Fáilte Tá áthas orainn fáilte a chur roimh mbainistíocht, imreoirí agus lucht tacaíochta Chlub Pheile Cathair Doire go Phairc Richmond anocht.
Welcome We are pleased to welcome the management, players and supporters of Derry City Football Club to Richmond Park tonight.
Tonight’s Squads
President’s Welcome
St Patrick’s Athletic
Derry City
Tom O’Mahony
Manager:
Head Coach: Declan Devine
Alan Mathews
Head Coach: Stephen O’Donnell 1 Vítězslav Jaroš
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2 John Mountney
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3 Ian Bermingham
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4 Sam Bone
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5 Lee Desmond
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6 Jamie Lennon
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7 Robbie Benson 8 Chris Forrester
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3 Ciaran Coll
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4 Ciaron Harkin
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6 Eoin Toal
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7 William Fitzgerald
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8 Joe Thomson
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9 David Parkhouse
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10 William Patching
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11 James Akintunde
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9 Nahum Marvin-Lambert F 10 Ronan Coughlan
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15 Ronan Boyce
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11 Jay McClellend
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16 Mark McChrystal
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12 Matty Smith
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17 Joe Hodge
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29 Paddy Barrett
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19 Marc Walsh
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15 Billy King
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20 Darren Cole
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16 Alfie Lewis
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21 Cameron McJannet D
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17 Darragh Burns
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22 Mark McFadden
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18 Ben McCormack
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23 Danny Lupano
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20 Shane Griffin
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24 Danny Lafferty
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21 Barry Murphy
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26 Orrin McLaughlin
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25 Josh Keeley
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28 Odhran Kennedy
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28 Cian Kelly
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29 Jack Malone
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31 Kian Corbally
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30 Jack Lemoignan
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Daniel Norris
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31 Patrick Ferry
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Jamie Whelan
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32 Caolon McLaughlin F
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33 Aaron Harkin
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35 Micheal Glynn
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36 Brendan Barr
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Match Officials
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Referee Ben Connolly
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Mark McChrystal and Paul Fisher
1 Nathan Gartside
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Coaches:
Half-Time
Assistant 1 Darragh Keegan
Full-Time
Assistant 2 Brian Fenlon
4th Official Adriano Reale
MOTM 2021 Season • Vol. 33 • No. 2 • St Patrick’s Athletic v Derry City
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Good Evening As if on autopilot, my fingers always type “good evening and welcome to Richmond Park” as the introduction to these programme notes. The reality of course is that you’re not in Richmond Park and you may well be reading this at any time of the day or night. Nonetheless, you’re with us in spirit for this evening’s game and your support continues to be as important as ever. I hope you feel that the team has rewarded your support in the opening games of the season. When the fixture compiler decided that for our first three matches we’d travel to last year’s champions and runners-up either side of a visit from the First Division champions, even the most optimistic of you probably didn’t expect that run to conclude with St Pats sitting proudly on top of the table - albeit as joint leaders with Sligo and Harps. However, the team has delivered solid and efficient performances leading in turn to excellent results. The league table has a fresh look about it at this early stage. Quite a few teams are certainly not placed in or around where the pundits expected them to be. In my opinion, the most telling statistic is that, of the 14 games played to date, only 1 has had more than a goal between the teams. All the signs are that this is going to be an extremely competitive season, where no result can be taken for granted and points are going to have to be earned through
commitment and hard work. I’m in no doubt that we have the players and management team to ensure that we won’t be lacking in either of those qualities. I used the words solid and efficient earlier to describe us because that’s what we’ve seen so far. It reflects the work that Stephen and Alan have done in building, integrating and organising a squad that now includes only a handful of players from when the new management team arrived less than two years ago. But I’m sure that Stephen and Alan would be the first to agree that there’s still a lot more to come from this squad. We have some really talented players and, as they get more used to each others’ games, there’s potential for some really exciting performances to go with, hopefully, a continuation of the good results. This evening’s opponents Derry City have given us some very memorable encounters over the years, particularly our two Lansdowne Road meetings, one of which was possibly the greatest FAI Cup Final of the modern era while the other is just about every Pats fan’s most treasured memory of recent times. We welcome their players, staff and officials and look forward to an enjoyable game. Tom O'Mahony President St Patrick's Athletic FC
2021 Season • Vol. 33 • No. 2 • St Patrick’s Athletic v Derry City
ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB Richmond Park 125 Emmet Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8, Ireland Tel: +353 1 454 6332 Fax: +353 1 454 6211 For media enquiries, please email press@stpatsfc.com Opening Hours: 9.30am-5pm (Mon-Fri). See our facebook page for additional opening hours on match days. HONOURS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1951/52, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1989/90, 1995/96, 1997/98, 1998/99, 2001/02, 2013 FAI CUP 1958/59, 1960/61, 2014 LEAGUE CUP 2000/01, 2003, 2015, 2016 PRESIDENT'S CUP 2014 LEINSTER SENIOR CUP 1947/48, 1982/83, 1986/87, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1999/2000, 2011, 2014, 2019 LOISHIELD 1959/60 FAI SUPER CUP 1999 DUBLIN CITY CUP 1953/54, 1955/56, 1975/76 LFA PRESIDENT'S CUP 1952/53, 1953/54, 1955/56, 1971/72, 1990/91, 1996/97 FAI INTERMEDIATE CUP 1947/48, 1948/49, 1952/53 (Reserves) FAI JUNIOR CUP 1940/41 FAI YOUTH CUP 1944/45
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