St Pat's drop first points

St. Patrick's Athletic 0 Bohemians 0

St. Pat's dropped their first points of the season and were lucky not to have lost all three in a thrilling scoreless draw at Richmond Park.

As promised by boss Sean Connor, Bohs weren't negative and had the three best chances of the first half.

Skipper Kevin Hunt fluffed the first of them on ten minutes when blasting over the bar from Chris Kingsberry's cross.

John Paul Kelly also missed a good opening seven minutes later following good approach play by Glen Crowe and Hunt.

Stephen Rice and Des Byrne then got the ball to Crowe who shot against a post.

The lively Crowe brought the best out of Barry Ryan in the Saints goal on 88 minutes as Bohs remained the better side to the finish.