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The Irish Sun
11 hours ago
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- The Irish Sun
Mason Melia double inspires St Patrick's Athletic to win as Sligo Rovers fury over red card
Mason Melia struck twice as St Patrick's Athletic cruised past ten-man Sligo Rovers, who were left fuming at Patrick McClean's first-half red card in Inchicore SPURRED ON Mason Melia double inspires St Patrick's Athletic to win as Sligo Rovers fury over red card Mason Melia scored a striker's brace inside five minutes as St Pat's put their European disappointment firmly behind them. While the 17-year-old Tottenham Hotspur-bound striker was central to most of the game's highlights. Advertisement 2 Mason Melia bagged a brace for the Saints in the win over Sligo on Sunday 2 Patrick McClean was shown a controversial red card in the defeat Sligo were rightly livid at the sending off of Patrick McClean just before half-time which ruined what had been a competitive game. All but out of Europe ahead of the second leg following their 4-1 home defeat to Turkish giants Besiktas last Thursday, St Pat's got their quest for European qualification next year back on track here. Stephen Kenny's side remain sixth in the table but there are now just five points separating them from second-placed Bohemians. Back-to-back defeats for Sligo sees them remain in trouble second bottom of the table. Advertisement The chief talking point of a pretty uninspiring first half arrived on 42 minutes when Sligo were astonished in being reduced to 10 men. Centre-back McClean, who was having a very solid game, certainly tripped Melia as the teenager tried to skip by him. But despite there being obvious cover there from Sebastian Quirk, referee Damien MacGraith incensed Sligo by brandishing a straight red card to McClean for a last-man challenge in what looked an horrendous decision. A call that flabbergasted Sligo manager John Russell. Advertisement He said: 'I think everyone in the ground, bar the man in the middle, could see it was never a red card. There was a covering defender. "That changes the game, there is no doubt about it. Moment Leicester fans applaud protesting Sheffield Wednesday supporters amid crisis club's financial woes "It ruined it. It's very frustrating, we've come up here to try and get a result. "We are fighting for our lives and it has changed the game, and we have ended up coming down the road with a 3-0 defeat." Advertisement Russell did speak to MacGraith afterwards. He said: 'I did, just briefly, at the very end of the game and he said, 'I'll have to have a look back, but for me it was a red'.' Having successfully done so in regard to Sam Sargeant recently, Sligo will appeal the decision. Russell said: 'Yes, we have to. Thankfully we did get one overturned last week. Advertisement "But it's hard as a manager because you don't want to be complaining all the time about decisions. "You want the game to be played in the right manner, and we want to play the right way and Pat's want to play the right way. "But the game was spoiled by the decision. "You are coming up here this time last year we conceded a penalty in the 97th minute, and it was never a penalty and we ended up losing the game 4-3. Advertisement "It was a year to this day or something. But you are coming up today thinking, hopefully it will turn for us and we might get decisions, and then this happens. It's hugely frustrating.' Sargeant would rescue Sligo from Brandon Kavanagh's resultant free kick with a stunning save to tip the effort onto the crossbar. But the night got worse for Sligo within four minutes of the restart when St Pat's took the lead. Sargeant was guilty of racing too far off his line from a Chris Forrester ball over the top. Advertisement The keeper never got there ahead of Jake Mulraney who walked the ball into the net as Sergeant collided with his captain Will Fitzgerald for a really soft goal. Sligo were then at sixes-and-sevens as they somehow survived conceding a second goal on the double. First Sargeant saved well from Melia who had nicked the ball a little too easily off Sean Stewart. Simon Power looked set to score from the rebound but for a terrific goal-line clearance by Ollie Denham. Advertisement But there was no such reprieve a minute later when St Pat's did extend their lead from another soft goal. Kavanagh's floated corner was met by the totally unmarked Melia who found the bottom corner with a downward header. Murlaney shot wide when he should have found the net before Melia scored a brilliant solo goal. Sligo lost the ball cheaply with Kavanagh threading it through for Melia. Advertisement Accelerating past Denham, the teen sensation nonchalantly rolled the ball with his studded beyond Sargeant before casually side-footing to the net for his ninth league goal of the season. ST PAT'S 3 - 0 SLIGO ROVERS SUN STAR MAN: Mason Melia (St Pat's). St Patrick's Athletic: Anang 7; Sjoberg 7, Redmond 7, Turner 7, McClelland 7; Lennon 6 (Baggley, h-t, 6), Forrester 7 (Robinson, 79); Mulraney 7 (Leavy, 79, 6), Kavanagh 7, Power 7 (Garrick, 71, 6); Melia 9 (Carty, 71, 6). Sligo Rovers: Sargeant 6; Quirk 6, Denham 6, McClean 6, Stewart 6; Harkin 6 (Wolfe, 65, 6), McManus 6; Fitzgerald 6 Elding 6 (Manning, 80, 6), O'Kane 6; Waweru 6 (Kavanagh, h-t, 6). Advertisement Referee: Damien MacGraith (Mayo) 4. Attendance: 3,190.
Belfast Telegraph
14-07-2025
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- Belfast Telegraph
Tiernan Lynch at loss to explain flat Derry City display in defeat to Sligo Rovers: ‘Why? I don't have the answer to that'
With leaders Shamrock Rovers not playing a League game until August, the Candystripes have the opportunity to close the nine-point gap considerably on their rivals, but they wasted one of their two games in hand with a loss at The Showgrounds. It was a difficult weekend for Lynch, who watched his players fail to perform as they fell to a first defeat in six League games. First-half goals from Patrick McClean and Wilson Waweru condemned City to a 2-0 defeat, with both goals coming from poor Derry defending. 'We probably lost the game in the first-half with the goals that we conceded, which has been very unlike us of late,' Lynch reflected afterwards. 'We were very disappointed because we gave ourselves a mountain to climb in the second-half. 'I felt we huffed and puffed a bit more in the second-half, but we didn't work their goalkeeper enough, we didn't work their back-four enough and, ultimately, we got nothing from the game.' Lynch was unable to put his finger on how his team went from scoring seven goals against Waterford to failing to provide much threat at all against Sligo. 'It's extremely disappointing,' he acknowledged. 'I had been praising the players all week because they were superb in training. 'They worked so hard and there was a real buzz around the place, but we just never got going, and I think the two goals that we conceded were proper sucker punches. 'Why? I don't have the answer to that. We've got to go away and look at this game back, and we have got to look at the areas where we fell short and we have got to look at the areas where we have been doing well and work out why we didn't do them well here. 'Everything we do will always be internal. It's hard to knock the boys and, albeit we're hugely disappointed right now, the last four or five weeks, they have been outstanding and I can't ask for any more of them in terms of their work-rate. But this wasn't good enough from us. 'They know that more than anybody, and there's no one more disappointed than them, so it's important that we dust ourselves off and we go again.' City are next in action in the FAI Cup as they head to First Division Treaty United on Friday night, the first step on what they hope will end with a third FAI Cup Final appearance in four years.
BBC News
12-07-2025
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- BBC News
Derry City's title hopes hit by Sligo Rovers
Derry City's League of Ireland title hopes suffered a damaging 2-0 defeat by Sligo Rovers at the opened the scoring on 19 minutes when Patrick McClean turned in from a corner.A mistake by Brian Maher afforded Rovers striker Wilson Waweru the chance to double the hosts advantage just before failed to threaten a revival after the break and slip to third, nine points off Shamrock Rovers in top may be second from bottom in the standings but John Russell's side went into tonight's game unbeaten in their last three held league leaders Shamrock Rovers to a 2-2 draw last time out and ignited another scalp when former Glentoran defender McClean side-footed into the net after 19 four straight victories before tonight's trip, Derry had made ground at the top of the table and almost equalised but Hayden Cann's header was cleared off the Candystripes had won each of their two previous meetings this season but found themselves two goals behind on the stroke of spilled Ryan O'Kane's cross and Waweru pounced to hammer the ball the interval, Liam Boyce couldn't get on the end of a teasing Adam O'Reilly Lynch's men struggled to create anything by way of clear cut chances Foylesiders now sit third one point behind Bohemians in second with Sligo still in the relegation play-off place.
BBC News
21-06-2025
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- BBC News
Sligo sign Glentoran defender McClean for undisclosed fee
League of Ireland side Sligo Rovers have signed Glentoran defender Patrick McClean for an undisclosed 28-year-old has signed an 18-month deal with Sligo, returning to the club he had a brief spell at in made 27 appearances during his previous time with the club, scoring joined the Glens from Derry City in 2019 and announced his retirement from football in February 2023 before returning to the sport five months total he made 199 appearances for the east Belfast side, scored 15 goals and was part of the side that won the Irish Cup in Crusaders have signed striker Adam Brooks from Queen of the 21-year-old scored 10 goals last season as the club finished third in the Scottish League Dylan Boyle has signed a multi-year contract extension at Coleraine after an impressive first season with the Bannsiders after arriving from Ballymena United last summer.
Irish Independent
21-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Patrick McClean on wishing he never left Sligo Rovers, return from short-lived retirement and stepping on toes
The defender previously played for Sligo Rovers in 2018 Sligo Champion Today at 16:02 Defender Patrick McClean says he's always regretted leaving Sligo Rovers in 2019, as the Derry native returns to The Showgrounds for a second stint. McClean joins the Bit O'Red on an 18-month deal after being placed on the transfer list by Glentoran.
