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP A
St Patrick's Athletic 0-2 Paris Saint-Germain
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McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Wilson, Brown, Reilly (Cawley 82), Camps (Kelly 64), Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 82)
PSG have a ridiculous team. De Bruyne, Icardi, Pulisic, Saul, Verratti amd Asensio to name but a few. To escape with just a 2 goal loss is miraculous
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP A
AC Milan 3-0 St Patrick's Athletic
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McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Wilson, Brown (Cawley 70), Reilly, Camps (Kelly 70), Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 70)
This game was a lot closer than the scoreline would suggest as we created plenty of chances but just couldn't put them away, Tony O'Neill and Callum Camps both endured a poor day in front of goal
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP A
St Patrick's Athletic 3-0 Austria Wien
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Wilson (Brown 66), Reilly, Kelly (McEneff 78), Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 78)
That's better! We battered Austria Wien and were deserving of our three goal victory as we ran riot against the visitors
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP A
Austria Wien 1-2 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Wilson (McEneff 67), Reilly (Brown 67), Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill
Another dominant performance even if it got a bit nervy at the end as Austria Wien staged a late fightback to save their European campaign. This win guaranteed us at least a Europa League slot
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP A
Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Brown, Reilly (Cawley 62), Kelly (McEneff 88), Morgan (Shevlin 62), O'Neill
We played so well here and were value for a draw but Tony O'Neill had to go and miss two very good chances to all but knock us out of the Champions League
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP A
St Patrick's Athletic 2-1 AC Milan
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Wilson, Reilly, Kelly (Brown 57), Morgan, O'Neill
An early goal and a late one were enough to create history for this club as we beat AC MILAN at home by 2 goals to 1, a magnificent performance that will go down in St Patrick's history
LEAGUE TABLE
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All in all a very good showing. Had O'Neill put one of his numerous chances against PSG in the back of the net we'd be in the First Knockout Round
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We will be visiting Milan, Paris and Vienna, how very cultured of us
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP A
St Patrick's Athletic 0-2 Paris Saint-Germain
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McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Wilson, Brown, Reilly (Cawley 82), Camps (Kelly 64), Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 82)
PSG have a ridiculous team. De Bruyne, Icardi, Pulisic, Saul, Verratti amd Asensio to name but a few. To escape with just a 2 goal loss is miraculous
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP A
AC Milan 3-0 St Patrick's Athletic
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McCabe, Nolan, *****, Desmond, Field, Wilson, Brown (Cawley 70), Reilly, Camps (Kelly 70), Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 70)
This game was a lot closer than the scoreline would suggest as we created plenty of chances but just couldn't put them away, Tony O'Neill and Callum Camps both endured a poor day in front of goal
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP A
St Patrick's Athletic 3-0 Austria Wien
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Wilson (Brown 66), Reilly, Kelly (McEneff 78), Morgan, O'Neill (Shevlin 78)
That's better! We battered Austria Wien and were deserving of our three goal victory as we ran riot against the visitors
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP A
Austria Wien 1-2 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Wilson (McEneff 67), Reilly (Brown 67), Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill
Another dominant performance even if it got a bit nervy at the end as Austria Wien staged a late fightback to save their European campaign. This win guaranteed us at least a Europa League slot
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP A
Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 St Patrick's Athletic
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Brown, Reilly (Cawley 62), Kelly (McEneff 88), Morgan (Shevlin 62), O'Neill
We played so well here and were value for a draw but Tony O'Neill had to go and miss two very good chances to all but knock us out of the Champions League
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP A
St Patrick's Athletic 2-1 AC Milan
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Hewelt, Beattie, *****, Desmond, Field, Camps, Wilson, Reilly, Kelly (Brown 57), Morgan, O'Neill
An early goal and a late one were enough to create history for this club as we beat AC MILAN at home by 2 goals to 1, a magnificent performance that will go down in St Patrick's history
LEAGUE TABLE
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All in all a very good showing. Had O'Neill put one of his numerous chances against PSG in the back of the net we'd be in the First Knockout Round
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HOMECOMING
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St Patrick's Athletic have kicked off their title defence with a bang as they secured a HUGE deal late last night
The Saints, fresh off the back of consecutive titles, have wasted no time in bolstering their squad for next season as they have immediately brought in a familiar face
That familiar face is goalkeeper Greg Murphy, who's joined St Patrick's from Celtic for €725,000
The 21 year old has rejoined the club he made his name with for €25,000 less than he left them for 2 years ago as St Patrick's attempt to assert their dominance on the Airtricity Premier League
The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Under 21 international never settled at Parkhead, making just 3 competitive league appearances for the Bhoys, with none of those in the league
He has returned to Dublin in order to try and recapture the form that made him one of Ireland's brightest talents when he was a teenager
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HOMECOMING
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St Patrick's Athletic have kicked off their title defence with a bang as they secured a HUGE deal late last night
The Saints, fresh off the back of consecutive titles, have wasted no time in bolstering their squad for next season as they have immediately brought in a familiar face
That familiar face is goalkeeper Greg Murphy, who's joined St Patrick's from Celtic for €725,000
The 21 year old has rejoined the club he made his name with for €25,000 less than he left them for 2 years ago as St Patrick's attempt to assert their dominance on the Airtricity Premier League
The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Under 21 international never settled at Parkhead, making just 3 competitive league appearances for the Bhoys, with none of those in the league
He has returned to Dublin in order to try and recapture the form that made him one of Ireland's brightest talents when he was a teenager
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ICELANDIC INVASION
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Dublin will be home to a few more Icelandic accents for the foreseeable future, with champions St Patrick's Athletic bringing in 4 players from the Scandinvan nation
The first player signed was Bjorn Axel Gudmundsson, who's joined St Patrick's from recent foes Breioablik UBK on a free transfer
Gudmundsson, 18, has signed a year long contract with The Saints and the striker will be hoping to impress his new manager enough to grab a new deal
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Second to join was Gudmann Arnarson, who's joined St Patrick's from their Champions League foes Valur Reykjavik €16,000
Arnarson, 17, has joined on a 3 year deal and is seen as Iceland's next great defensive hope, with the centre back seen to have the potential to captain the national side in the future
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Next was another freebie in Agust Hilmarsson, who's joined St Patrick's on a free transfer from semi pro Ungmennafelagio Fjolnir on a two year deal
The right winger, who is known to possess a fair amount of pace, is another one of Iceland's great hopes, with the Icelandic press hoping that the 16 year old can use his time with St Patrick's to develop
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Last but certainly not least is another centre back in Bjarni Freyr Gislason, who has also come in on a free transfer
The 18 year old has come in from Iprottafelagio Por for nothing and will partner Arnarson in the youth team at St Pat's, could we be seeing an Icelandic core at the Dublin club in the future?
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ICELANDIC INVASION
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Dublin will be home to a few more Icelandic accents for the foreseeable future, with champions St Patrick's Athletic bringing in 4 players from the Scandinvan nation
The first player signed was Bjorn Axel Gudmundsson, who's joined St Patrick's from recent foes Breioablik UBK on a free transfer
Gudmundsson, 18, has signed a year long contract with The Saints and the striker will be hoping to impress his new manager enough to grab a new deal
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Second to join was Gudmann Arnarson, who's joined St Patrick's from their Champions League foes Valur Reykjavik €16,000
Arnarson, 17, has joined on a 3 year deal and is seen as Iceland's next great defensive hope, with the centre back seen to have the potential to captain the national side in the future
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Next was another freebie in Agust Hilmarsson, who's joined St Patrick's on a free transfer from semi pro Ungmennafelagio Fjolnir on a two year deal
The right winger, who is known to possess a fair amount of pace, is another one of Iceland's great hopes, with the Icelandic press hoping that the 16 year old can use his time with St Patrick's to develop
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Last but certainly not least is another centre back in Bjarni Freyr Gislason, who has also come in on a free transfer
The 18 year old has come in from Iprottafelagio Por for nothing and will partner Arnarson in the youth team at St Pat's, could we be seeing an Icelandic core at the Dublin club in the future?
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Just read the whole story, fantastic keep up the good work.
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Cheers mate
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Cheers mate, O'Neill missed 3 chances to equalise against PSG which would have meant a win against Milan would have put us through. I was gutted :'(
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TRIO JOIN ST PATRICK'S
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With the historic Europa League First Knockout Round tie against Steaua Bucharest less than a month away, St Patrick's have decided to flex their financial muscle by bringing in three players for a total of €455,000
The first player to join was Barry Keane, who's joined St Patrick's on a free transfer from Premier League rivals Dundalk.
The 21 year old had allowed his contract to run down with Dundalk and signed a pre-contract with champions St Patrick's two months ago
Keane, who can play up front or as an attacking midfielder, was at the centre of controversy earlier in the year having made 8 appearances at Under 21 level for the Republic of Ireland, before turning his back on the nation and declaring for Northern Ireland, for whom he has 1 cap
Keane scored 26 goals in 57 appearances for first club Glentoran before joining Dundalk, for whom he scored 24 goals in 54 appearances and he will be hoping to replicate such form at St Patrick's
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The next player to join was 27 year old Englishman Jake Reeves, who's joined St Patrick's from Dundee for €325,000
Reeves started his career at Brentford, making 34 appearances and spending time on loan at St Albans and AFC Wimbledon, before leaving for Swindon where he made 20 league appearances
He soon left Swindon for AFC Wimbledon where he made his name, making 158 league appearances for the Wombles, before leaving for Dundee for whom he made 64 league appearances
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The final signing was that of Jordan Thompson, who signed from Rangers for €135,000
Thompson, 24, can play in a variety of positions, from left-back to central midfield to attacking midfielder all they way up to playing as a striker!
The Northern Ireland international then moved on to Rangers on a free transfer where he struggled to break into the first team, making just 62 league appearances in 6 full seasons with the Glaswegian club
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TRIO JOIN ST PATRICK'S
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With the historic Europa League First Knockout Round tie against Steaua Bucharest less than a month away, St Patrick's have decided to flex their financial muscle by bringing in three players for a total of €455,000
The first player to join was Barry Keane, who's joined St Patrick's on a free transfer from Premier League rivals Dundalk.
The 21 year old had allowed his contract to run down with Dundalk and signed a pre-contract with champions St Patrick's two months ago
Keane, who can play up front or as an attacking midfielder, was at the centre of controversy earlier in the year having made 8 appearances at Under 21 level for the Republic of Ireland, before turning his back on the nation and declaring for Northern Ireland, for whom he has 1 cap
Keane scored 26 goals in 57 appearances for first club Glentoran before joining Dundalk, for whom he scored 24 goals in 54 appearances and he will be hoping to replicate such form at St Patrick's
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The next player to join was 27 year old Englishman Jake Reeves, who's joined St Patrick's from Dundee for €325,000
Reeves started his career at Brentford, making 34 appearances and spending time on loan at St Albans and AFC Wimbledon, before leaving for Swindon where he made 20 league appearances
He soon left Swindon for AFC Wimbledon where he made his name, making 158 league appearances for the Wombles, before leaving for Dundee for whom he made 64 league appearances
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The final signing was that of Jordan Thompson, who signed from Rangers for €135,000
Thompson, 24, can play in a variety of positions, from left-back to central midfield to attacking midfielder all they way up to playing as a striker!
The Northern Ireland international then moved on to Rangers on a free transfer where he struggled to break into the first team, making just 62 league appearances in 6 full seasons with the Glaswegian club
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Welcome to Ireland, the home of Guinness, and, hopefully, a Europa League Second Knockout Round club.
We drew Steaua Bucharest, a club who, like us had fallen out of the Champions League having finished third in a group containing Manchester United, FC Barcelona and RSC Anderlecht, bad luck lads.
Anyway, the way the draw went meant that we had to travel to Romania for our first game of the 2021 season, gulp.
We played a LOT of friendlies to get the lads up to speed and fortunately their professionalism meant that they didn't turn up 20 stone heavier, well most of them anyway.
What also didn't help were prolonged transfer sagas for key players Tony O'Neill and Scott Wilson, half of Europe wanted O'Neill but fortunately we managed to keep hold of the Northern Irish international
Anyway, we went to Romania and really turned on the style, dominating Bucharest, before going 1-0 down. Fortunately we re-grouped before Liam Kelly converted a penalty 6 minutes later. We continued in the same vein, only for Bucharest to grab a lucky goal on the stroke of half-time to leave us a goal down at half-time.
I gave the lads a proper bollocking and they went back out baying for blood and started laying into Bucharest, it took us a while but we managed to grab the equaliser via Europe's most wanted man, Tony O'Neill. Things went from good to better minutes later as Kevin Morgan scored an excellent volley to give us the lead, and, eventually, a 3-2 victory. What a result
So, where does that leave us? A win, a draw, or a 1-0 or 2-1 loss will put us through to the next round. So who are the men who will be hoping to put us there?
Murphy, Beattie, *****, Feely, Desmond, Wilson, Reeves, Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill. Let's go.
6 minutes in and we're already in the ascendancy as Liam Kelly stands over the corner, he whipped it into the near post for SEAN HOOOOOARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1-0 TO ST PATRICK'S!
We kept pushing, but so did Bucharest and 20 minutes later they had a corner of their own, it was only partially cleared, they managed to work it into the box, a scramble ensued and.... GOAL! 1-1!
On the stroke of half-time, Lee Desmond had the ball, he played it to Morgan, whipped it in for SCOTT WILSON!!! WHAT A BLOCK FROM CORNEA AND WIDE! If that had gone in, I would have been a lot more confident.
Half-time, and I don't know what to say, bollocking or happy, or somewhere in between? I'm stuck in the middle. And that's where I stayed
The second half became a tense affair as both sides lost the momentum gained in the first half, having been halted by half time and I didn't know what to do, should I make subs? I HAVE NO IDEA. I made two subs, Nolan and Cawley coming on for Desmond and Reilly.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand nothing happened, I **** you not, nothing happened. But that's fine by me because we are in...
We drew Steaua Bucharest, a club who, like us had fallen out of the Champions League having finished third in a group containing Manchester United, FC Barcelona and RSC Anderlecht, bad luck lads.
Anyway, the way the draw went meant that we had to travel to Romania for our first game of the 2021 season, gulp.
We played a LOT of friendlies to get the lads up to speed and fortunately their professionalism meant that they didn't turn up 20 stone heavier, well most of them anyway.
What also didn't help were prolonged transfer sagas for key players Tony O'Neill and Scott Wilson, half of Europe wanted O'Neill but fortunately we managed to keep hold of the Northern Irish international
Anyway, we went to Romania and really turned on the style, dominating Bucharest, before going 1-0 down. Fortunately we re-grouped before Liam Kelly converted a penalty 6 minutes later. We continued in the same vein, only for Bucharest to grab a lucky goal on the stroke of half-time to leave us a goal down at half-time.
I gave the lads a proper bollocking and they went back out baying for blood and started laying into Bucharest, it took us a while but we managed to grab the equaliser via Europe's most wanted man, Tony O'Neill. Things went from good to better minutes later as Kevin Morgan scored an excellent volley to give us the lead, and, eventually, a 3-2 victory. What a result
So, where does that leave us? A win, a draw, or a 1-0 or 2-1 loss will put us through to the next round. So who are the men who will be hoping to put us there?
Murphy, Beattie, *****, Feely, Desmond, Wilson, Reeves, Reilly, Kelly, Morgan, O'Neill. Let's go.
6 minutes in and we're already in the ascendancy as Liam Kelly stands over the corner, he whipped it into the near post for SEAN HOOOOOARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1-0 TO ST PATRICK'S!
We kept pushing, but so did Bucharest and 20 minutes later they had a corner of their own, it was only partially cleared, they managed to work it into the box, a scramble ensued and.... GOAL! 1-1!
On the stroke of half-time, Lee Desmond had the ball, he played it to Morgan, whipped it in for SCOTT WILSON!!! WHAT A BLOCK FROM CORNEA AND WIDE! If that had gone in, I would have been a lot more confident.
Half-time, and I don't know what to say, bollocking or happy, or somewhere in between? I'm stuck in the middle. And that's where I stayed
The second half became a tense affair as both sides lost the momentum gained in the first half, having been halted by half time and I didn't know what to do, should I make subs? I HAVE NO IDEA. I made two subs, Nolan and Cawley coming on for Desmond and Reilly.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand nothing happened, I **** you not, nothing happened. But that's fine by me because we are in...
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Bienvenue à Monaco. That beauty of a principality is where we, St Patrick's Athletic of the Airtricity Premier League will be fighting it out for a place in the Europa League Quarter Final.
And when I say fighting it out, I mean we're going to get absolutely pumped by a world class team.
This Monaco side are full of world class players. Geronimo Rulli, Niklas Sule, Alessio Romagnoli, Thiago Alcantara, Alessandro Florenzi, Bernardo Silva, Balde Keita and Gabriel Barbosa!
We, on the other hand, are relying on an attacking trio that cost €30,000.
To put it in perspective, I will list the club we bought our starting XI off/their last club compared to Monaco's.
MONACO: Real Sociedad, Academy, Hoffenheim, AC Milan, AS Roma, Valencia, Bayern Munich, AS Roma, Benfica, Lazio, Inter
ST PATRICK'S: Celtic, Celtic, Shelbourne, Shelbourne, Brentford, Dungannon Swifts, Dundee, Celtic, Reading, Aberystwyth, Glenavon
Spot the f*cking difference. I have a feeling this is where it all ends, how on Earth did we hold them to a 1-0 win (for them) at the Aviva Stadium.
Still, this is doable, 1 goal for us could unsettle our hosts, and boy do they need unsettling. We really are relying on O'Neill and Morgan here.
I told the lads to enjoy it, we really have no chance and Monaco almost confirmed it when ***** cleared Sule off the line
Just over 10 minutes later Monaco confrmed my fears when Barboas met Toure's cross and beat Murphy in our goal. 1-0.
Five minutes later, Monaco concocted a stunning counter attack that ended with.. Keita blazing it over the bar. No such mistakes were made minutes later however when the clinical Barbosa doubled both Monaco's lead and his tally. Bollocks. 45th minute and Barbosa completed his hat trick. Monaco have had three shots on target, all three have gone in for f*cks sake.
A bollocking ensued and all of a sudden we started playing football and some nice play resulted in an excellent Tom Field cross and.... GOAL! THE COMEBACK IS ON
THE COMEBACK IS OFF as Balde Keita got in off the act and scoring Monaco's fourth, every shot on target has gone in. Tom Field then found himself in some space, whipped the ball in and Kevin Morgan slotted home! Amazing!!
And then, nothing happened. And we returned to the dressing room with a respectable 4-2 defeat and the respect of Europe. Good going, lads.
And when I say fighting it out, I mean we're going to get absolutely pumped by a world class team.
This Monaco side are full of world class players. Geronimo Rulli, Niklas Sule, Alessio Romagnoli, Thiago Alcantara, Alessandro Florenzi, Bernardo Silva, Balde Keita and Gabriel Barbosa!
We, on the other hand, are relying on an attacking trio that cost €30,000.
To put it in perspective, I will list the club we bought our starting XI off/their last club compared to Monaco's.
MONACO: Real Sociedad, Academy, Hoffenheim, AC Milan, AS Roma, Valencia, Bayern Munich, AS Roma, Benfica, Lazio, Inter
ST PATRICK'S: Celtic, Celtic, Shelbourne, Shelbourne, Brentford, Dungannon Swifts, Dundee, Celtic, Reading, Aberystwyth, Glenavon
Spot the f*cking difference. I have a feeling this is where it all ends, how on Earth did we hold them to a 1-0 win (for them) at the Aviva Stadium.
Still, this is doable, 1 goal for us could unsettle our hosts, and boy do they need unsettling. We really are relying on O'Neill and Morgan here.
I told the lads to enjoy it, we really have no chance and Monaco almost confirmed it when ***** cleared Sule off the line
Just over 10 minutes later Monaco confrmed my fears when Barboas met Toure's cross and beat Murphy in our goal. 1-0.
Five minutes later, Monaco concocted a stunning counter attack that ended with.. Keita blazing it over the bar. No such mistakes were made minutes later however when the clinical Barbosa doubled both Monaco's lead and his tally. Bollocks. 45th minute and Barbosa completed his hat trick. Monaco have had three shots on target, all three have gone in for f*cks sake.
A bollocking ensued and all of a sudden we started playing football and some nice play resulted in an excellent Tom Field cross and.... GOAL! THE COMEBACK IS ON
THE COMEBACK IS OFF as Balde Keita got in off the act and scoring Monaco's fourth, every shot on target has gone in. Tom Field then found himself in some space, whipped the ball in and Kevin Morgan slotted home! Amazing!!
And then, nothing happened. And we returned to the dressing room with a respectable 4-2 defeat and the respect of Europe. Good going, lads.
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IJzerman and Camps were both sold for €400,000 each. IJzerman went to Shamrock Rovers and Camps went to Dundee. I brought in these youngsters with the money
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PHASE 1
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With our domestic dominance, I've decided against monthly updates in favour of splitting the league into three "Phases" of 11 league games a piece and whatever cup games come in between them
RESULTS
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As you can see, we've continued last season's dominance and have a 100% record in the league and have progressed in both the Leinster Senior Cup and EA Sports Cup. A huge 5-2 win over Dundalk in the President's Cup gave me my 16th trophy of my career
LEAGUE TABLE
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Our incredible run coupled with our rivals' inability to find form has led to an extraordinary 14 point lead after 11 games.
TOP 5 PERFORMERS
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TONY O'NEILL
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Tony has, as ever, been in scintillating form. 19 goals in 19 appearances in all competitions so far for the Northern Irishman and an astounding 12 goals in 11 league games means interest in his services continues to grow
KEVIN MORGAN
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7 goals and 4 assists in 18 appearances in all competitions is pretty good going for the attacking midfielder, as well as a pass completion of 84% and an average rating of 7.33 as he attempts to break into the Wales squad
JORDAN THOMPSON
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Not to be outdone by his attacking midfield partner, Jordan has scored 8 in 12 and has grabbed 2 assists since joining from Rangers. He's scored 4 goals in 8 league games and will only improve as he continues to settle
TOM FIELD
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Tom has been a vital, if understated member of the team since joining from Brentford 2 years ago and provides vital width to a very narrow side. His 7 assists in 15 appearances are testament to this
SCOTT WILSON
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And last but not least, Mr Scott Wilson. The Northern Irish midfield maestro has been in inspired form this season, scoring 4 goals in 19 appearances, 3 of which in the league which has matched his record haul. He is also averaging a 7.61 in the league and has become a regular for Northern Ireland.
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With our domestic dominance, I've decided against monthly updates in favour of splitting the league into three "Phases" of 11 league games a piece and whatever cup games come in between them
RESULTS
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As you can see, we've continued last season's dominance and have a 100% record in the league and have progressed in both the Leinster Senior Cup and EA Sports Cup. A huge 5-2 win over Dundalk in the President's Cup gave me my 16th trophy of my career
LEAGUE TABLE
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Our incredible run coupled with our rivals' inability to find form has led to an extraordinary 14 point lead after 11 games.
TOP 5 PERFORMERS
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TONY O'NEILL
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Tony has, as ever, been in scintillating form. 19 goals in 19 appearances in all competitions so far for the Northern Irishman and an astounding 12 goals in 11 league games means interest in his services continues to grow
KEVIN MORGAN
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7 goals and 4 assists in 18 appearances in all competitions is pretty good going for the attacking midfielder, as well as a pass completion of 84% and an average rating of 7.33 as he attempts to break into the Wales squad
JORDAN THOMPSON
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Not to be outdone by his attacking midfield partner, Jordan has scored 8 in 12 and has grabbed 2 assists since joining from Rangers. He's scored 4 goals in 8 league games and will only improve as he continues to settle
TOM FIELD
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Tom has been a vital, if understated member of the team since joining from Brentford 2 years ago and provides vital width to a very narrow side. His 7 assists in 15 appearances are testament to this
SCOTT WILSON
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And last but not least, Mr Scott Wilson. The Northern Irish midfield maestro has been in inspired form this season, scoring 4 goals in 19 appearances, 3 of which in the league which has matched his record haul. He is also averaging a 7.61 in the league and has become a regular for Northern Ireland.
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I think its fair to say that I've been a pretty decent manager for St Patrick's
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