Shels forced to dig in after Cronin red

Shelbourne showed their mettle to dig out a point with 10 men in a rousing Dublin derby at Tolka Park.

Alan Mathews’ side had to play for almost half an hour with a man down after Glenn Cronin was given a straight red card. But while St Patrick’s outpassed their hosts much of the time, they again struggled in front of goal, dropping two points for the third week running.

Shelbourne took the lead on 22 minutes as Brendan McGill’s dipping volley hit the crossbar and bounced in off the back of unfortunate Pat’s keeper Brendan Clarke