Shamrock Rovers 2 Bray Wanderers 0: Killian Brennan and Dean Clarke scored second-half goals to earn Shamrock Rovers a much-needed win against 10-man Bray Wanderers at Tallaght Stadium.

Shamrock Rovers 0 Dundalk 2

Crossmaglen (Armagh) 2-15 Cargin (Antrim) 0-13: Allegations that Cargin midfielder Michael McCann was bitten during a second-half row overshadowed Crossmaglen’s AIB Ulster club SFC quarter-final victory at the Athletic Grounds yesterday.

St Croan’s (Roscommon) 0-14 Sean O’Mahony’s (Louth) 2-7: All-Ireland Club IFC semi-final: An injury-time free from Kevin Smyth proved enough to send St Croan’s into the All-Ireland Club IFC final after a thrilling encounter with Louth champions Sean O’Mahony’s at Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan.

Omagh (Tyrone) 2-8 Crossmaglen (Armagh) 1-9

St Patrick’s Athletic 1 Dundalk 0

St Patrick’s Athletic 3 UCD 2

St Patrick’s Athletic 3 Bray Wanderers 2

St Patrick’s Athletic 6 Drogheda United 0

Two Mile House 2-15 Hunterstown Rovers 1-12

CROSSMAGLEN 1-8 KILCOO 3-10 (AET)

Kilcoo (Down) 2-09 Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) 1-12 (aet)

Crossmaglen Rangers 0-17 St Patrick’s Cullyhanna 0-8

St Pat’s joined Sligo Rovers at the top of the Airtricity League table for 24 hours at least following this Dublin derby win at Tolka Park.

St Brigid’s (Roscommon) 2-07 Crossmaglen (Armagh) 1-09

St. Brigids (Roscommon) 2-7 Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) 1-9

Charlestown Sarsfields (Mayo) 0-14 Bunnanadden (Sligo) 0-8

Crossmaglen Rangers 3-09 Pearse Og 0-11

Shamrock Rovers kept alive their slim title hopes with a fully deserved victory over Drogheda United in a game that saw both sides finished with 10 men.

Crossmaglen were 14 points to the good with three minutes left when Óisín McConville was called ashore and the near-10,000 crowd rose in unison to applaud him off the field.

Crossmaglen 2-19 Garrycastle 1-7

Crossmaglen (Armagh) 0-15 Garrycastle (Westmeath) 1-12

THREE second-half goals at Tallaght Stadium last night ensured Airtricity Premier Division holders Shamrock Rovers saw off Monaghan United, taking all three points from their first home game.

Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) 3-8 Dr Crokes (Kerry) 2-8

Ulster Club SFC final: Crossmaglen 2-11 Burren 0-10

THE clash of Crossmaglen and St Gall’s at Casement Park yesterday was expected to be a Halloween sparkler but the All-Ireland champions for the past two years served up a damp squib.

CROSSMAGLEN RANGERS scarcely broke sweat in securing their 15th Armagh SFC title in 16 years at the Morgan Athletic Grounds yesterday.

IN perfect summer conditions, a powerful Limerick side proved too strong for Clare in Cusack Park yesterday as they booked their place against Cork in next Wednesday’s Munster Under-21 hurling final.

KERRY football’s love affair with the All-Ireland junior club championship continues as St Mary’s produced a stirring second half display to triumph at Croke Park on Saturday night.

THE three-week sabbatical had startlingly different effects on these two sides, with Kildare looking much like their old selves and Donegal but a pale shadow of the team that steamrolled Laois last time out.

Kildare 1-17 Donegal 1-9

KILDARE won through to the O’Byrne Cup semi-final yesterday – they now play Louth – but the result was lost in the small print as seven players were sent off in an ill-tempered affair at O’Moore Park.

Kildare 0-11 Laois 0-8

Portlaoise (Laois) 2-21 Mattock Rangers (Louth) 0-2

Kildare 1-16 Offaly 1-10

HENRY SHEFFLIN returns to the Kilkenny side for his first appearance of the year in tomorrow’s NHL showdown against Tipperary. Shefflin comes in at centre-forward in place of Willie O’Dwyer, while Ballyhale Shamrocks clubmates TJ Reid and Michael Fennelly are also drafted into the team.

KILDARE 0-14 CORK 0-14

A PLACE in the final next spring against either England or Italy is at stake when the Republic of Ireland U23 team take on Belgium in the International Challenge Trophy at Dalymount Park on Tuesday, October 21 (kick off 7.30pm).

Cork 2-11 Kildare 1-11

Kildare 0-11 Fermanagh 0-5