2010 First Division Match Results – Airtricity League Series 1

The results for the first series of matches in the Airtricity League of Ireland First Division are detailed below.

The First Division kicked off with a match up between two teams that were in the Premier Division last season. Derry City played host to the reinvented Cork City aka Cork City Foras Co-op. Tommy Dunne, the Cork manager, could only muster up 13 players to tog out for the match. In the first couple of minutes of the second half Davin O’Neill scored the first ever goal for Cork City Foras to give the southerners a 1-0 lead. Derry City were only behind for a short time as Emmett Friars equalised in the 63rd with a headed goal.

Karl Bermingham gave visiting Monaghan United a surprise lead over Shelbourne in the Tolka Park in the eighteenth minute. Shelbourne came out in the second half with renewed determination to get something out of the game. The seemingly inevitable equaliser came when Eric Foley smashed home a free kick in the 80th minute.

Mervue United and Limerick played out a 1-1 draw at Terryland Park. The visitors took the lead halfway through the opening 45 minutes through John Tierney. Kevin Barrett equalised for the home team when the referees’ assistant indicated that the the ball had crossed the goal line before Limerick had hacked it clear.

Vinny Sullivan gave Waterford United an early lead against Wexford Youths at the RSC. Things went from bad to worse for Wexford when Warren Broaders was dismissed for a two-footed challenge. United continued to dominate but the second goal did not come until 10 minutes into the second half when Willie John Kiely doubled Waterford’s lead. Alan Carey killed off Wexford Youths when he converted a penalty in the 72nd minute.

Three second half goals gave Longford Town a home victory over Finn Harps. The Donegal men had taken an early lead through Johnny Lafferty, and pulled one back in the 78th minute, but two Longford goals from JP McDonagh and another from Peter Hynes delivered a home victory.

A tenth minute goal Austin Skelly for Athlone Town was enough to give the Shannnon-siders the three points from their Airtricity First Division clash Salthill Devon at Drom in Galway.

Airtricity First Division Match Results – Series 1

League of Ireland First Division Team Sheets

Venue: BRANDYWELL

Derry City: Gerard Doherty; Eddie McCallion, Emmett Friars, Mark McChrystal, Mark Scoltock; Shane McEleney (Stephen Parkhouse 53mins), Ruairi Harkin, James McClean, Barry Molloy; Vinnie Sweeny (Darren Cassidy 76 mins), Mark Farren. Subs not used: Eugene Ferry, Seamus Sharkey, David McDaid.
Cork City FORAS Co-op FC: Mark McNulty; Ian Turner, Dave Rogers, Stephen Mulcahy, Greg O’Halloran; Davin O’Neill, Paul Deasy, Cillian Lordan, Graham Cummins; Eoin Forde, William Heffernan.
Subs not used: Wesley Tong, John Dineen.

Referee: Mr. Paul Tuite / Attendance: 2,799

Venue: TERRYLAND PARK

Mervue United: Ger Hanley; Eric Browne, Darren Young, Mike Elwood, Damien O’Rourke; Kevin Crehan, Kevin Barrett (Enda Curran 72 mins), Pat Hoban (Ollie Keogh 55 mins), Gerry Burke; Dan Cunningham, Rory Gaffney (Paul Scally 90 mins). Subs not used: Kenny Farrell and Padraig Lally
Limerick FC: Dave Ryan; John Boyle, Martin Deedy, Declan Cahill, Peter White, Jeffrey Judge, Shane Tracy (Thomas Lyons 72 mins), Sean Kelly, Shane Clarke, John Tierney and Daryl Kavanagh (Robbie Kelleher 85 mins). Subs not used: Jason Hughes, Nigel Stanley, John McGuinness

Booked: Damien O’Rourke, Ollie Keogh (Mervue Utd), Declan Cahill (Limerick FC)

Referee: John McLoughlin / Attendance: 280 Approximately

Venue: TOLKA PARK

Shelbourne: Delany, Quigley, Byrne, Ryan, Whelan, Shiels, McGill, Cassidy (Hughes ’45), Corcoran (Gorman ’45), Forsyth (Scully ’60), Foley. Substitutes Not Used: Williams, Doherty.
Monaghan United: Kelly, McMahon, Costigan, Lynch, Gartland, Tierney, O’Connor, McCrossan, Bermingham, Hughes, Clancy. Substitutes Not Used: Flynn, Hanaphy, McKevitt, Sava, Brennan.

Referee: Sean Grant / Attendance: 877

Venue: RSC

Waterford United: Chris Konopka; Alan Carey, John Hayes, Kevin Murray, Kevin Waters; Timmy Purcell (Gareth Cambridge 67), Seamus Long (Gary Dunphy 80), Paul McCarthy, Liam Kearney; Vinny Sullivan, Willie John Kiely (David Grincell 67’. Substitutes not used: James O’Sullivan, Paul Carey.
Wexford Youths: Packie Holden; Anto Russell, Warren Broaders, David Breen, Anthony Wolfe (Aidan McCann 35); Patsy Malone (Chris Kenny 77), Declan Broaders, Shane Dempsey, Danny Furlong (Lee Aust 86); Gary Sheahan, Jimmy Keohane. Substitutes not used: John Byrne, Pa Doyle.

Referee: Graham Kelly / Attendance: 683

Venue: FLANCARE PARK

Longford Town: Stephen Conlon, Derek Tyrell, Philip Byrne, Kevin Cronin, Gary Cronin, Cathal Brady, John Lester, Thomas Hyland, JP McDonagh, Peter Hynes, Derek Glynn.
Substitutes: Chris Deans for Byrne, Ryan McEvoy for Hyland, Mark Salmon for Hynes.
Finn Harps: Ciaran Gallagher, James Doherty, Jon Minnock, Packie Mailey, Matt Crossan, Stephen McLoughlin, Michael Funston, Johnny Lafferty, Marc Brolly, Kevin McHugh, Davitt Walsh
Substitutes: Mark Forker for Brolly

Venue: DROM

Salthill Devon: N/A
Athlone Town: N/A

Referee: J. McKell / Attendance: 350