Saints call gardaí after cyber abuse

Losing cup finalists St Patrick’s Athletic have called in the gardaí following abusive comments in social media directed at goalkeeper Brendan Clarke.

In Sunday’s 3-2 defeat to Derry City in the FAI Ford Cup final at the Aviva Stadium, with the score locked at 1-1, Clarke gave away possession and then, in attempting to retrieve the situation, committed a foul which was punished from the penalty sport by Rory Paterson.

That meant Derry had come back from 1-0 down to take the lead and though Pat’s equalised in normal time through Christy Fagan, a second Paterson goal in extra-time sent the trophy north to Derry, leaving the Inchicore side’s infamous cup drought to extend to, at least, 52 years.