Hoops end Shels unbeaten run

Shamrock Rovers 3 Shelbourne 0

Two stunning free-kicks saw Liam Buckley's Shamrock Rovers end Shelbourne’s unbeaten start to the season at Richmond Park this evening.

Rovers started brightly and took a deserved lead on 25 minutes when Steven Gough scored a spectacular goal from a 40-yard free-kick.

Keith O’Halloran doubled Rovers lead eleven minutes later when curling another free past a bemused Steve Williams in the Shels’ goal.

It got worse for Shels on 54 minutes when left-back Dave Rogers was sent off for a second booking to all but hand the points to Rovers.

The third goal came in the 92nd minute when Stephen Grant headed in a Trevor Molloy cross.