Shels draw battle but win title war

St Patrick’s Athletic 0 Shelbourne 0

Eircom League champions for the second season in succession, Shelbourne drew the battle but won the war on a night when summer soccer ended in the icy grip of winter at Inchicore.

But for a contentious refereeing decision, Shelbourne could have taken all three points from a tense Dublin derby which ended in the scoreless draw that was still enough to render events in Cork academic.