A strong finish from Malahide United gave them what was, in the end, a comfortable FAI Cup win over nine-man Blarney United at O’Shea Park last night.

Monaghan United ended Sligo Rovers' two-year grip on the FAI Ford Cup with a stunning 3-1 win over the holders at the Showgrounds.

Avondale United celebrated winning the Munster Senior League Premier Division title in style by qualifying for the second round of the FAI Ford Senior Cup with a 3-1 victory over Sheriff YC at Avondale Park yesterday.

Sporting Fingal 4 UCD 1

Dundalk 0 Sporting Fingal 2

Shamrock Rovers 1 Sporting Fingal 2

Sporting Fingal 2 St. Patrick’s Athletic 2

LIAM Buckley has no doubt his Sporting Fingal side will get chances to score against Maritimo at Dalymount Park tonight.

A STOPPAGE-time Maritimo winner may have broken Sporting Fingal hearts, but manager Liam Buckley praised his players, insisting this tie is still very much in the melting pot.

CS Maritimo 3 Sporting Fingal 2

Bray Wanderers 0 Sporting Fingal 3

Dundalk 1 Sporting Fingal 2

Shamrock Rovers 1 Sporting Fingal 1

BOHEMIANS ended their five-match winless Airtricity league streak with victory at Sporting Fingal last night to re-ignite their three-in-a-row ambitions.

Bohemians open the defence of their title with a tricky clash against FAI Cup holders Sporting Fingal at Dalymount Park, kick-off 7.35pm.

IT’S an almost traditional-sounding curtain-raiser to the new season, as champions Bohemians host FAI Cup-winners Sporting Fingal in the Premier Division of the Airtricity League tonight, a match which will screened live on RTÉ2 (7.35pm).

WATERFORD UNITED yesterday completed the signing of Liam Kearney from Derry City.

Bohemians will take a huge step towards retaining the league title with a win over Sligo Rovers at Dalymount Park tonight, kick-off 7.35pm.

Bohemians 4 Drogheda United 0

A GAME which began in a whisper ended with a scream in Tallaght last night, as Shamrock Rovers got the win against champions and arch-rivals Bohemians which takes the Hoops back to the top of the League of Ireland.

Shamrock Rovers 1 Bohemians 0

Bohemians 0 Sligo Rovers 0

Bohemians 1 Bray Wanderers 2

Sligo Rovers 1 Bohemians 0

Bohs boss Pat Fenlon has a host of injuries to first-team stars ahead of the trip to take on Sligo Rovers at the Showgrounds tonight (kick-off 7.45pm).

AFTER Saturday’s successful trip to Belfast, champions Bohemians return to League of Ireland Premier Division action this evening away to Sligo Rovers (The Showgrounds, 7.45pm) in a not insignificant dress rehearsal for their FAI Ford Cup quarter-final clash next week.

Bohemians 5 Galway United 0

Bohemians can move eight points clear at the top of the table with victory over Galway United at Dalymount Park tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

SO, no fairytale ending to a tumultuous week for Cork City, as champions Bohemians maintained their lead at the top of the Premier Division with a deserved one-nil win.

Bohemians manager Pat Fenlon has a number of injury concerns ahead of tonight's game against Cork City as Jason McGuinness is out with a back injury and Anto Murphy is also out having picked up an ankle injury in Drogheda last Friday.

Bohemians 0 Shamrock Rovers 0

ON A rollercoaster of a night at Dalymount Park, the League of Ireland kingpins were just three minutes away from going through to the next round of the Champions’ League when, having kept Red Bull Salzburg comprehensively under wraps for the vast majority of this second leg game, a moment of human error undid all their good work both in Dublin and Salzburg.

Dundalk 0 Bohemians 2

Bohemians 8 Mayfield United 1

St Patrick’s Athletic v Bohemians

LEAGUE of Ireland Premier Division leaders Bohemians will look to build on a good week tonight when they travel to Richmond Park to take on Jeff Kenna’s struggling St Patrick’s Athletic (live Setanta Ireland, this and all games, 7.45pm).

Bohemians will stay top of the Premier Division if they can beat Galway United at Dalymount Park tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

BOHEMIANS will look to build on their win at Turner’s Cross on Friday night when the League of Ireland Premier Division leaders welcome Galway United to Dalymount Park this evening (7.45pm).

Owen Heary is a doubt for Bohemians as they travel south to face league leaders Cork City at Turner’s Cross tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

Drogheda United will be looking to take advantage of Bohemians’ recent slump in form when the sides meet at Dalymount Park tonight (kick-off 7.45pm).

Bohemians 5 Dundalk 0

BOHEMIANS moved top of the League of Ireland Premier Division with an emphatic 3-0 victory over St Patrick’s Athletic in Saturday night’s Dublin derby at Dalymount Park.

Bohemians 3 St Patrick’s Athletic 0

Drogheda United 0 Bohemians 1