Shane Farrell was sent off in a game dictated by the poor quality of the Tolka Park pitch.
Gavin Cooney reports from Tolka Park Shelbourne 0 Shamrock Rovers 0 NO GOALS BUT a blizzard of cards, a healthy infusion of needle and that unique mixture of affronted frustration that is the tenor of many of these Dublin derbies.
Behind them sat a roll call of LOI managers. Newly-installed Dundalk boss Noel King beamed at old friends with the man he replaced, Stephen O’Donnell, sitting only a few rows to his left. Bohs boss Alan Reynolds was here too, as was Keith Long, sitting with his multi-club brother Charlie Adam, currently in charge of Fleetwood.
Stephen Bradley and Damien Duff ahead of kick-off. Morgan Treacy / INPHO Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO Shels decided to throw on Sean Boyd and used a curiously-timed injury to their goalkeeper to rush to the bench for a tactical reshuffle. Rovers only laid siege in the last couple of the six added minutes, but Barrett, Gannon, and Shels stood firm: the only heart-in-mouth moment being Darragh Burns’ last-minute shot, which was deflected narrowly wide. Tolka Park pleaded for the whistle but the referee allowed Rovers take the corner, which Gannon rose highest to head clear.
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