Controversy as Drogs deny nine-man Dundalk

Drogheda United 1 Dundalk 0

The Lilywhites, with only faint hopes now of capturing the league title, look set to end the season trophy-less after having Chris Shields and Darren Meenan controversially sent off to leave their team to battle with nine men for an entire hour.

Stephen Kenny and members of his management team tried to confront referee Anthony Buttimer at half-time after the two key decisions which were hugely controversial and both assistant boss Vinny Perth and fitness coach Graham Byrne were dismissed during the interval.