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Shamrock Rovers 2 St. Patrick's Athletic 0
Friday, 24 April 2009 20:57
Gary Twigg was the hero for Shamrock Rovers as they claimed the spoils of Tallaght's first Dublin derby with a convincing win over St. Patrick's Athletic.

The Scottish striker grabbed a second half brace for the Hoops who thoroughly deserved their win.

The Saints had started the better and Alan Cawley's fourth minute free tested Robert Duggan but the half quietened thereafter with the visitor's 4-5-1 formation stifling space in the midfield.

Chances were at a premium with Greg Cameron looking creative as he and Dessie Baker combined only for Jason Gavin to alertly clear.

Cameron had a long range effort fly over but the game sprang into life on 35 minutes when Sean Webb heading into the side netting from Sean O'Connor's corner.

The crowd thought the movement in the net was coming from the inside and their disappointment was almost compounded when Ryan Guy latched on to Damien Lynch's header but his shot struck the post and Mark Quigley fired wide under pressure from the rebound.

Twigg then hit the cross bar with a rising drive from outside the area before he failed to take advantage of Lynch's slip in the area and fired wide leaving it scoreless at the break.

The home fans only had to wait five minutes of second half action for the breakthrough, Twigg controlling Shane Robinson's flick from O'Connor's corner on his chest, spinning and deftly flicking the ball past Gary Rogers.

Back came St. Pat's and Mark Quigley became the third player to strike the woodwork with a header from Ryan Guy's cross before driving over after a neat one two with the American when he might have done better.

They seemed to be coming into it when Twigg struck with the sucker punch, running on to Baker's flick to hold off Jamie Harris and finish well.

Indeed Baker was lucky he did something outstanding as he took the field wearing a pair of boots the colour of orange and yellow highlighters. That sort of footwear means you have to do something special.

The Saints looked disinterested after that and rarely threatened while the victors take the spoils and move into fourth place in the table.
 
Shamrock Rovers: Duggan; Madden, Maguire, Webb, Cahill; Robinson (Bradley 70), Rice, Cameron, O'Connor (Amond 84); Baker, Twigg (Purcell 77).

St. Patrick's Athletic: Rogers; Maher, Gavin, Harris, Stevens; Guy, Byrne, Lynch, Cawley (O'Connor 58), Ryan; Quigley.

Ref: D Hancock (Dublin)
 
 
 
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