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The 42
09-08-2025
- Sport
- The 42
John Martin key again as Shels fight back to frustrate Bohemians
Shelbourne 2 Bohemians 2 Paul Buttner reports from Tolka Park JOHN MARTIN, their match-winner in Europe last Wednesday, proved the man of the moment once again for Shelbourne with a 90th-minute equaliser as this rip-roaring north-Dublin derby ended all square at Tolka Park. Trailing to Dawson Devoy's 77th-minute lead for the visitors, Shelbourne pinned Bohemians back in their final third as they chased hard to recover something from the game. That they duly did right on 90 minutes. Sean Gannon's arced delivery was met by substitute Martin, whose stooping header arrowed to the net past Kacper Chorazka. In a thrilling finish to mirror the game's start, Bohemians might still have won it three minutes into added time. A loose pass by Kerr McInroy gave Gypsies' substitute Douglas James-Taylor a clear run on goal from his half. Shelbourne goalkeeper Wessel Speel ensured the game finished level with a fine save from the striker's attempted chip over him. The point sees Bohemians regain second place behind leaders Shamrock Rovers, who can stretch their lead at the top to 12 points should they win at Galway United on Sunday. Reigning champions Shelbourne remain fifth. With no love lost between these north city rivals, we had a yellow card after just 30 seconds; Shels' skipper Mark Coyle leaving his studs on the foot of Bohs captain Devoy. Advertisement That certainly signalled Shelbourne's intent, and they were in front on three minutes from their first attack. Rob Cornwall's weak header from an Ellis Chapman deflected cross dropped for Mipo Odubeko. The big striker's ball back across was met by Daniel Kelly, who blasted into the roof of the net. If not frantic enough already, the intensity levels increased four minutes later when Shels' defender Gannon received a booking for flooring Connor Parsons off the ball in front of the dugouts. That led to a heated bout of verbals from the respective benches with Bohs' boss Alan Reynolds and Shels' coach David McAllister entering referee Rob Hennessy's book. The frenetic action continued apace with Bohemians delighting their 1,000-strong following in the Ballybough end by equalising on 10 minutes when punishing a defensive error. Shelbourne centre-back Lewis Temple failed to get sufficient purchase on his back pass to Speel. Wide awake to opportunity, winger Parsons stole in to toe the ball over the line. Back at the other end, an acrobatic tip-over save from Chorazka was then needed to deny Odubeko's drive from the edge of the area. There were further bookings for Shels' Cameron Ledwidge and Sean Moore, while Devoy and Adam McDonnell of Bohemians also received yellow cards before half-time. The second half opened as the first had with Shelbourne close to regaining the lead two minutes in. Winger Kelly's superb ball found Odubeko in the area to spin Leigh Kavanagh, only to see his drive strike Chorazka in the face. With a little of the fire having gone out of the game, play went a trifle flat for a period. The sides swapped half chances through Dayle Rooney and Ledwidge before Bohemians struck for the lead on 77 minutes. Devoy, the architect of much that has been good about their season, ran in behind down the inside-right channel to receive Rooney's pass. Cleverly turning past Odubeko, the Gypsies' number 10's left-foot shot took a deflection off Temple to beat Speel. It wasn't to prove the winner, though, with Martin salvaging the evening for Shelbourne. A welcome confidence boost ahead of a big night on Tuesday when they defend a 2-1 lead in their Europa League third qualifying round tie with Croatians Rijeka. Shelbourne: Speel; Gannon, Temple, Ledwidge; Coyle (Lunney, 62), Chapman (McInroy, 81); Kelly (Norris, 73), Moore (Martin, 62), Coote (Wood, 62), Caffrey; Odubeko. Bohemians: Chorazka; Morahan, Kavanagh (Tierney, 87), Cornwall, Flores; Devoy, McDonnell; Rooney (Smith, 87), Tierney, Parsons (James-Taylor, 65); Clarke (Byrne, 87). Referee: Rob Hennessy (Clare). Attendance: 5,474.
Irish Examiner
09-08-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Shels and Bohs share the spoils after late drama at Tolka Park
SSE Airtricity Premier Division: Shelbourne 2 Bohemians 2 John Martin, their match-winner in Europe last Wednesday, proved the man of the moment once again for Shelbourne with a 90th minute equaliser as this rip-roaring north-Dublin derby ended all square at Tolka Park. Trailing to Dawson Devoy's 77th minute goal for the visitors, Shelbourne pinned Bohemians back in their final third as they chased hard to recover something from the game. That they duly did right on 90 minutes. Sean Gannon's arced delivery was met by substitute Martin whose stooping header arrowed to the net past Kacper Chorazka. In a thrilling finish to mirror the game's start, Bohemians might still have won it three minutes into added time. A loose pass by Kerr McInroy gave Gypsies' substitute Douglas James-Taylor a clear run on goal from his own half. Shelbourne goalkeeper Wessel Speel ensured the game finished level with a fine save from striker's attempted chip over him. The point sees Bohemians regain second place behind leaders Shamrock Rovers who can stretch their lead at the top to 12 points should they win at Galway United on Sunday. Champions Shelbourne remain fifth. With no love lost between these north city rivals, we had a yellow card after just 30 seconds; Shels' skipper Mark Coyle leaving his studs on the foot of Bohs captain Devoy. That certainly signalled Shelbourne's intent and they were in front on three minutes from their first attack. Rob Cornwall's weak header from an Ellis Chapman deflected cross dropped for Mipo Odubeko. The big striker's ball back across was met by Daniel Kelly who blasted to the roof of the net. If not frantic enough already, the intensity levels increased four minutes later when Shels' defender Gannon received a booking for flooring Connor Parsons off the ball in front of the dugouts. That led to a heated bout of verbals from the respective benches with Bohs' boss Alan Reynolds and Shels' coach David McAllister entering referee Rob Hennessy's book. The frenetic action continued apace with Bohemians delighting their 1,000-strong following in the Ballybough end by equalising on 10 minutes when punishing a defensive error. Shelbourne centre-back Lewis Temple failed to get sufficient purchase on his back pass to Speel. Wide awake to opportunity, winger Parsons stole in to toe the ball over the line. Back at the other end, an acrobatic tip-over save from Chorazka was then needed to deny Odubeko's drive from the edge of the area. There were further bookings for Shels' Cameron Ledwidge and Sean Moore while Devoy and Adam McDonnell of Bohemians also received yellow cards before half-time. The second half opened as had the first with Shelbourne coming close to regaining the lead two minutes in. Winger Kelly's superb ball found Odubeko in the area to spin Leigh Kavanagh only to see his drive strike Chorazka in the face. With a little of the fire having gone out of the game, play went a trifle flat for a period. The sides swapped half chances through Dayle Rooney and Ledwidge before Bohemians struck for the lead on 77 minutes. Devoy, the architect of much that has been good about their season, ran in behind down the inside-right channel to receive Rooney's pass. Cleverly turning past Odubeko, the Gypsies' number 10's left-foot shot took a deflection off Temple to beat Speel. It wasn't to prove the winner, though, with Martin salvaging the evening for Shelbourne. A welcome confidence boost ahead of a big night on Tuesday when they defend a 2-1 lead in their Europa League third qualifying round tie with Croatians Rijeka. SHELBOURNE: Speel; Gannon, Temple, Ledwidge; Coyle (Lunney, 62), Chapman (McInroy, 81); Kelly (Norris, 73), Moore (Martin, 62), Coote (Wood, 62), Caffrey; Odubeko. BOHEMIANS: Chorazka; Morahan, Kavanagh (Tierney, 87), Cornwall, Flores; Devoy, McDonnell; Rooney (Smith, 87), Tierney, Parsons (James-Taylor, 65); Clarke (Byrne, 87). Referee: Rob Hennessy (Clare). Attendance: 5,474.
The 42
02-08-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Drogheda earn smash-and-grab victory at Bohs
Bohemians 0 Drogheda United 1 Paul Buttner reports from Dalymount Park JOSH THOMAS was sprung from the bench to score a late winner as Drogheda United maintained their hoodoo over Bohemians with this smash-and-grab victory — a third in a row at Dalymount Park. With Drogheda defending tenaciously as Bohs all but owned the ball throughout the second half, the Boynesiders struck on the counter-attack on 86 minutes. Conor Keeley, imperious in the heart of Drogheda's defence throughout, broke forward to thread a pass straight down the middle for the run of Thomas. The striker, making his first appearance in the league since scoring in the 3-0 win over Sligo Rovers back in February, used his power and pace to hold off the challenge of both Rob Cornwall and Niall Morahan to skip between them and dink his shot past Kacper Chorazka. It's now just one win over Drogheda from their last seven meetings for Bohemians, who controlled much of the play here but lacked a real cutting edge in the final third against Kevin Doherty's resilient side. Advertisement While Drogheda move level on 41 points with third-placed Derry City, Shamrock Rovers were potentially the other winners here; a victory over Derry at Tallaght Stadium on Sunday evening will put them 10 points clear at the top of the table with 10 games to play. Missing their chief summer signing, ex-Drogheda striker Douglas James-Taylor, due to illness, sloppiness almost saw Bohs punished inside four minutes when Cian Byrne was dispossessed by an alert Dare Kareem. The big Drogheda striker surged forward, his drive just lacking sufficient venom to seriously trouble Chorazka, who saved comfortably. In a helter-skelter opening, Bohs threatened for the first time after 15 minutes. A delightful piece of magic from Dawson Devoy saw the skipper thread a sublime pass through for Ross Tierney. Racing off his line, Luke Dennison made himself big to deflect the volley out for a corner. A Conor Kane long throw soon caused Bohs issues at the other end, the ball was nodded back by James Bolger for Keeley to dip a volley on the turn just over the Gypsies' crossbar. Bohs had further worries minutes later. Kane's free kick into their area wasn't fully cleared, with Andy Quinn's scuffed shot saved by Chorazka. Bohs dominated the ball from the resumption, Keeley rescuing Drogheda eight minutes in with a vital touch to deflect James Clarke's effort out for a corner following a neat one-two with Collie Whelan. The home faithful were then on their feet, thinking Bohs had taken the lead on 72 minutes. Tierney's powerful volley from Connor Parson's cross had merely found the side-netting. But it was Drogheda's raucous following who would almost lift the roof off the Mono stand four minutes from the end of regulation time to salute Thomas's winner. Bohemians: Chorazka; Byrne (Buckley, 71), Cornwall (Stods, 90), Flores; Rooney, Morahan, Devoy, Parsons (Brennan, 80); Tierney, Clarke; Whelan (McDonnell, 80). Drogheda United: Dennison; Lambe, Quinn, Keeley, Bolger (Cooper, 87), Kane; Heeney (Farrell, 77), Brennan (O'Sullivan, 87); Markey; Oluwa (Davis, 63), Kareem (Thomas, 63). Referee: Paul Norton (Dublin). Attendance: 4,372.
Irish Examiner
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Super sub Josh Thomas secured Drogheda United important win away at Bohemians
Bohemians 0 Drogheda United 1 Josh Thomas was sprung for the bench to score a late winner as Drogheda United maintained their hoodoo over Bohemians with this smash-and-grab victory, their third in a row at Dalymount Park. With Drogheda defending tenaciously as Bohs all but owned the ball throughout the second half, the Boynesiders struck on the counterattack on 86 minutes. Conor Keeley, imperious in the heart of Drogheda's defence throughout, broke forward to thread a pass straight down the middle for the run of Thomas. The striker, making his first appearance in the league since scoring in the 3-0 win over Sligo Rovers back in February, used his power and pace to hold off the challenge of both Rob Cornwall and Niall Morahan to skip between them and dink his shot past Kacper Chorazka. It's now just one win over Drogheda from their last seven meetings for Bohemians who controlled much of the play here but lacked a real cutting edge in the final third against Kevin Doherty's resilient side. While Drogheda move level on 41 points with third-placed Derry City, Shamrock Rovers were potentially the other winners here, a victory over Derry at Tallaght Stadium on Sunday evening will put them 10 points clear at the top of the table with 10 games to play. Missing their chief summer signing, ex-Drogheda striker Douglas James-Taylor due to illness, sloppiness almost saw Bohs punished inside four minutes when Cian Byrne was dispossessed by an alert Dare Kareem. The big Drogheda striker surged forward, his drive just lacking sufficient venom to seriously trouble Chorazka who saved comfortably. In a helter-skelter opening, Bohs threatened for the first time on 15 minutes. A delightful piece of magic from Dawson Devoy saw the skipper thread a sublime pass through for Ross Tierney. Racing off his line, Luke Dennison made himself big to deflect the volley out for a corner. A Conor Kane long throw soon caused Bohs issues at the other end, the ball nodded back by James Bolger for Keeley to dip a volley on the turn just over the Gypsies' crossbar. Bohs had further worries minutes later. Kane's free kick into their area wasn't fully cleared with Andy Quinn's scuffed shot saved by Chorazka. Bohs dominated the ball from the resumption, Keeley rescuing Drogheda eight minutes in with a vital touch to deflect James Clarke's effort out for a corner following a neat one-two with Collie Whelan. The home faithful were then on their feet thinking Bohs had taken the lead on 72 minutes. Tierney's powerful volley from Connor Parson's cross had merely found the side-netting. But it was Drogheda's raucous following who would almost lift the roof off the Mono stand four minutes from the end of regulation time to salute Thomas's winner. Bohemians: Chorazka; Byrne (Buckley, 71), Cornwall (Stods, 90), Flores; Rooney, Morahan, Devoy, Parsons (Brennan, 80); Tierney, Clarke; Whelan (McDonnell, 80). Drogheda United: Dennison; Lambe, Quinn, Keeley, Bolger (Cooper, 87), Kane; Heeney (Farrell, 77), Brennan (O'Sullivan, 87); Markey; Oluwa (Davis, 63), Kareem (Thomas, 63). Referee: Paul Norton (Dublin). Attendance: 4,372.
Belfast Telegraph
25-07-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Derry City forced to settle for home draw with Bohemians in clash marred by off-pitch disorder
While the Candystripes and Bohemians played out a 1-1 draw on the pitch, there were ugly scenes outside the ground with clashes between numerous masked youths and damage done to property and cars in the vicinity. Shamrock Rovers were the real winners on the night with the draw suiting neither team; the League leaders benefiting without kicking a ball. New Derry striker Dipo Akinyemi was certainly making his presence felt on his first appearance at the Brandywell as he was involved in everything positive for the home side, testing Kacper Chorazka twice before skilfully flicking the ball into the path of Michael Duffy, who drilled a shot just wide from 20 yards. The game was held up for five minutes at the half-hour mark when a flare was thrown onto the pitch, causing a hold-up in play. The home side had the best chance of the game in added-time at the end of the first-half when Liam Boyce's ball over the top sent Akinyemi in on goal, but the striker was denied his first goal for the club by Chorazka, who stuck out his left leg to keep the ball out. But Akinyemi didn't have to wait long as, four minutes into the five added-on, he was on hand to give Derry the lead, getting on the end of a brilliant cross from debutant Brandon Fleming to head the home side into the lead from close range. Bohs were lucky to get into the break just a goal down as City very nearly struck again just 60 seconds later; this time Liam Boyce got in behind, and while he was denied a shot, he turned back to find Diallo, who drilled an effort left-footed just wide of the target. The half-time break came at the perfect time for Bohs, who needed some respite, and they made the most of it, coming out for the second-half on steadier feet and levelling just seven minutes into the half. James Clarke ran in behind and held firm under pressure until he played the ball across the face of goal for Ross Tierney to volley the ball high into the roof of the net to make it 1-1. The home side struggled to respond from that setback until 10 minutes from time when Duffy crossed for substitute Robbie Benson, who floated a header agonisingly past the upright with Chorazka beaten at full stretch. That was the start of a late push from Derry, and Chorazka had to be alert and strong to push away a volley from Danny Mullen after the ball had broken into the path of the substitute. But it was too little, too late for the home side who paid the price for a lacklustre second-half, unable to win either of their two games in hand over the leaders in what has been a frustrating few weeks for Tiernan Lynch and his players. Derry City: Maher, R Boyce (Benson 69), Bannon, Connolly, Todd, Fleming, Diallo (Frizzell 90), Winchester, Duffy, L Boyce (Mullen 69), Akinyemi (O'Reilly 57). Bohemians: Chorazka, Mountney (Smith 67), Byrne, Kavanagh, Flores, Devoy, Morahan; McDonell (Parsons 74), Rooney, Clarke (Whelan 74), Tierney. Man of the Match: Brandon Fleming (Derry City) Match rating: 6/10
