Leaders Shamrock Rovers held again at Drogheda; Derry City beat Sligo Rovers
This left City facing into a 1-0 interval deficit and they suffered an additional setback when Brooks was replaced on 55 minutes after previously receiving treatment on a number of occasions.
But during the latter stages of the game Derry pounded the Sligo defence with keeper, Luke McNicholas saving the first penalty as he produced a man-of-the-match performance. Boosted by the goal, Duffy burst into the danger area four minutes later but his shot, from an acute angle, was palmed clear by McNicholas.
However, controversy was to arrive on the stroke of half-time when Sligo’s New Zealander Nando Pijnaker appeared to have brought Doherty crashing down to earth in a last-man tackle. In the 70th-minute Derry substitute, Will Patching, let fly from 25 yards but he failed to find the target as the home lot attempted to get a grip of the game.
This season that record reads two draws at home soil and a victory at Tallaght Stadium for Kevin Doherty’s part-time upstarts. Having taken seven points from Rovers this term – and three each from St Patrick’s Athletic and Derry City – Drogheda’s impact on the table will surely tell, regardless of how their season ends towards the bottom.
Utterly dominant from the off, Damien Duff’s side should have been in front after just three minutes. The UCD goalkeeper wasn’t tested until just past the half hour mark, diving to his right to clasp Lunney’s shot.
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