LUCKLESS St Patrick’s Athletic suffered a cruel late blow in the Ukraine last night when a goal three minutes into injury time gave Karpaty Lviv a two-goal advantage going into next Thursday’s return leg.

RICHMOND PARK is full of brotherly love these days.

IN the wake of Shamrock Rovers’ success on Tuesday in the Champions League, it’s Dublin on the double tonight for the Airtricity League in Europe as St Patrick’s Athletic and Bohemians both seek to turn home second legs to their advantage in the Europa League.

Stoke’s first Europa League tie will see them face Croatian giants Hajduk Split in the third qualifying round.

BEFORE St Patrick’s Athletic even take to the field against Shakhtar Karagandy today (2pm Irish time), they will have felt like they’ve endured an entire Europa League campaign – let alone a mere qualifier.