Shelbourne 1
Bohemians 2
SHELBOURNE’S UNBEATEN START to the season came to an end in front of their own fans as a Jordan Flores double proved enough to take these Dublin derby spoils for Bohemians.
Damien Duff’s side remain top of the Premier Division, although it could have been a more damaging night had Derry City not conceded a late equaliser at Drogheda United.
Shels’ lead is five points with Shamrock Rovers loitering one more adrift but after a draw in Louth last week followed by this defeat their momentum has been halted.
In his fourth game in charge since replacing Declan Devine, Bohs boss Alan Reynolds secured a second victory at the home of the team who had set a fierce pace.
When Will Jarvis converted a 63rd-minute penalty to cut the deficit in half it felt as though the walls might close in with the pressure.
The onslaught never came and while there were seven minutes of injury-time the away side showed a sense of togetherness to see it through.
It’s a result that moves Bohs into fifth, three points off second place, and Shels only have themselves to blame.
For a side that have prided themselves in their all-round organisation and defensive strength the two first-half goals were unforgivable.
The first of Flores’ brace was from the penalty spot after Jevon Mills’ hopeful clearance into space was chased down by James Akintunde.
Gavin Molloy, imperious so far this season, seemed to misjudge the flight of the ball and that was all the Bohs striker needed to increase the confusion.
Conor Kearns rushed from his line to try and clear. It was an accident waiting to happen and things seemed to go into slow motion as Akintunde nipped in front of Molloy and pushed the ball past the Shels goalkeeper.
The pair collided and the penalty was awarded.
Flores stepped up to convert low and hard to Kearns’ left for a 37th-minute lead.
This alone would have sent Bohs into the half-time break buoyed, but they were in dreamland three minutes later.
The travelling fans in the Ballybough End were delirious too when they watched Flores rise unmarked at the back post from Dayle Rooney’s corner.
Again, Shels were asleep at the vital moment.
As Rooney took his first step to deliver the set-piece Flores began his run from near the penalty spot.
Mark Coyle was closest to him but lost his man and by the time he realised it was too late, the midfielder made the perfect connection at the back with Kearns unable to keep it out.
The reaction on the Bohs bench seemed to suggest it was a routine straight off the training ground and was a weakness in the Shels’ set-piece set-up that had been spotted.
If so, it was exploited perfectly and an indication of what might be to come as Alan Reynolds continues to put his stamp on the Phibsborough outfit.
Both sides caught their breath at the break and after a tame re-start the drama returned on the hour mark when Shels were awarded a penalty of their own.
Rooney seemed to win the ball in a challenge with left back Tyreke Wilson but his foot was high and the decision understandable. It came as the ball broke in the box after John Martin had a shot well saved by Kacper Chorzaka and defender Aboubacar Keita failed to clear his lines properly when it seemed as though the goalkeeper was about to gather.
Amid all the confusion and tension Jarvis slotted his effort straight down the middle.
There were 63 minutes gone and Shels were so nearly level in the same time straight from kick-off.
Coyle took possession, drove into the box and saw his shot parried into the path of Liam Burt who must have thought the net was about to bulge before Jevon Mills made a stunning block.
The defender had his arm by his side and while it appeared to strike it another spot kick would have been harsh.
Shelbourne: Kearns; Gannon, Barrett (Farrell 76), Molloy, Wilson; Burt, Coyle (captain) (O’Sullivan 67), Lunney (Hakiki 90), Jarvis, Martin (Williams 76); Boyd
Bohemians: Chorazka; Matheson, Mills, Keita, Kirk; McDaid (Connolly 69), Flores (captain), Clarke, McDonnell (McManus 77), Rooney; Akintunde (Grant 84).
Referee: Paul McLaughlin.
I don’t condone racist comments in any shape or form but a person cannot be imprisioned for a racist comment. it is disgraceful what was said but at the end of the day that person has the right to his opinion even if it is a disgusting one. the best thing that can be done is the comment removed and the person in question should be banned from games by the club.
Are you familiar with “Prohibition of Incitement To Hatred Act (1989)” – http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1989/en/act/pub/0019/print.html ? It has been used to charge and imprison people who have made racist comments though it doesn’t appear to have been successfully prosecuted where the comments were made online.
We need to smash racism wherever we see it. Disgusted at some of the casual acceptance of this kind of behaviour.
Racism is blown out of proportion in this country.. simply ignoring it in cases like this is the best thing to do. If this was left go a few twitter followers of this person would have been the only people to see it.. now with the publicity attached hundreds of thousands of people have seen it.
I’m glad the racists have been exposed and hopefully banned from Shamrock Rovers. Racism needs to be nipped in the bud because it spreads among idiots very quickly. Shamrock Rovers fans take enough stick without having a racist label attached to them.
I’m glad the racists have been exposed and hopefully banned from Shamrock Rovers. Racism needs to be nipped in the bud because it spreads among idiots very quickly. Shamrock Rovers fans take enough stick without having a racist label attached to them because of a few uneducated simpletons.
Heard you the first time WS
Politicians should also be called to answer if they contribute to racist incitement
I dont agree with the tweet, dont even know who the player is, but being racist on the internet shouldnt be a crime. Get the post deleted …..problem solved.
all cars should be blue……..
@ stephen : just because it’s the internet doesn’t give you license to be a racist p$&#k , why should you be allowed to abuse people from behind a keyboard and once it’s deleted ‘everything is grand again’ ??
The gas part is, if the fan said it to the players face AND kicked the sh1ite out of him – nothing would have happened!! But be racist online?! Oh god forbid…
Mr Hamstrings, have you ever heard of the word “Assault”?
You can’t just pretend a racist comment didn’t happen once it has been deleted! Imagine how the player feels about an insult like that being thrown at him? If club officials ignored it, it would be adding insult to injury.
Imagine how the player feels now with it going out on every news wire in the country. Its a horrible comment, but the media now add serious injury to insult.
Agreed that its a horrible comment and would probably be better for the guy if it wasn’t in the public eye but it HAD to be reported to the Guards.
Without a doubt. No question of reporting it to the guards.
You have to laugh at the people saying delete it and it’s grand. Funny how they’re all white. You do realise the lad who received this tweet is black? Do you think he’s sitting at home going, “ah sure, he deleted it, I feel ok now”? Racism is not something to be swept under the carpet, the people who are saying we should do that obviously have no clue what it’s like to be discriminated against. Racism is not an opinion, it’s disgusting bigotry and it harms the victim or victims. Extreme levels of naivety from some people.
Here mick Lennon I was in tallagh stadium not so long ago and I’ve heard rovers fans abuse Gilbert in clear ear shot of stewards and it has been let go so about time they got caught and hopefully get prosecuted !
also a further point, any abuse that Gilbert has received during games were due to his ability as a footballer and had nothing to do with the colour of his skin
i dont know what you mean?
could have been a bohs supporter tweeted it
Same old rovers always trying to blame someone else, your club has seen the tweet, anyone that follows football in Ireland can see the tweet, and the person that posted it had rovers comments on their page going back a couple of months. There is even screen shots to prove them. Take the blame for once and stop trying to deflect the fact that the club has racist problems that have been going on for a number of years.
Gilbert should feel worse about his “performances” this year rather than this one incident…also its sad that LOI articles are constantly put up on this site, but only this one, a bad new story, has attracted significant attention and comment
Ok sort the racist thing out and them deport him
this all stems from the racist remarks made in the UK.
some journalist has seen the tweet and now is spinning it to try and make an Irish version of the story..
God save us with this over the top control of what individuals do.. the racist like tweet reference say that the person involved shows poor judgement of their view of the world and others in it if it is in fact a genuine poster and not a journalist running a scam for headlines sake….
Either way I’m not sure my non white colleges will give the comment as much thought as farting in private…. The comment deserves as much attention as that… Now can we all get on with our lives as we always have done…..
When it’s Bohs, Pat’s or anyone else there’s a serious racism problem among League of Ireland fans.
When it’s Rovers it’s just a silly schoolgirl whose actions shouldn’t represent the rest of the fans.
Rovers have handled it awfully going so public with it. It’s gone from doing the rounds among rival forums and being a bit of slagging ammo to becoming a national news story. Why did they feel the need to???
For what it’s worth I don’t think there is a racism problem in the LOI. When the issue of race does crop up it is usually Rovers though. Monkey Chants at Joey Ndo in Dalymount, Nazi salutes in front of their flag on European away trips, Turner and Zayed and the reaction to that incident.
That’s also not to say that all Rovers fans are racists. To do so would be as bigoted as the racist comments themselves.
There are rumours that Gilbert gave a thumbs down whist holding the crest of his jersey and made wa**er gestures towards a section of Rovers fans during the cup final on Saturday.
I would bet money that the girl in question sent that tweet in the heat of the moment from her phone right when that happened.
I don’t condone it or any racism for a second, I’m merely pointing out that that’s the problem with the likes of Twitter being so accessible.
The correct thing to do would have been to privately send a copper (I’m sure there’s at least one Rovers fan policeman) round to her house and put the absolute fear of god into her. I’m sure the Rovers fans more so than the club itself have their own way of weeding out racists.
did you send it Dave,your being very defensive and blaming rovers,sounds like your trying to deflect the spotlight from bohs fans and have innocent rovers fans tarnished
so much for freedom of speech.
So your a racist now Father