13.00 29 May 2010 - Dalymount Park
Referee:
Bohemians 0 - 0 Shamrock Rovers
- Simon O'Gorman
- Sat, May 29 2010
A frantic final ten minutes disguised what was, for the most part, a very ordinary Dublin derby as Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers played out a scoreless draw at Dalymount Park on Saturday afternoon.
The opening stages of this game were predictably low on drama. Two evenly matched teams and a tense occasion is often a recipe for stalemate, and so it was here. Rovers’ three man midfield was well marshalled by Paul Keegan and Glen Cronin and with both defensive lines looking focused and alert there were no real chances until the latter stages of the opening half.
It wasn’t bad football, there was little sign of the nervousness that
can blight derby games, but it was uninspired.
Killian Brennan flung in a trio of frees which all curled in towards
Rovers’ back post but all were well covered by the excellent Dan
Murray and Craig Sives.
Only with ten minutes remaining in the first half did the game begin
to feel in any way dangerous. Bohemians were starting to dominate and
a headed clearance from Sives fell to Mark Quigley whose shot was
parried by Alan Manus in the Rovers goal and subsequently cleared by
Robert Bayly.
Jason Byrne started to drop deeper seeking possession and Glen Cronin
was proving a more positive influence in the centre. In the 44th
minute Quigley dispossessed Sives and fed Byrne but he snatched at his
shot when well placed and the first half ended scoreless.
The second half started brightly and James Chambers put Thomas Stewart
through in the opening minute. But Barry Murphy came out decisively
and cleared. Thereafter the functional football returned, the most
impressive play coming from Paul Keegan, always in the right place to
disrupt Rovers attempts to push forwards.
With an hour played Chris Turner came on for Dennehy, who had become
increasingly marginalised under the watchful eye of Brian Shelley. But
it was the home side who looked the more threatening.
Anto Murphy replaced Rossiter on the right side of midfield and with
Brennan becoming ever more expressive on the left and both Quigley and
Byrne testing the Rovers defence, it looked like the visitors might
crack.
Alan Manus held a Brennan header and Chambers deflected a Mark
Rossiter volley over the Rovers bar. Then, on 70 minutes a Keegan
corner was flicked on by Murphy and fell to Brennan who sent a bicycle
kick into the arms of Manus.
It was all beginning to hot up when, in the 80th minute, Dessie Baker
(on for Chambers) suddenly changed the direction of the tide. He
played Pat Flynn in on the right and then met the full back’s cross.
Ken Oman got his head in the way and deflected the ball onto the
crossbar before McGuinness blocked Stewart’s follow up.
Another Baker shot sparked loud appeals for a penalty before Anto
Murphy, more by luck than judgement, scooped a corner ball off the
Bohs line. Finally, in added time, a chance fell to Chris Turner at
the far post but his volley was well saved by Barry Murphy.
In the dying moments a Bohemians attack broke down and Sean O’Connor
took off in the opposite direction only to be cynically taken out by
Glen Cronin, an act that earned a deserved yellow card. It was an
incident that would be revisited after the final whistle.
The frantic ending was blown up by referee Dave McKeon after four
minutes of added time and a session of derby handbags ensued as the
two teams squared up around a confrontation between Glen Cronin and
Sean O’Connor. It was an incident that was resurrected during the warm
down too, but when the dust has settled it is Shamrock Rovers who will
be more pleased with the game and the valuable point gained.
Bohemians: Barry Murphy; Brian Shelley, Jason McGuinness, Ken
Oman, Conor Powell; Mark Rossiter (Anto Murphy, 66), Paul Keegan, Glen
Cronin, Killian Brennan; Mark Quigley, Jason Byrne (Paddy Madden, 83),
65).
Subs not used: Chris O’Connor, Stephen Gray,
Ruaidhri Higgins
Bookings: Jason McGuinness (68), Killian Brennan (89), Glenn
Cronin (92).
Shamrock Rovers: Alan Manus; Pat Flynn, Craig Sives, Dan
Murray, Danny Murphy; Sean O’Connor (Paddy Kavanagh, 93), Stephen
Rice, Robert Bayly, James Chambers (Dessie Baker, 72), Billy Dennehy
(Chris Turner, 61); Thomas Stewart.
Subs not used:
Robert Duggan, Aidan Price
Bookings: Pat Flynn (60), Sean O’Connor (80).
extratime.ie Man of the Match: Paul Keegan.
Referee: Dave McKeon
Attendance:3,800
(estimate).
About Simon O'Gorman
Simon O'Gorman began reporting for Extratime in 2010. He remembers Milltown and Flower Lodge and, back in the mists of time, saw Diego Maradona play at Lansdowne Road. He now lives in Co Kildare and …
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Subs
P | Team | Pd | W | D | L | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shamrock R | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 67 |
2 | Bohs | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 67 |
3 | Sligo | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 63 |
4 | Fingal | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 62 |
5 | St Patrick's Athl. | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 57 |
6 | Dundalk | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 48 |
7 | UCD | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 41 |
8 | Galway United (ex) | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 38 |
9 | Bray | 36 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 |
10 | Drogheda | 36 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 21 |
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