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Leaders UCD held, more misery for manager-less Athlone

It was a busy night of action in the SSE Airtricity League First Division.

FIRST DIVISION LEADERS UCD had to be content with a point, as they drew 1-1 with Shelbourne at Tolka Park tonight.

However, it could have been worse for the visitors, as James English gave Shels the lead early in the second half.

Gary O’Neill scored a dramatic 89th-minute equaliser, while the Students also were reduced to 10 men in the dying stages, after Georgie Kelly picked up a second booking.

A bad week got worse for bottom-of-the-table Athlone amid a 3-0 loss at home to Galway United.

Eoin McCormack gave the visitors a 38th-minute lead, before second-half goals from Marc Ludden and Stephen Kenny added gloss to the scoreline.

The result comes in the wake of Wednesday’s confirmation that Aaron Callaghan had stepped down as manager of the club.

Second-place Drogheda also endured a disappointing evening, as they suffered just their second loss of the season — a 2-1 defeat away to Finn Harps.

Sean Brennan’s free kick had given the visitors a first-half lead, but Ollie Horgan’s men fought back impressively after the break.

Goals from Keith Cowan and Ciaran O’Connor early in the second half enabled the hosts to claim all three points.

Finally, Cabinteely secured a hard-fought 1-0 victory away to Wexford.

A first-half Conor Keeley penalty, after an infringement inside the box on Kieran ‘Marty’ Waters, proved to be the difference between the sides.

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    Mute Chonky Racoon
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    Jun 14th 2019, 12:23 PM

    Don’t go there kid.. Go somewhere where you’ll be appreciated and where you’ll only get better

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    Jun 14th 2019, 12:58 PM

    @Chonky Racoon: spot on I know it’s hard to say no to these huge clubs but better for your future if you went to a smaller club and got plenty of game time clubs like Dortmund or Lyon who have history of bringing players throught

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    Mute Scott Mcsauce bby
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    Jun 14th 2019, 12:16 PM

    There not holding back anyway

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    Jun 14th 2019, 4:08 PM

    Every country has a Messi these days. Wessi was our Messi!

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    Mute Hardly Normal
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    Jun 14th 2019, 1:24 PM

    Is he the first Japanese man to sign for them, first Asian perhaps? Can’t think of anyone else off hand. Lá liga will be delighted either way!

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    Jun 14th 2019, 6:19 PM

    @Hardly Normal: he’s signed for Castilla , it’s Real Madrid’s B team .. it’s a strategic move for Madrid , the player himself may not thrive though. A guy like Odegaard is making a name for himself in Holland but it’s unlikely he’ll ever triumph in Real Madrid . It’s surprising that he didn’t go back to Barca tbh .

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    Jun 14th 2019, 7:42 PM

    @Hardly Normal: As Mr. Madrugada points out, Kubo is signing for Castilla, not Real Madrid (a tehnicality). But Real Madrid (including Castilla and Real Madrid C) have had at least two Asian players before. There was some fanfare a few years back when they signed Chinese Lin Liangming. There was also a Jordanian (Tha’er Bawab) who played for both Real and Barce’s B-Teams back in the early 00s.

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    Jun 14th 2019, 8:14 PM

    @Limón Madrugada: do you think Odegaard will ever make it with Madrid or will just be sold on ??

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    Jun 14th 2019, 9:55 PM

    @Philip Farrell: you hardly rattled that off the top of your head, if you did fair play. So no asain player has played for Real Madrid proper? I’d put money on it this lad will get an opportunity if he shows any bit of promise. The asain market is untapped from a Spanish point of view, interesting move.

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    Jun 15th 2019, 11:21 AM

    @Andrew Tuite: sold on I reckon , he’s done well in Holland and Ajax are looking at him . He’d be useful as part of the deal for de Ligt !! But he needs to make a proper breakthrough for Madrid to see him as first team material.

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    Jun 14th 2019, 3:28 PM

    Great news for la liga

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