Gavin Cooney reports from Richmond Park St Patrick’s Athletic 1 Shelbourne 0 THE RICHMOND PARK Director’s Box remains a theatre of much drama in the clashes of St Pat’s and Shelbourne.
Ilicali – the Turkish Simon Cowell in media shorthand – made his fortune in television and having bought Hull City last year, has been seeking a second investment in football. Duff lamented the non-completion of that deal, saying it would have quadrupled his budget for this season. On the basis of performances like tonight’s, Shels fans would be justifiably excited at the prospect of being able to afford to build on the sturdy base Duff has built: they frustrated Pat’s in the first half and then dominated them for most of the second half while lacking the quality to punish them. Doyle’s winning goal seven minutes from the end was a scarcely-deserved sucker punch.