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PREMIER DIVISION:
FT: Bohemians 0-1 Cork City - Preview - Lineups - Report
FT: Bray Wanderers 2-1 Saint Patrick's Athletic - Preview - Lineups - Report
FT: Derry City 1-1 Galway United - Preview - Lineups - Report
FT: Drogheda United 2-2 Shamrock Rovers - Preview - Lineups - Report
FIRST DIVISION:
FT: Mervue United 0-1 Shelbourne - Preview - Lineups - Report
FT: Sporting Fingal 1-0 Finn Harps - Preview - Lineups - Report
FT: UCD 4-0 Kildare County - Preview - Lineups - Report
Round up: Cork City produced the shock of the night as Davin O'Neill earned them a hard-fought win at reigning champions Bohemians. Saint Patrick's Athletic also suffered a surprise and dramatic defeat at Bray Wanderers, while Drogheda United threatened an upset as they scored their first goals of 2009. Elsewhere, Derry City went top of the Premier Division despite only drawing, while UCD and Shelbourne maintained their 100 percent records in the First Division, where Sporting Fingal made it three wins on the spin. Match reports are now online - click the 'Report' links above to access them.
22.22: The final whistle in Bray brings our live updates to an end tonight. We hope you enjoyed the service and we look forward to seeing you tomorrow (Saturday) for the final four games of Series 5. From Alan Smith, Gareth Penrose and all the reporters at the games, a very goodnight!!
22.20: The referee brings the curtain down on an exciting night at the Carlisle Grounds, which sees hosts Bray grab their first win of the season.
22.18: Goal: Last minute drama in Bray!!! A 96th-minute WINNER!! Paul Byrne scores from six-yards following a Dane Massey free!!
22.15: Goal: St. Pat's equalise in the 94th minute. Quigley's shot is punched away by O'Connor and Stuart Byrne heads in from 25-yards!!!
22.12: It's into the first minute of added time and Bray introduce Webster for Doyle.
22.09: Into the 88th minute, Damian Lynch (St. Pat's) kicks out at McCabe after being fouled and gets a yellow for his troubles.
22.08: Into the last two minutes of the game now.
22.03: Gareth Coughlan comes on for Bray's goalscorer Kelly. As the ref awarded Bray the penalty, an irate St. Pat's fan flung his phone onto the ground. Not a happy camper!
22.02: Bray have introduced John Mulroy for John Flood.
21.56: Goal: Jake Kelly scores for Bray from the penalty spot!! A foul on Kelly by 'keeper Gary Rogers led to the peno.
21.52: Karl Phillips has been back on to thank us for the updates. He will be a happy man tonight as his team, Shels, grabbed a late winner against Mervue.
21.50: A substitution for St. Pat's. Fitzpatrick has come on for Kyle Moran. Our reporter Finbarr O'Sullivan tells me the game has improved alot since the restart.
21.47: Thanks to Alan Smith for providing the updates all evening. I'm Gareth Penrose and I will be bringing you the updates from the final game. As there is only one game left, we will welcome your comments on tonight's games. You can email us at the usual address.
21.45: Only one game still playing, at the Carlisle Grounds, but stay tuned for updates.
21.40: It finishes 4-0 to UCD at Belfield, while Fingal also win, 1-0.
21.39: All over at United Park too. 2-2.
21.37: All over at Terryland Park and the Shels fans are ecstatic after a 1-0 win.
21.20: Goal: Shamrock Rovers have equalised, thanks to Padraig Amond in the 86th minute.
21.30: Goal: Kevin Doherty opens the scoring at Terryland Park with a header. 1-0 to Shelbourne.
21.29:Full time at Dalymount Park and Cork will be delighted with the win.
21.28: The second half has now started at the Carlisle Grounds. Meanwhile, Rovers are pushing hard for an equaliser against Drogheda, while it remains level at the Brandywell and Terryland Park.
21.27: Remember our league tables update immediately at the end of the games, and you can view them here
21.26: Cork look like taking three points home with them as they lead into the final minute against the champions.
21.25: There are now delays at Belfield as Kildare's Patrick Mahon is flat out on the pitch after picking up a serious ankle injury.
21.23: Despite the delays in Bray, we WILL be sticking with it until the end.
21.21: The game at the Carlisle Grounds will resume in a couple of minutes as the lighting problem has been resolved.
21.19: Thanks to Andrew Cuneen for his kind words, he just got in contact through the usual address. Remember, you can be part of extratime.ie also. Register with the site and you can leave comments on all the articles and features. We love to hear from you.
21.17: Goal: Drogheda have scored again and this time it is Robbie Farrell on 73 minutes who makes it 2-1 to the Drogs.
21.14: Darren Meenan replaces Mark O'Brien for Shelbourne, however, it remains scoreless at Terryland Park.
21.13: We're into the last ten minutes at Dalyer, could this be the shock of the weekend? I hope I don't jinx it.
21.11: Thanks to Karl Phillips who got in touch via extratimelive@gmail.com. As always, we would love to hear from you.
21.10: Yellow Card: Mervue's Dave O'Dowd, Shels' David Cassidy & Cork's Davin O'Neill all pick up bookings within a minute.
21.09: Still no definite answer from a dark Carlisle Grounds, as Bohs look for an equaliser at Dalymount Park and Shels' push men forward at Terryland.
21.08: A cracking game here as Drogheda push and Rovers repel - P.J. Murray at United Park.
21.06: Goal: Kildare County are being hammered again, as top-of-the-table UCD make it 4-0, this time a Chris Mulhall free kick ends up in the back of the net.
21.05: Rovers are now on top at United Park as they look for a winner against Drogheda.
21.03: Goran has got back to us on the usual address and he says that: "I started to follow Irish football after Shels eliminated Hajduk Split in CL Qualifiers a few years ago."
21.02: Goal: Seamus Conneely (Galway) levels the game at the Brandywell between Derry and Galway.
21.00: Goals: Two goals within a minute at the Belfield Bowl as UCD make it 3-0 - McMillan and Robbie Creevy getting on the scoresheet.
20.59: The game in the Carlisle Grounds may yet be called off. A decision will be made in ten mintues if the lights are not fixed in the meantime.
20.57: Yellow Card: Cork's Faz Kuduzovic picks up a booking within six seconds of coming on to the pitch after he replaced Denis Behan.
20.54: The emails continue to flow in and Žitko Branko is the latest. He says: "Thank you for your great previews, news and picks! Tonight I'm on Shelbourne and St Patricks.
20.52: Goal: Drogheda have finally opened their account for the season thanks to Paul Shiels, who won the First Division title with Rovers in 2006, in the first minute of the second half.
20.50: Problems in Bray. The floodlights have short-circuited so the second period will be delayed.
20.49: Sean Flaherty has been in touch again via extratimelive@gmail.com and says that he'd like to extend Goran an invitation to Terryland Park if he ever visits Ireland.
20.44: Goal: Davin O'Neill opens his account for Cork, putting his side into the lead away to the champions in the 52nd minute.
20.40: Second half has just started at Dalymount Park. Here's hoping for an improvement.
20.36: Conor Mc Brearty, a Finn Harps fan, has emailed us at the usual address and he wants to know who Goran Koprenica supports. Maybe Goran can email us again...
20.34:Half time at both the Carlisle Grounds and the Belfield Bowl.
20.33: Goal: Eamon Zayed gives Fingal the lead against Finn Harps.
20.32: JP Kelly (Drogheda) booked for a Maradona-esque hand of god attempt, very lucky not to be sent off. It's also half time at Terryland Park between Mervue and Shels.
20.31: Lovely...News of the World girls are out to do a half-time dance. And it's raining - Graeme McQueen at Dalymount Park.
20.24: Goran Koprenica has got in touch by emailing extratimelive@gmail.com and this is what he has to say - "Thank you for your good work covering both Ireland leagues. Just keep it that way. Greetings from Croatia".
20.22: Shels' Dean Delaney saves well from a long-range effort from Nicky Curran. The home side are starting to get some joy going forward at Terryland.
20.21: Remember to tune into extratime.ie on Wednesday afternoon as we unveil our inaugural Premier and First Division Manager and Player of the Month awards.
20.18: Yellow Card: Yellow card for Paul Crowley (Drogheda) for a tackle from behind on Stephen Bradley at United Park.
20.16: Yellow Card: Paul Keegan (Bohemians) picks up a booking for an elbow at Dalymount Park.
20.15: Dave Goldbey has gone off injured for Mervue. Alex Lee comes on in his place.
20.14: Goal: Thomas Stewart opens the scoring for Derry City in the Brandywell with a 21st-minute strike.
20.13: Incredible save from Mervue 'keeper Martin at Terryland. David McAllister makes a great run down the right and cuts back for Flood, who dummies for Paddy Madden, who has to score. However, Martin palms his shot on to a post and it's cleared.
20.08: Goal: It's all one-way traffic at Belfield and Evan McMillan makes it 1-0 to the Students on 19 minutes.
20.07: Goal: Gary Twigg makes it 1-0 to Shamrock Rovers at United Park, although it is against the run of play.
20.04: Thanks to Sean Flaherty for getting in contact and to answer his question, Alan Dooley estimates that there are 300 people inside Terryland Park tonight.
20.03: Don't forget that you can air your views by emailing us. The address is extratimelive@gmail.com and we would really love to hear from you.
20.01: Anto Flood has another great chance for Shels on 13 minutes but 'keeper Eoin Martin stands up well and half blocks "Bisto's" effort before Eric Browne recovers to clear. Shels should be ahead by now - Alan Dooley at Terryland Park.
19.58: Drogheda's Barrett shoots narrowly wide but there are no goals to report on from any of tonight's games.
19.55: The atmosphere at Dalymount Park sounds dead, no doubt down to the horrid rain which continues to fall.
19.54: Anto Flood rounds Mervue 'keeper after beating the offside trap but goes too wide and can't cut the ball back from wide on the right.
19.53: Paddy Madden shoots over for Shelbourne, who have brought a vocal support with them to the west coast.
19.51: Drogheda come close to scoring their first goal of the campaign after a dangerous cross by Shane Barrett is just taken off John Paul Kelly's head by Simon Madden.
19.46:Lineups for Sporting Fingal -v- Finn Harps
19.44: Davin O'Neill should have done better for Cork there but the ex-Cobh Ramblers attacker sliced the ball wide when he should have crossed to Denis Behan, as the teams emerge on to the pitch a few miles north at United Park
19.43: The teams are out on the pitch at Belfield and also at Terryland Park.
19.40: The PA welcomes Shane Robinson back to United Park and is met with silence - Drogheda fans are not happy to have the midfielder back - P.J. Murray reporting from County Louth.
19.35: We're off at Dalymount...
19.30:Lineups from Dalymount Park
19.20:Lineups for Bray Wanderers -v- Saint Patrick's Athletic at the Carlisle Grounds
19.15:Lineups from Drogheda United -v- Shamrock Rovers are also in
19.09: The first of tonight's lineups are in - Mervue United -v- Shelbourne
19.00: With just over half-an-hour to go before the first of tonight's games, between Bohemians and Cork City, kicks off, remember you can get in touch by emailing the team at extratimelive@gmail.com. All the lineups will be in shortly and you can check them out by clicking the appropriate link at the top of the page.
17.15: As the rain falls around the country, we start our live updates service. Stay tuned to extratime.ie tonight for minute-by-minute updates from all of tonight's games in both the Premier and First Divisions.
The fifth series of games kick off on Friday night in the League of Ireland and our extratime.ie reporter Alan Smith will be here giving you the latest updates from both the Premier and First Divisions. If you wish to leave a comment on the action over the course of the night or if you just want to say hello, you can do so by emailing extratimelive@gmail.com, or you can register with the site and submit a comment on this page.
FT: Bohemians 0-1 Cork City - Preview - Lineups - Report
FT: Bray Wanderers 2-1 Saint Patrick's Athletic - Preview - Lineups - Report
FT: Derry City 1-1 Galway United - Preview - Lineups - Report
FT: Drogheda United 2-2 Shamrock Rovers - Preview - Lineups - Report
FIRST DIVISION:
FT: Mervue United 0-1 Shelbourne - Preview - Lineups - Report
FT: Sporting Fingal 1-0 Finn Harps - Preview - Lineups - Report
FT: UCD 4-0 Kildare County - Preview - Lineups - Report
Round up: Cork City produced the shock of the night as Davin O'Neill earned them a hard-fought win at reigning champions Bohemians. Saint Patrick's Athletic also suffered a surprise and dramatic defeat at Bray Wanderers, while Drogheda United threatened an upset as they scored their first goals of 2009. Elsewhere, Derry City went top of the Premier Division despite only drawing, while UCD and Shelbourne maintained their 100 percent records in the First Division, where Sporting Fingal made it three wins on the spin. Match reports are now online - click the 'Report' links above to access them.
22.22: The final whistle in Bray brings our live updates to an end tonight. We hope you enjoyed the service and we look forward to seeing you tomorrow (Saturday) for the final four games of Series 5. From Alan Smith, Gareth Penrose and all the reporters at the games, a very goodnight!!
22.20: The referee brings the curtain down on an exciting night at the Carlisle Grounds, which sees hosts Bray grab their first win of the season.
22.18: Goal: Last minute drama in Bray!!! A 96th-minute WINNER!! Paul Byrne scores from six-yards following a Dane Massey free!!
22.15: Goal: St. Pat's equalise in the 94th minute. Quigley's shot is punched away by O'Connor and Stuart Byrne heads in from 25-yards!!!
22.12: It's into the first minute of added time and Bray introduce Webster for Doyle.
22.09: Into the 88th minute, Damian Lynch (St. Pat's) kicks out at McCabe after being fouled and gets a yellow for his troubles.
22.08: Into the last two minutes of the game now.
22.03: Gareth Coughlan comes on for Bray's goalscorer Kelly. As the ref awarded Bray the penalty, an irate St. Pat's fan flung his phone onto the ground. Not a happy camper!
22.02: Bray have introduced John Mulroy for John Flood.
21.56: Goal: Jake Kelly scores for Bray from the penalty spot!! A foul on Kelly by 'keeper Gary Rogers led to the peno.
21.52: Karl Phillips has been back on to thank us for the updates. He will be a happy man tonight as his team, Shels, grabbed a late winner against Mervue.
21.50: A substitution for St. Pat's. Fitzpatrick has come on for Kyle Moran. Our reporter Finbarr O'Sullivan tells me the game has improved alot since the restart.
21.47: Thanks to Alan Smith for providing the updates all evening. I'm Gareth Penrose and I will be bringing you the updates from the final game. As there is only one game left, we will welcome your comments on tonight's games. You can email us at the usual address.
21.45: Only one game still playing, at the Carlisle Grounds, but stay tuned for updates.
21.40: It finishes 4-0 to UCD at Belfield, while Fingal also win, 1-0.
21.39: All over at United Park too. 2-2.
21.37: All over at Terryland Park and the Shels fans are ecstatic after a 1-0 win.
21.20: Goal: Shamrock Rovers have equalised, thanks to Padraig Amond in the 86th minute.
21.30: Goal: Kevin Doherty opens the scoring at Terryland Park with a header. 1-0 to Shelbourne.
21.29:Full time at Dalymount Park and Cork will be delighted with the win.
21.28: The second half has now started at the Carlisle Grounds. Meanwhile, Rovers are pushing hard for an equaliser against Drogheda, while it remains level at the Brandywell and Terryland Park.
21.27: Remember our league tables update immediately at the end of the games, and you can view them here
21.26: Cork look like taking three points home with them as they lead into the final minute against the champions.
21.25: There are now delays at Belfield as Kildare's Patrick Mahon is flat out on the pitch after picking up a serious ankle injury.
21.23: Despite the delays in Bray, we WILL be sticking with it until the end.
21.21: The game at the Carlisle Grounds will resume in a couple of minutes as the lighting problem has been resolved.
21.19: Thanks to Andrew Cuneen for his kind words, he just got in contact through the usual address. Remember, you can be part of extratime.ie also. Register with the site and you can leave comments on all the articles and features. We love to hear from you.
21.17: Goal: Drogheda have scored again and this time it is Robbie Farrell on 73 minutes who makes it 2-1 to the Drogs.
21.14: Darren Meenan replaces Mark O'Brien for Shelbourne, however, it remains scoreless at Terryland Park.
21.13: We're into the last ten minutes at Dalyer, could this be the shock of the weekend? I hope I don't jinx it.
21.11: Thanks to Karl Phillips who got in touch via extratimelive@gmail.com. As always, we would love to hear from you.
21.10: Yellow Card: Mervue's Dave O'Dowd, Shels' David Cassidy & Cork's Davin O'Neill all pick up bookings within a minute.
21.09: Still no definite answer from a dark Carlisle Grounds, as Bohs look for an equaliser at Dalymount Park and Shels' push men forward at Terryland.
21.08: A cracking game here as Drogheda push and Rovers repel - P.J. Murray at United Park.
21.06: Goal: Kildare County are being hammered again, as top-of-the-table UCD make it 4-0, this time a Chris Mulhall free kick ends up in the back of the net.
21.05: Rovers are now on top at United Park as they look for a winner against Drogheda.
21.03: Goran has got back to us on the usual address and he says that: "I started to follow Irish football after Shels eliminated Hajduk Split in CL Qualifiers a few years ago."
21.02: Goal: Seamus Conneely (Galway) levels the game at the Brandywell between Derry and Galway.
21.00: Goals: Two goals within a minute at the Belfield Bowl as UCD make it 3-0 - McMillan and Robbie Creevy getting on the scoresheet.
20.59: The game in the Carlisle Grounds may yet be called off. A decision will be made in ten mintues if the lights are not fixed in the meantime.
20.57: Yellow Card: Cork's Faz Kuduzovic picks up a booking within six seconds of coming on to the pitch after he replaced Denis Behan.
20.54: The emails continue to flow in and Žitko Branko is the latest. He says: "Thank you for your great previews, news and picks! Tonight I'm on Shelbourne and St Patricks.
20.52: Goal: Drogheda have finally opened their account for the season thanks to Paul Shiels, who won the First Division title with Rovers in 2006, in the first minute of the second half.
20.50: Problems in Bray. The floodlights have short-circuited so the second period will be delayed.
20.49: Sean Flaherty has been in touch again via extratimelive@gmail.com and says that he'd like to extend Goran an invitation to Terryland Park if he ever visits Ireland.
20.44: Goal: Davin O'Neill opens his account for Cork, putting his side into the lead away to the champions in the 52nd minute.
20.40: Second half has just started at Dalymount Park. Here's hoping for an improvement.
20.36: Conor Mc Brearty, a Finn Harps fan, has emailed us at the usual address and he wants to know who Goran Koprenica supports. Maybe Goran can email us again...
20.34:Half time at both the Carlisle Grounds and the Belfield Bowl.
20.33: Goal: Eamon Zayed gives Fingal the lead against Finn Harps.
20.32: JP Kelly (Drogheda) booked for a Maradona-esque hand of god attempt, very lucky not to be sent off. It's also half time at Terryland Park between Mervue and Shels.
20.31: Lovely...News of the World girls are out to do a half-time dance. And it's raining - Graeme McQueen at Dalymount Park.
20.24: Goran Koprenica has got in touch by emailing extratimelive@gmail.com and this is what he has to say - "Thank you for your good work covering both Ireland leagues. Just keep it that way. Greetings from Croatia".
20.22: Shels' Dean Delaney saves well from a long-range effort from Nicky Curran. The home side are starting to get some joy going forward at Terryland.
20.21: Remember to tune into extratime.ie on Wednesday afternoon as we unveil our inaugural Premier and First Division Manager and Player of the Month awards.
20.18: Yellow Card: Yellow card for Paul Crowley (Drogheda) for a tackle from behind on Stephen Bradley at United Park.
20.16: Yellow Card: Paul Keegan (Bohemians) picks up a booking for an elbow at Dalymount Park.
20.15: Dave Goldbey has gone off injured for Mervue. Alex Lee comes on in his place.
20.14: Goal: Thomas Stewart opens the scoring for Derry City in the Brandywell with a 21st-minute strike.
20.13: Incredible save from Mervue 'keeper Martin at Terryland. David McAllister makes a great run down the right and cuts back for Flood, who dummies for Paddy Madden, who has to score. However, Martin palms his shot on to a post and it's cleared.
20.08: Goal: It's all one-way traffic at Belfield and Evan McMillan makes it 1-0 to the Students on 19 minutes.
20.07: Goal: Gary Twigg makes it 1-0 to Shamrock Rovers at United Park, although it is against the run of play.
20.04: Thanks to Sean Flaherty for getting in contact and to answer his question, Alan Dooley estimates that there are 300 people inside Terryland Park tonight.
20.03: Don't forget that you can air your views by emailing us. The address is extratimelive@gmail.com and we would really love to hear from you.
20.01: Anto Flood has another great chance for Shels on 13 minutes but 'keeper Eoin Martin stands up well and half blocks "Bisto's" effort before Eric Browne recovers to clear. Shels should be ahead by now - Alan Dooley at Terryland Park.
19.58: Drogheda's Barrett shoots narrowly wide but there are no goals to report on from any of tonight's games.
19.55: The atmosphere at Dalymount Park sounds dead, no doubt down to the horrid rain which continues to fall.
19.54: Anto Flood rounds Mervue 'keeper after beating the offside trap but goes too wide and can't cut the ball back from wide on the right.
19.53: Paddy Madden shoots over for Shelbourne, who have brought a vocal support with them to the west coast.
19.51: Drogheda come close to scoring their first goal of the campaign after a dangerous cross by Shane Barrett is just taken off John Paul Kelly's head by Simon Madden.
19.46:Lineups for Sporting Fingal -v- Finn Harps
19.44: Davin O'Neill should have done better for Cork there but the ex-Cobh Ramblers attacker sliced the ball wide when he should have crossed to Denis Behan, as the teams emerge on to the pitch a few miles north at United Park
19.43: The teams are out on the pitch at Belfield and also at Terryland Park.
19.40: The PA welcomes Shane Robinson back to United Park and is met with silence - Drogheda fans are not happy to have the midfielder back - P.J. Murray reporting from County Louth.
19.35: We're off at Dalymount...
19.30:Lineups from Dalymount Park
19.20:Lineups for Bray Wanderers -v- Saint Patrick's Athletic at the Carlisle Grounds
19.15:Lineups from Drogheda United -v- Shamrock Rovers are also in
19.09: The first of tonight's lineups are in - Mervue United -v- Shelbourne
19.00: With just over half-an-hour to go before the first of tonight's games, between Bohemians and Cork City, kicks off, remember you can get in touch by emailing the team at extratimelive@gmail.com. All the lineups will be in shortly and you can check them out by clicking the appropriate link at the top of the page.
17.15: As the rain falls around the country, we start our live updates service. Stay tuned to extratime.ie tonight for minute-by-minute updates from all of tonight's games in both the Premier and First Divisions.
The fifth series of games kick off on Friday night in the League of Ireland and our extratime.ie reporter Alan Smith will be here giving you the latest updates from both the Premier and First Divisions. If you wish to leave a comment on the action over the course of the night or if you just want to say hello, you can do so by emailing extratimelive@gmail.com, or you can register with the site and submit a comment on this page.
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