With just three points separating the top four, another night of intrigue beckons in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division.

Cork City 2 Waterford United 0

Cork City manager John Caulfield believes the side’s strong spirit is key to remaining the only unbeaten team in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division.

Stephen Kenny wants his Dundalk players to maintain their desire to help sustain their impressive start to the season.

Mark O’Sullivan is the man who has swapped the top of the house for the top of the table, his headed goal and all around man-of-the-match performance helping Cork City see off Shamrock Rovers 3-0 at Turner’s Cross on Friday to go two points clear in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division.

Cork City 3 Shamrock Rovers 0

Cork City manager John Caulfield believes his side are being unfairly painted as dirty following last Friday’s SSE Airtricity League Premier Division clash with St Patrick’s Athletic.

Cork City 4 Limerick FC 0

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Sligo Rovers 3 Drogheda United 0

Anthony Elding said he couldn’t have written the script better as his dream ending to the season saw him win the FAI Ford Cup for Sligo Rovers.

Drogheda United 2 Sligo Rovers 3

Sligo Rovers 3 Shamrock Rovers 0

Sligo Rovers will meet Drogheda United in the final of the FAI Ford Cup after respective victories over Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk in two incident packed semi-finals.

Goals from Gavin Peers and Aaron Greene earned champions Sligo Rovers a 2-0 win at Bohemians to move them to within five points of leaders St. Patrick's Athletic who were held to a 0-0 draw at Limerick.

Shamrock Rovers 3 Sligo Rovers 2

Molde 2 Sligo Rovers 0 (Molde win 3-0 on Agg)

Sligo Rovers face an uphill task if they are to progress in the Champions League qualifiers after losing 1-0 to Ole Gunnar Solskjær's Molde in their second round, first leg at the Showgrounds tonight.

Before this game at Turner’s Cross last night, some Cork City fans unfurled a banner imploring that the club sack ‘the Dub’, manager Tommy Dunne.

Ciaran Kilduff is set to make his debut for Cork City as they host defending champions Sligo Rovers in tonight’s Premier Division clash at Turner’s Cross (7.45pm).

Bluebell United provided the only surprise of the FAI Ford Cup weekend when the Dublin non-league side held Roddy Collins’ First Division Athlone Town to a 2-2 draw at Baldonnel on Saturday night.

Rory Patterson scored a second half hat-trick as holders Derry City won 4-0 at non-league Blarney United to cruise safely into the third round of the FAI Ford Cup.

Sligo Rovers 0 Dundalk 1

St. Patrick’s Athletic eased five points clear at the top of the Premier Division table as they beat UCD 5-0 to record their biggest win of the season and stretch their unbeaten league run to twelve games.

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With erstwhile leaders Sligo Rovers drawing 0-0 at Limerick, Christy Fagan scored for the fourth time in as many games to help send St. Patrick's Athletic two points clear at the top of the Premier Division table after a 2-0 win over Bohemians at Dalymount Park.

Cork City overcame last Friday’s horror show at home to Bray Wanderers to record an impressive 4-0 win and book their place in the third round of the EA Sports Cup at Wexford Youths last night.

Chris Lyons dumped his home town club out of the EA Sports cup with a double at Dalymount Park as Bohemians beat Bray Wanderers 4-2 in extra-time to make the quarter-finals.

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Karl Sheppard hit a late equaliser as Shamrock Rovers salvaged a point from a 1-1 draw - the Hoops' seventh stalemate of the campaign - with champions Sligo Rovers at Tallaght Stadium.

Drogheda United chairman Jim Agnew has said any supporter who the club identify as playing a role in the crowd trouble which threatened to spoil Saturday night’s game at Sligo Rovers will be banned from Hunky Dorys Park for life.

An equaliser deep in stoppage time from substitute Graham Rusk earned Drogheda United a 2-2 draw against 10-man Sligo Rovers in a dramatic game at the Showgrounds.

Anthony Elding scored his ninth goal of the season as Sligo Rovers equalled the Premier Division record of eight straight wins in beating Cork City 2-0 in a generally dour contest at the Showgrounds.

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Anthony Elding rediscovered his goal touch, hitting a brace, to make it a magnificent seven straight league wins for Sligo Rovers as they beat second-bottom Shelbourne 2-0 at the Showgrounds.

Sligo Rovers maintained their five point lead at the top of the Premier Division table with a comfortable 3-0 win over Bohemians at Dalymount Park.

Central defender Jeff Henderson scored a late winner as Sligo Rovers came from behind to beat Limerick 2-1 at the Showgrounds to maintain their 100% start to the season.

Dundalk 1 Sligo Rovers 3

Sligo Rovers made it three wins from three to move four points clear at the top of the Premier Division table with a comfortable 3-1 victory at Dundalk.

Anthony Elding maintained his goalscoring touch with a double as champions Sligo Rovers beat Bray Wanderers 3-0 before a crowd of 2,684 at the Showgrounds.

New signing Anthony Elding made it two goals in as many games to get champions Sligo Rovers off to the perfect start in defence of their title as they beat FAI Cup holders Derry City 1-0 at the Brandywell as the Airtricity League season kicked off in earnest.

It's shaping up to be an all Airtricity League last four in the Setanta Sports Cup for the first time in the competition's history following last night's action north and south of the border.

Birmingham 3 Rochdale 2

Leeds have pleaded guilty to a Football Association charge of using an unlicensed agent.

LUTON put aside their ongoing problems to knock Championship side Plymouth out of the Carling Cup with a 2-0 win last night.

LAST night’s Carling Cup action was overshadowed by events in Nottingham after Leicester’s Irish defender Clive Clarke collapsed in the dressing room at half time in their clash with Notts Forest, leading to the match being abandoned.

Northampton boss Colin Calderwood expects the Football Association to investigate a touchline row which led to Stevenage Borough goalkeeping coach Lionel Perez being sent off during yesterday’s FA Cup tie at Broadhall Way.

REPUBLIC of Ireland manager Brian Kerr has lost another defender to injury ahead of his side’s triple bill of fixtures in the next fortnight.

The Football Association has today announced the England squad for the Four Nations tournament in Cork later this month.