St Patrick’s Athletic crowned Leinster Senior Cup winners
Ryan McLaughlin lifts the Leinster Senior Cup for St Patrick's Athletic Credit: Martin Doherty (ETPhotos)
St Patrick’s Athletic have won the Leinster Senior Cup for the tenth time in their history.
The Saints defeated Leinster Senior League top-flight outfit St Mochta’s 2-1 in the decider at Richmond Park on Tuesday night.
And it was a long evening of action at the Inchicore venue as an issue with the floodlights caused a delay to proceedings.
But the Athletic shrugged off the false start to take the lead after 25 minutes through Ireland underage international Michael Noonan.
Played before a healthy crowd of 1,088 in Dublin 8, Stephen Kenny’s men doubled their advantage on the hour mark through Kian Leavy.
Despite that, Mochta’s battled bravely and competed well against a Saints side that boasted first-team names such as Leavy, Jason McClelland, Cian Kavanagh, Aaron Bolger, Conor Keeley, Ryan McLaughlin, Luke Turner and Al-Amin Kazeem.
And Brian McCarthy scored a late consolation from the penalty spot with Gareth McCaffrey slotting home in the 93rd minute.
But it was not enough as St Pat’s claimed victory.
You can view Martin Doherty’s gallery from the game here.
The goals from tonight’s @PTSBIreland Leinster Senior Cup Final. @GarethMcCaffrey with our goal from the penalty spot. #LSLLiveScore | #LeinsterSeniorCuppic.twitter.com/4CQqEq9uVu
— St. Mochta's FC (@stmochtasfc) October 8, 2024
