St Pat’s ease past Crumlin

An early own-goal by Derek Griffin along with strikes from Jake Carroll and Jake Kelly put St Pat’s into the third round of the FAI Cup at Richmond Park.

Leinster Senior League side Crumlin, who were drawn to play at home but opted to hold the game at Pat’s ground, were behind on three minutes. Griffin stuck his leg out to intercept a Pat’s attack and inadvertently looped the ball over goalkeeper David Meehan and into the net.

Pat’s Christy Fagan went close before Carroll scored their second on 12 minutes with a low shot under Meehan. Fagan made it a hat-trick of missed first half chances when he headed over from Ger O’Brien’s cross on 44 minutes.