Saints out as internal rows leave sour taste

A RAINBOW appeared near Tallaght Stadium prior to kick-off last night.

But there was to be no hope of a happy ending to one of the saddest weeks in the 83-year history of St Patrick’s Athletic as they duly bowed out of the Europa League.

A dispute with players who had threatened earlier in the day to boycott the match was resolved just hours before kick-off. But morale was shot and an early injury to playmaker Stephen Bradley, and Karpaty taking the lead on the night minutes later, ended the tie as a contest.