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The Irish Sun
3 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
Shelbourne's title defence continues to stutter as Ali Coote saves draw against Cork City in Premier Division clash
SHELBOURNE'S title defence continues to flounder despite an Ali Coote moment of magic that grabbed a point against Cork City. The relegation-threatened Leesiders were dominant for long spells until Seáni Maguire found the net before the hour mark. 2 Seani Maguire put Cork City in frotn against Shelbourne Credit: Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile 2 Damien Duff's team were saved by Ali Coote Credit: Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile But City have not beaten Shels since 2013 and have not kept a clean sheet all season — and those records remain after Coote's sublime finish in front of 2,821 fans at Turner's Cross. Shels move up a spot to fifth for the mid-season break. Ninth-placed City edge a point above bottom side Sligo Rovers after ending a run of four straight defeats. Ger Nash's programme notes declared the City hotseat as 'the biggest job in the League of Ireland' ahead of his first home game in charge. The 38-year-old welcomed back Maguire for his first start in almost three months, while despite experienced pair Seán Gannon and Paddy Barrett becoming available, Read More on League of Ireland Nash was up and down the steps of the Derrynane Road Stand as he watched his team control the opening half. Cathal O'Sullivan and Milan Mbeng showed their trickery by nutmegging defenders, while Evan McLaughlin ran the show in midfield alongside Seán Murray. Maguire had an early penalty appeal fall on deaf ears and Freddie Anderson headed a couple of corners towards goal. But his best attempt saw Josh Fitzpatrick get in the way of the ball. In the 27th minute, Fitzpatrick battled to tee up McLaughlin for a dipping long-range strike that clipped the crossbar on its way over. Most read in Football Then, a rehearsed free-kick routine from McLaughlin saw Charlie Lyons denied at the front post by stand-in keeper Lorcan Healy. Maguire had one shot blocked by Kameron Ledwidge before stabbing at another effort. Cork City fans watch League of Ireland clash against Dundalk in cinema Play was delayed due to a drone hovering over Turner's Cross before Shels' only chance of the half arrived. John Martin's hard work set up John O'Sullivan but Lyons headed his shot away to safety . It was Shels' sole shot against City's 11 in the first half. Duff showed his displeasure with three half-time substitutions. Barrett and James Norris were called upon to bolster their defence. Mipo Odubeko came on to partner Martin up front. Odubeko soon got off a couple of scruffy shots. But City had their deserved goal in the 57th minute. Fitzpatrick won the ball from a loose Odubeko touch. Mbeng then went on a charge down the right and stood up a brilliant cross for Maguire to rise above Mark Coyle to head home. A third goal of the season for the ex-Ireland international. Odubeko could not find the target with a free header but Shels were level by the 71st minute. Coyle and Odubeko were involved but the goal was all about Coote. The substitute turned into space on the edge of the box before drilling a perfect low finish into the net via the far post. And Coote could have doubled his account within a minute but for a brave Lyons block. But the hosts had a big opportunity to win it on 90 minutes when Rio Shipston's fierce shot was palmed away by Healy. SUN STAR MAN Evan McLaughlin (Cork). CORK CITY : Troost 6; Mbeng 8, Anderson 6, Lyons 7, Crowley 6; O'Sullivan 7 (Nolan 89, 6), S Murray 7 (Shipston 73, 6), McLaughlin 8, Fitzpatrick 7 (Dijksteel 73, 6); Maguire 7 (Bolger 66, 6), Daniels 7. SHELBOURNE : Healy 7; Coyle 6, Ledwidge 7, Wilson 6 (Barrett 46, 6); O'Sullivan 6 (Norris 46, 6), Lunney 6, McInroy 7, Caffrey 6; Chapman 6 (Coote 65, 7), Wood 5 (Odubeko 46, 6); Martin 6 (Kelly 82, 6). REFEREE : M Lynch (Galway) 6.
RTÉ News
3 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Ali Coote magic resuces point for Shelbourne on Leeside
Shelbourne's title defence continues to flounder despite an Ali Coote moment of magic to grab a point against Cork City. The relegation-threatened Leesiders were dominant for long spells until Seani Maguire found the net before the hour mark. But City haven't beaten their Dublin rivals since 2013, and haven't kept a clean sheet all season. Those records remained after Coote's sublime finish in front of 2,821 fans at Turner's Cross. Shels move up a spot to fifth for the mid-season break. Ninth-placed City edge a point above bottom side Sligo Rovers. Ger Nash's programme notes declared the City hotseat as "the biggest job in the League of Ireland" ahead of his first home game in charge. The 38-year-old welcomed back Maguire for his first start in almost three months. Despite Seán Gannon and Paddy Barrett's returns, Damien Duff opted for an unchanged starting XI. Nash was up and down the steps of the Derrynane Road Stand as he watched his team control the opening half. Cathal O'Sullivan and Milan Mbeng showed their trickery by nutmegging defenders. Evan McLaughlin ran the show in midfield alongside Seán Murray. Maguire had an early penalty appeal fall on deaf ears. Freddie Anderson headed a couple of corners towards goal. However, his best attempt saw Josh Fitzpatrick get in the way of the ball. In the 27th minute, Fitzpatrick battled to tee up McLaughlin for a dipping long-range strike. Shels were breathing a hefty sigh of relief as it clipped the crossbar on its way over. Then, a rehearsed free-kick routine from McLaughlin saw Charlie Lyons denied at the front post by stand-in keeper Lorcan Healy. Maguire had one shot blocked by Kameron Ledwidge before stabbing at another effort, which he should've taken on his left. Play was delayed due to a drone hovering over Turner's Cross before Shels' best chance of the half arrived. John Martin's hard work set up John O'Sullivan, but Lyons headed his shot away to safety. It was Shels' only shot against City's 11 in the first half. Duff showed his displeasure with three half-time substitutions. Barrett and James Norris were called upon to bolster their defence. Mipo Odubeko came on to partner Martin up front with Tyreke Wilson, John O'Sullivan and Harry Wood all making way. The changes gave Shels a foothold as Odubeko got off a couple of scruffy shots. But City had their deserved goal in the 57th minute. Fitzpatrick won the ball from a loose Odubeko touch. Mbeng went on a charge down the right and stood up a brilliant cross for Maguire to rise above Mark Coyle to head home. A third goal of the season for the ex-Ireland international. Odubeko couldn't find the target with a free header, but Shels were level by the 71st minute. Odubeko and Coyle were involved, but the goal was all about Coote. The substitute turned into space on the edge of the box before drilling a perfect low finish into the net via the far post. Coote could've doubled his account within a minute, but for a brave Lyons block. Chances were few and far between for a finish. But the hosts had a cracking opportunity on 90 minutes when Rio Shipston's fierce shot was palmed away by Healy. Cork City: Tein Troost; Milan Mbeng, Freddie Anderson, Charlie Lyons, Darragh Crowley; Cathal O'Sullivan (Alex Nolan 89), Seán Murray (Rio Shipston 73), Evan McLaughlin, Josh Fitzpatrick (Malik Dijksteel 73); Seani Maguire (Greg Bolger 66), Djenairo Daniels. Shelbourne: Lorcan Healy; Mark Coyle, Kameron Ledwidge, Tyreke Wilson (Paddy Barrett 46); John O'Sullivan (James Norris 46), JJ Lunney, Kerr McInroy, Evan Caffrey; Ellis Chapman (Ali Coote 65), Harry Wood (Mipo Odubeko 46); John Martin (Daniel Kelly 82).
The Irish Sun
05-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Padraig Amond stuns Shelbourne as Damien Duff fumes over flat display in home defeat to Waterford
WATERFORD impressed watching new boss John Coleman but Damien Duff was less pleased with his charges. Advertisement 2 Waterford scored the only goal of the game, courtesy of Padraig Almond 2 Shelbourne manager Damien Duff was left fuming with his champions after the defeat Despite creating plenty of chances to equalise, It did not make them any better and, having been content to try and contain the opponents before the break, the Blues had the better chances in the second half and should have had a penalty. It means Shels have taken just two points from their last five games as their title challenge goes off the rails with Waterford winning three of their last four after a seven-game losing streak which saw Keith Long lose his job. The visitors hit the front with the first chance of the game when on-loan Conan Noonan swung in a free-kick from the right. Advertisement READ MORE ON FOOTBALL Amond found it too easy to climb above Kameron Ledwidge. Conor Kearns looked well positioned to save but succeeded only in pushing his header into the bottom corner. An attempted lob by the veteran was Waterford's only real other chance in the first half with Shels exerting considerable pressure. Evan Caffrey had an effort batted away, Kerr McInroy was just off target when a loose ball ricocheted to him at the edge of the box with Mipo Odubeko penalised when he caught Grant Horton when attempting a bicycle kick. Harry Wood then picked out the exWest Ham striker with a fine-through ball but the striker dragged his effort wide of the far post. Advertisement Most read in Football Exclusive Then, when a Kacper Radowski header dropped to Wood, he played a one-two with Odubeko. His left-foot shot was blocked by Darragh Leahy with his right-foot effort deflected wide by Ryan Burke. Burke also succeeded in taking another Wood effort off-target after Ellis Chapman had lofted the ball into him. 'Absolutely embarrassing' - Joey Barton does a Steve McClaren with French TV interview on return to Marseille_1 That was Chapman's last action as he, along with JJ Lunney, was hauled ashore with John Martin and Ali Coote sent on in their place. Their pair combined well with Coote crossing for Martin whose header was pushed away by Stephen McMullan, who was booked before half-time for time-wasting. Advertisement Odubeko also teed up Caffrey from close range but he scuffed his effort wide of the near post. The start of the second half saw fit-again Tyreke Wilson replace James Norris with Sam Bone and Dano Kelly - for his Shels debut - later introduced. But there was no noticeable improvement with both sides hitting the bar. Amond got away from Gannon and, after Mark Coyle blocked his first effort, he had another chance and dinked it for James Olayinka whose on-target effort was deflected onto the bar. Advertisement Waterford then had a strong penalty appeal turned down when Gannon's push on Tommy Lonergan was not spotted. Shels nearly nicked a point in stoppage time but Odubeko hit the bar with Wood's rebound going wide. SHELBOURNE 0 - 1 WATERFORD UNITED SUN STAR MAN: Pádraig Amond SHELBOURNE: Kearns 4; Gannon 6 (Bone 60, 6), Coyle 6, Ledwidge 5 (Kelly 74, 5); Caffrey 6, Wood 7, Lunney 5 (Coote 33, 6), McInroy 7, Norris 5 (Norris 46, ); Chapman 6 (Martin 33, 6); Odubeko 6. Advertisement WATERFORD: McMullan 7; Radkowski 6, Leahy 7, Burke 7; Horton 6, Glenfield 7 (McMenamy 73, 5), Olayinka 7 (McCormack 82, 5), White 6; Noonan 7; Amond 7, Lonergan 6 (Pouwels 78, 5). REFEREE: M Lynch (Galway) 6
The Irish Sun
25-04-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Playing against Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght Stadium has extra value for Shelbourne ace Mipo Odubeko
MIPO ODUBEKO used to be a ball boy at Shamrock Rovers and dreamed of being on the pitch. Tonight he will be, AGAINST the Hoops. Advertisement 2 He and Sean Boyd give opposition defenders a lot to think about 2 Jack Byrne is returning to his best form after putting his injury struggles behind him As champions Shelbourne visit, Tallaght lad Odubeko plays his first League of Ireland game in his home town this evening against the club that he used to watch. And while the ace striker has played in Tallaght for the Ireland Under-21s and scored in his only game there against Bosnia-Herzegovina, he admitted the venue will always be special. He said: 'If you got there early enough and you begged them hard enough, they'd let you be a ball boy at the games. 'Me and my mates would go two or three hours before kick-off and we'd get to be ball boys. Advertisement Read More On Irish Football 'I grew up loving football and they're my earliest experiences in football. 'I would have been about ten years old. I remember Gary Twigg, Stephen Rice and Billy Dennehy. 'But of course I'm a striker, so my favourite player was Gary Twigg.' Scottish striker Twigg spent four seasons in Tallaght scoring 81 league goals and remains one of the all-time great Hoops goalscorers. Advertisement Most read in Football Exclusive But Odubeko has found his own finishing come in for questioning since he returned to Dublin to join Shels after spells with Manchester City, Manchester United, West Ham, Maritimo and Fleetwood Town. Former Bohemians boss and How Arsenal can outsmart PSG in Champions League semi-final But he then claimed Odubeko is 'probably one of the worst finishers I have seen in Irish football'. Shels boss Damien Duff hit back, Advertisement The 22-year-old has scored three league goals and once in the President's Cup since his return. Those goals have included one back-flick, a toe-poke that Duff likened to a And Odubeko insisted Collins' comment was water off a duck's back. He said: 'A few people showed me what he said but I didn't really pay any attention to it. Advertisement 'Stuff like that just motivates me to get better and improve my finishing. "I'm not really paying much attention to it.'
Irish Times
25-04-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
League of Ireland goalscoring rates on the rise as strikers like Mipo Odubeko and Moses Dyer hit form
Mipo and Moses are heating up. Warren Davis and Owen Elding have also found their groove. And watch out for the lethal Michael Duffy swinging off the left for Derry City. Goals galore in the Premier Division. Mipo Odubeko, the Shelbourne striker, has been sharpening his blades, scoring twice in three matches since Damien Duff left him out of the starting line-up against Bohs earlier this month. Odubeko came off the bench to settle that match with a goal that his manager felt was made of equal parts 'emotion, relief and 'f**k off Duffer.'' READ MORE Dropping the 22-year-old lit a fuse under him. What jumps out from Odubeko's statistics is a whopping 47 shots in eight Premier Division starts. Only 15 hit the target. Three found the net. Besides Duffy's 32 efforts for Derry – 16 on target – nobody else comes close. 'It's fairly simple,' Odubeko explained, 'the more I shoot the more chance I have of scoring goals. It's just instinct.' Odubeko grew up with Robbie Keane's cousins, played for Keane's club Crumlin United and nowadays he is managed by the record Ireland goalscorer's supplier-in-chief. 'When we are doing extra finishing after training [Duff] is always banging on about the side foot [finish] – he calls it 'the Robbie Keane'.' Seán Boyd and Odubeko tend to start matches together up front, or finish them whenever Shels are chasing a winner. The older centre forward has contributed two goals and two assists so far this year, with the rangy pair racking up 89 touches in the box, which makes Friday night's Dublin derby in Tallaght, against the gladiatorial Shamrock Rovers defenders Pico Lopes and Daniel Cleary, unmissable television (live on Virgin Media Two). The quiet star of the show for Shelbourne has been attacking midfielder Evan Caffrey, with three goals and two assists while creating 18 chances and drawing 15 fouls. Much has been made about Rovers' inability to replace Johnny Kenny's 20 goals in 2024, with manager Stephen Bradley leaning towards 16-year-old Michael Noonan over the 35-year-old veterans Aaron Greene and Rory Gaffney. Uefa Conference League: Shamrock Rovers' Michael Noonan exploded on the scene with a goal on debut to secure a 1-0 away win against Molde of Norway. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho Noonan exploded on the scene with a goal on debut to secure a 1-0 away win against Molde of Norway before his 50-yard dribble and neat finish appeared to sink Bohs in Tallaght on Easter Monday, although Colm Whelan had other ideas. Odubeko aside, efficiency is the name of the game. Moses Dyer is having a career renaissance at Galway United with five goals, including a spectacular strike to beat Bohemians at Dalymount Park. The other front runners on five goals are Davis (20) for league leaders Drogheda United and English teenager Elding for relegation-threatened Sligo Rovers. Davis, like Duffy, is a left winger but Drogs manager Kevin Doherty has nudged him up alongside Thomas Oluwa with the result being four goals in his last five games. On Friday night at Eamonn Deacy Park, it is Davis versus Dyer to see who can take the outright lead on the scoring list. The other striker on five goals, Aidan Keena, has a hamstring injury but the 25-year-old's electric start to the season had Mason Melia playing second fiddle at Richmond Park. Away to Tottenham Hotspur in January, Melia is beginning to shine for St Patrick's Athletic, with an acrobatic finish in last Friday's 2-2 thriller against Rovers. It is also worth noting the special attention his reputation guarantees, winning 18 fouls in 11 appearances, according to . St Pat's visit Dalymount, where victory could send them top of the table if they squash the tentative revival of Bohemians under Alan Reynolds. Much was understandably made of 18-year-old Rhys Brennan's winner in Tallaght on Monday , but Bohs only began to turn the tide when Whelan came off the bench. The former Ireland under-21 striker has been cursed since he bagged 32 goals for UCD over two seasons in the First Division. Still only 24, Whelan's back-to-goal assists for Ross Tierney and Brennan have completely changed the narrative around Reynolds's time in Phibsborough. Last season's top scorers, Pádraig Amond (37) and Pat Hoban (33), who both finished on 14 goals, deserve a mention. The veterans might come good when their teams, Waterford and Derry, start performing. They meet tonight at The RSC. Hoban is already an all-time League of Ireland marksman, having also topped the charts in 2014, 2018 and 2020. And don't forget Cork City sharpshooters Ruairí Keating, who recently ruptured his Achilles tendon, with three goals already banked, and their hamstrung Ireland international Seán Maguire. The recent reward for scoring the most goals in the Premier Division is a transfer to places like Lincoln City for Jack Moylan, Carlisle United for Georgie Kelly and the Dutch second tier for Jon Afolabi. Up Next Mason Melia's €1.9 million transfer record for a League of Ireland player, when he agreed terms with Tottenham in February, is set to be bettered with Rovers manager Stephen Bradley revealing that talks with clubs, including Arsenal, to buy Victor Ozhianvuna (16) are right down to 'financials'.
