Despite the Leesiders’ relegation worries, the 28-year-old striker netted a career-first hat-trick in the 3-0 win over Sligo Rovers.
Ruairí Keating had been voted the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for September after scoring five goals in five games for Cork City.
Ruairí followed that with a stoppage-time winner in the FAI Cup quarter-final comeback against Wexford having teed up Malik Dijksteel for an equaliser minutes earlier. Drogheda United’s Dayle Rooney, Lee Grace of Shamrock Rovers, and St Patrick’s Athletic forward Tommy Lonergan were also nominated. “It would be a proud moment for me to win the Golden Boot. It wasn’t a goal of mine at the start of the season or anything like that. I just wanted to play as much as I could and score as many goals as I could.
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