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Waterford FC ended its dismal streak of form when John Sheridan’s team inflicted a 3-0 loss to St. Patrick’s Athletic at the Regional Sports Center.
The two teams started the night with the same number of points in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division table, but goals from Ali Coote, John Martin and Michael O’Connor earned the Blues their first win in six for move them to fourth place. which means that Inchicore’s team have now failed to win in their last four matches.
Brian Murphy returned in goal for Waterford while Martin replaced Kurtis Byrne, and Stephen O’Donnell also made a couple of changes, with Dan Ward and Shane Griffin selected in the place of Ian Bermingham and Chris Forrester.
The Saints started the most menacing of the sides, with Billy King marching relentlessly down the left wing during the first half.
Robbie Benson released the Scotsman for the game’s first chance, but his cross bounced off the head of dunk Jordan Gibson, with Luke McNally and Georgie Kelly unable to connect with more efforts in the first half hour.
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Instead, it was the home team that opened the scoring after Coote tried to run after Pat’s defense before shoving the ball into the net after Lee Desmond’s moment of indecision.
Luke McNally nodded over a Benson corner a minute after the restart and the Blues quickly capitalized on doubling their lead when top scorer Martin turned a deep corner kick from Tyreke Wilson into goal, which bounced off the roof of the net above the head of the visiting defenders. .
Without a goal in the final three, St Pat’s splurge on attack continued for the remainder of the half as Benson pushed King’s kick out of Murphy’s arc from the edge of the area, and Kelly saw a tall and wide deflected effort. after a skillful Jamie Lennon pass.
Waterford’s Shane Griffin saw his free kick drift over the bar off Shane Griffin’s head after the restart and Matty Smith looked busy on the left side for Sheridan’s side.
The Blues had lost points from winning positions in their previous three league games and recalled the threat from the visitors when Benson fired a tantalizing ball through the box that somehow evaded Kelly’s leg by sliding into the six-yard box.
Yet even when they pushed, they couldn’t really test Murphy, who comfortably managed an effort from Gibson and a header from Benson in the fourth quarter.
The game ended in the 80th minute when the impressive Smith stormed from behind again before calmly throwing the ball with the outside of his boot through the goal to Captain O’Connor in the six-yard box to conclude an impressive and much needed – night for Waterford.
Waterford FC: Brian Murphy; Tunmise Sobowale, Jake Davidson, Robbie McCourt, Tyreke Wilson; Shane Griffin (O’Keeffe, 86), Robbie Weir, John Martin (Walsh, 65); Ali Coote, Michael O’Connor (C) (Byrne, 85), Matthew Smith.
Substitutes: Paul Martin (GK), Will Longbottom, Dean Walsh, Will Fitzgerald, Kurtis Byrne, Reece Murphy, Niall O’Keeffe.
S Patrick Athletic: Brendan Clarke; Rory Feely (Markey, 85), Luke McNally, Lee Desmond, Shane Griffin; Dan Ward (McClelland, 60), Jamie Lennon, Robbie Benson (Rennie, 85); Jordan Gibson, Georgie Kelly, Billy King (Doona, 74 years old).
Substitutes: Conor Kearns (GK), Ian Bermingham, Darragh Markey, Martin Rennie, Jason McClelland, James Doona, David Titov.
Referee: Paul McLaughlin
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