Fagan and Bolger keep Saints unbeaten

St Patrick’s Athletic maintained their unbeaten start to the campaign with a deserved win over UCD in their Airtricity League Premier Division encounter at Inchicore last night.

From the outset, the hosts began to find openings down the right through intricate combinations from Christopher Forrester and Ger O’Brien and the students were thankful to Mark Langtry in the 16th minute as the full-back cleared a Conor Kenna header off the line.

Within four minutes Greg Bolger headed wastefully over after a mazy run from John Russell. The latter’s forays from midfield looked especially threatening as the half progressed and Daniel Ledwith timed his tackle to perfection to deny Russell a scoring chance in the 24th minute.