Derry City and Shamrock Rovers chasing opener

BBC News

23-05-2025

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Date: 20:59 BST
Title: Post
Content: Derry City 0-0 Shamrock Rovers
Jack Byrne sends a Shamrock Rovers corner from the right into the area but Michael Duffy clears for Derry.
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Date: 20:54 BST
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Michael Duffy wins a corner for Derry City which Shane Ferguson swings into the area but Aaron Greene heads clear.
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Date: 20:50 BST
Title: Back underway
Content: Derry City 0-0 Shamrock Rovers
Jack Byrne gets the ball rolling and the second half is underway.
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Date: 20:40 BST
Title: Look who's back!
Content: Derry City 0-0 Shamrock Rovers (HT)
There's a big crowd packed in the Brandywell tonight for this top-two clash, including one of their former players.
James McClean, a title winner with his home club Derry City in 2010, is back to see this one after helping Wrexham win promotion in the the EFL Championship next season.
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Date: 20:34 BST
Title: HALF-TIME
Content: Derry City 0-0 Shamrock Rovers
A scrappy but competitive half of football between the league's two top sides.
Derry will feel they shaded the exchanges with the only real chance that one that fell to Liam Boyce.
Here's hoping for goals in the second half!!
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Date: 20:32 BST
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There will be one minute of additional time at the end of this first half.
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Date: 20:29 BST
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Derry City win a free around 40 yards from goal and just a little left of centre.
Shane Ferguson swings it into the area and over the heads of everyone.
Goal-kick for Shamrock Rovers.
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Date: 20:20 BST
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Shamrock Rovers are having their best spell of the match so far.
Graham Burke tries a shot but it's down the throat of Brian Maher who easily gathers.
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Date: 20:18 BST
Title: Derry's last home league win over Shamrock Rovers
Content: Derry City 0-0 Shamrock Rovers
Derry City have failed to claim a league win over Shamrock Rovers in their last eight attempts.
Their last win coming on the 25th of February 2022 thanks to a 93rd minute winner from then Candystripe striker Jamie McGonigle.
The Derry boss on that night was Ruaidhri Higgins who like the matchwinner that night McGonigle plies his trade at Irish Premiership side Coleraine.
Jamie McGonigle celebrates scoring Derry City's winner against Shamrock Rovers in their last win over the Dublin club at Brandywell.
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Date: 20:15 BST
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Liam Boyce goes down in the area and the home fans want a penalty but referee Marc Lynch quickly waves away any protests on the pitch.
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Date: 20:13 BST
Title: CLOSE!
Content: Derry City 0-0 Shamrock Rovers
Gavin Whyte drives at the heart of the Shamrock Rovers defence and enters the box before squaring to Liam Boyce who in a tangle of bodies has his effort send away for a corner.
It was a bit like Brennan Johnson's effort in the Europa League final but it went to the wrong side of the post for Derry on this occasion.
The resulting corner falls to Shane Ferguson but his left footed effort goes to the right and wide.
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Date: 20:08 BST
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Derry City win their third corner of the night as Michael Duffy's driven cross is headed behind Daniel Cleary.
Ferguson swings in the corner and once again Clearly, well, clears.
I suppose it's in the name...
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Date: 20:06 BST
Title: SUBSTITUTION
Content: Derry City 0-0 Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers make the first change of the night after just 18 minutes as Josh Honohan replaces Cory O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan had already been booked and committed a foul since that yellow card so maybe a wise call from Stephen Bradley.
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Date: 20:01 BST
Title: YELLOW CARD
Content: Derry City 0-0 Shamrock Rovers
Derry City striker Liam Boyce is shown a yellow card for a foul on Roberto Lopes.
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Date: 19:59 BST
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Cory O'Sullivan stops a Derry break with another foul on Gavin Whyte.
The home crowd want a second yellow card for the Rovers defender.
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Date: 19:57 BST
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Shamrock Rovers win their first corner of the game thanks to good work from former Celtic defender Adam Matthews.
Jack Byrne swings it into the area but Daniel Cleary fires well over the crossbar.
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Date: 19:54 BST
Title: YELLOW CARD
Content: Derry City 0-0 Shamrock Rovers
Cory O'Sullivan, the Shamrock Rovers left-back, goes into the book for a foul on Gavin Whyte.
Whyte has beaten him three times already!
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Date: 19:50 BST
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Gavin Whyte wins another corner for the home team down the right hand side.
Shane Ferguson swings it deep into the area but it is cleared by Rovers who appeared to have a real break on before Adam O'Reilly foiled the attack.
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Date: 19:48 BST
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Gavin Whyte wins an early corner for Derry which Shane Ferguson swings into the area.
Michael Duffy tries an acrobatic effort but Rovers scramble and clear their lines.
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Date: 19:46 BST
Title: KICK-OFF
Content: Derry City 0-0 Shamrock Rovers
Derry City get us underway through Carl Winchester.