Athlone Town produced the performance of the evening as they secured a point thanks to a 3-3 draw against Drogheda United. Elsewhere, Bray Wanderers comfortably beat UCD, Cabinteely continue their unbeaten season with victory over Cobh Ramblers and
Athlone Town produced the performance of the evening as they secured a point thanks to a 3-3 draw against Drogheda United.
Elsewhere, Bray Wanderers comfortably beat UCD, Cabinteely continue their unbeaten season with victory over Cobh Ramblers and Longford Town secured a narrow win at Galway United.
Athlone Town 3-3 Drogheda United
Ronan Manning's late goal secured a deserved point for the First Division's bottom side against high-flying Drogheda United.
Manning put the home side in front in the 23rd minute but Athlone were pegged back four minutes from the break after Aaron Myles' own goal.
Lee Duffy put Athlone back in front in the 54th minute but once again, six minutes later, Drogheda were level through Brandon Bermingham. Six minutes from time, Chris Lyons scored from the spot to put Drogheda ahead for the first time in the match.
However, the home side showed fantastic spirit and scored in the 89th minute to claim an impressive point as Manning notched his brace.
Cabinteely 1-0 Cobh Ramblers
Pat Devlin's First Division leaders continued their unbeaten season with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Cobh Ramblers.
There wasn't much to split the two sides as Shane Barnes scored the only goal of the game 13 minutes from time to secure the points for Cabo.
Pierce Phillips was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 88th minute for Ramblers as Cabinteely maintained a three-point gap at the top of the table.
Galway United 0-1 Longford Town
Longford Town moved into second position in the First Division thanks to a late victory at Eamonn Deacy Park.
Both sides had a number of chances to break the deadlock but eight minutes from time, it was Aaron McCabe who scored the only goal of the game to secure a win for De Town.
The win sees Longford move ahead of Drogheda in the table but still three points behind high-flying Cabinteely.
Bray Wanderers 2-0 UCD AFC
Bray Wanderers moved past the Students in the First Division table thanks to a comfortable victory at the Carlisle Grounds
With a quarter of an hour gone, Darragh Lynch put the Seagulls ahead to set Wanderers on their way to victory.
Lynch sealed the win in the 73rd minute to see Gary Cronin's side stay firmly in the promotion race.
