Tolka Park

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fallon |Tolka Park

On a tense night, it took a calm head to settle this derby and substitute Mipo Odubeko got the champions Shelbourne back to winning ways. Another scoreless draw for the Reds looked likely until 11 minutes from the end when the off-season capture slotted the ball home after Bohs failed to clear a cross-shot by another sub, Ali Coote.

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Paul Buttner |Tolka Park

A brilliant individual goal from Warren Davis brought Drogheda United further capital gain in the space of fives days to put the FAI Cup holders two points clear at the top of the Premier Division table. Following on from Monday’s win at Bohemians, maintained their impressive unbeaten start to the season. It brought champions Shelbourne’s unbeaten start to the campaign to an end. Damien Duff’s side owned the ball but couldn’t find a way past Luke Dennison.

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fallon |Tolka Park

Watched on by a clutch of serial All-Ireland winners, Shelbourne will know the road to success isn’t always linear. Brian Fenton, Jack McCaffrey, Paddy Andrews and Barry Cahill had to scrap during Dublin’s dominant run and a point against the team they usurped for last season’s title will suffice for Damien Duff. Had they held onto their early lead, a nine-point gap on Shamrock Rovers was theirs three games into their title defence but they’ll take the point in the circumstances.

2 months ago | irishexaminer.com | Darryl Geraghty |Tolka Park

Champions Shelbourne kicked off the defence of their League title with an electric first half showing against Derry City and, despite a blown fuse causing a blackout around the famous old ground and a lengthy half-time delay, continued their charge for three points late into the Friday night. A Sean Boyd double, either side of Evan Caffrey’s sweet strike had the Reds in control at the break, despite a well constructed Michael Duffy equaliser early on.

2 months ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fallon |Tolka Park

Shelbourne 2 (Mipo Odubeko 28, Seán Boyd 34') Drogheda 0When the emotion was stripped out of Shelbourne’s epic title win last year, the stark truth was they lacked firepower. Damien Duff’s side just about averaged a goal per game, bagging 40 over 36 matches, most of them sealing single-goal marginal wins. You must trace back to Drogheda United’s 2007 triumph for the champions to register such a meagre return but their tally of 48 was achieved over a campaign featuring three fewer games.