Return of fans fails to inspire Shamrock Rovers as Finn Harps leave with a point

Though Harps started brightly, with Tunde Owolabi wasting a half chance, a defensive howler gifted Rovers the lead on nine minutes.

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Tallaght Stadium may have welcomed the return of football fans, but Shamrock Rovers failed to provide a thousand of their faithful the win that would have put them back top-of-the-table, overnight at least, as they laboured to this stalemate against a tenacious Finn Harps.