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Shelbourne v Limerick
This Friday sees Shelbourne host Limerick FC at Tolka Park. Kick-off is scheduled for 8pm.
After a loss at home to Derry City in his first game in charge of the Reds, Alan Mathews took his charges to Galway, last Saturday to face Mervue United in Terryland Park.
In a hard fought encounter, Shels striker Philip Gorman got his well deserved goal. When Daivd Cassidy floated across his 75th minute free kick, Gorman rose the highest to place his header away from all of the defenders into the bottom left corner of the Mervue goal.
That wasn't an end to the nights drama though, when five minutes from time, Sean Byrne challenged for the ball after a Mervue goal kick and was adjudged to be the offender. After the ensuing exchange of views between the Shels players, their Mervue counterparts and the officials, referee Sean Grimes consulted with his 4th Official. After a brief discussion, Mr. Grimes beconed Shels defender Ian Ryan towards him, much to the annoyance of the home fans, Upon hearing the protests, Mr. Grimes consulted his 4th Official once more, and showed Ryan a straight red card. This time the visiting contingent, both on and off the field, were the unhappy parties.
After a few scary minutes for the Reds, where it once appeared as though Mervue had nabbed an equaliser, the referee blew his whistle, give Shels 3 points and a good boost going into the next three games, were they face 3 fellow promotion challengers, starting with Limerick.
Going into this game, Shels have Gareth Whelan back from suspension this week.
Sean Byrne misses this one through suspension, after the red card that had been shown to Ian Ryan was rescinded and issued to Byrne.
With regards to injuries, the Reds have a relatively clean bill of health. Eric Foley, who has been suffering with a hamstring injury for the last few weeks, is well on the road to recovery.
Suspensions
- Sean Byrne (mandatory one match suspension after receiving a red card in the previous match)
Injury Absentees
- None
Doubtful
- Eric Foley (recovering from a hamstring injury)
Form (last 10 competitive games)
L W W D D W W W L W
Goal Scorers
8 - Dinny Corcoran (1 FAI Cup)
6 - David McGill (2 - LSCup)
5 - Eric Foley
5 - Gorman (2 - LSCup, 1 FAI Cup)
3 - David Cassidy
3 - Darren Forsyth (2 - LSCup)
3 - Hughes
2 - Pinto (1 - LSCup)
2 - Byrne
1 - Mark Leech
1 - O’Brien
1 - Scully
1 - Coburn
Previous Meetings
Mon 3 May
Limerick FC 1 - 0 Shelbourne
Fri 18 Sep
Shelbourne 3 - 3 Limerick
McGill, Flood, Hynes
Fri 19 Jun
Limerick 0 - 1 Shelbourne
Cassidy
Fri 27 Mar
Shelbourne 1 - 0 Limerick
Flood
Last 10 Competitive Games
Jul 24, 2010
Mervue United 0 - 1 Shelbourne
(Shels Scorer - Gorman)
Jul 16, 2010
Shelbourne 1 - 2 Derry City
(Shels Scorer - Coburn )
Jul 09, 2010
Cork City Foras 0 - 1 Shelbourne
(Shels Scorer - McGill )
Jul 02, 2010
Shelbourne 6 - 3 Athlone Town
(Shels Scorers - Byrne, Gorman, Corcoran 3, Pinto) )
Jun 28, 2010
Shelbourne 2 - 1 Sporting Fingal (aet) [LSC]
(Shels Scorers - Gorman, McGill )
Jun 04, 2010
Finn Harps 1 - 1 Shelbourne
(Shels Scorer - Corcoran )
Jun 08, 2010
Shelbourne 1 - 1 Longford Town
(Shels Scorer - Hughes )
Jun 04, 2010
Dublin Bus 0 - 2 Shelbourne (FAI Cup)
(Shels Scorers - Gorman, Corcoran )
May 29, 2010
Salthill Devon 0 - 2 Shelbourne
(Shels Scorers - Hughes, McGill )
May 21, 2010
Shelbourne 1 - 2 Wexford Youths
(Shels Scorer - Byrne )
