Galway United 4 Bray Wanderers 0

Shamrock Rovers 4 Limerick 1: Having opened the scoring with a spectacular strike, Brandon Miele completed Shamrock Rovers’ tally with the goal of the game in an easy win at Tallaght Stadium.

Cork City 0 Liverpool XI 2: Toni Gomes and Yan Dhanda scored as a Liverpool XI beat Cork City in front of a 4,335 fans at Turner’s Cross on Saturday night.

Sligo Rovers 1 Galway United 1

St. Patrick’s Athletic 0 Athlone Town 2

Bohemians 2 Drogheda United 1

St Patrick’s Athletic 3 Bray Wanderers 2

Drogheda United 1 Dundalk 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.

AIRTRICITY PREMIER DIVISION:

UCD 2 Drogheda United 2

St. Patrick's Athletic were the big winners on a night of drama in the Airtricity League Premier Division without having to kick a ball.

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.

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Sligo Rovers 0 Shamrock Rovers 2

Shelbourne 0 Derry City 3

Bray Wanderers 0 Sligo Rovers 0

Christy Fagan rediscovered his goal touch last night to keep St Patrick’s Athletic’s tenuous hopes of snatching the title alive.

UCD 0 Derry City 1

Champions Shamrock Rovers are still playing catch-up in the Premier Division as leaders Sligo Rovers were full value for a point in last night’s entertaining encounter at Tallaght Stadium.

Manchester City warmed up for next weekend’s Community Shield against Chelsea with a straightforward win over Limerick FC at Thomond Park last night.

Goals from Peter Higgins, Seani Maguire and Jack Doherty helped Waterford United to their seventh win on the spin at the RSC last night.

Greg Bolger’s first-half goal kept St Patrick’s Athletic very much in title contention as they outplayed Shelbourne at Richmond Park to remain four points behind leaders Sligo.

Brilliant opportunist goals in each half by evergreen striker Jason Byrne helped Bray secure a vital victory over UCD at the Carlisle Grounds.

A 68th minute goal from substitute Stephen O’Donnell helped Shamrock Rovers claim an unconvincing win over Limerick in their FAI Ford Cup 2nd round tie at Tallaght Stadium last night.

The swapping of goals by Ryan McEvoy and Alan McNally shortly before half-time offered the promise of more to come in an open encounter at Dalymount.

Against the team he scored the bulk of his goals for over the seasons, Jason Byrne hit his 183rd league goal of his career for Bray Wanderers last night to go second in the all-time League of Ireland goalscoring charts.

Newly promoted Monaghan are still looking for their first Premier Division win after being edged out by UCD at the Belfield Bowl last night.

Derry eased top of the Premier Division in a game Bray will promptly want to forget.

Ace striker Gary Twigg scored a goal in each half to give defending champions Shamrock Rovers a winning start to the new campaign, and it was more comfortable than the scoreline suggests, against an under-strength Drogheda.

HAVING already secured the 2011 Airtricity League title at Belfield last Tuesday, Shamrock Rovers’ final assignment offered an opportunity for the club to celebrate their achievements on home turf against a Galway United side that few expected would offer anything but token opposition.

THE search for their holy grail of an FAI Cup win after half a century’s wait continues for St Patrick’s Athletic as their jinx in the blue riband reared its head again at Tolka Park last night.

DUNDALK and Bohemians will have to meet again next Tuesday to decide who advances to the last four of the FAI Ford Cup after playing out a stalemate at Oriel Park last night.

A MAGNIFICENT performance from Daryl Kavanagh saw St Patrick’s Athletic ease into the quarter-finals of the Ford FAI Cup as the Dublin outfit proved far too good for a disappointing Waterford at the RSC.

Bray Wanderers 4 Galway United 0

LIVERPOOL’S visit to the RSC last night ended in shock as the Blues claimed victory thanks to a fantastic header from midfielder Seamus Long.

TWO second-half goals saw Cork City advance to the Ford FAI Cup fourth round in last night’s local derby at Knockgriffen Park.

DUNDALK got back on the winning trail when two late goals by in-form striker Mark Griffin gave them a vital victory over UCD in a tense Premier Division clash at the Belfield Bowl last night.

DARYL KAVANAGH blew Drogheda away with a stunning display as St Patrick’s Athletic finally brought their season to life at Inchicore last night.

DANNY O’CONNOR’S header midway through the second half was enough to give Bray Wanderers their first away league victory over UCD in a decade after a closely-contested Premier Division encounter at the Belfield Bowl last night.