Soccer:Sligo Rovers hammered Galway United 8-0 at Terryland Park to keep up their one-point lead over Shamrock Rovers at the top of the Airtricity League Premier Division tonight.
Eoin Doyle started the rout after just five minutes with his 15th league goal of the season with Richie Ryan on 16 minutes and Raffaele Cretaro (34) making it 3-0.
Galway had Eduardo Dusi sent off in the 36th minute with the visitors capitalising to go in 5-0 at the break Matthew Blinkhorn scoring twice in five minutes.
Blinkhorn completing his hat-trick in the 74th minute, with an own goal from Paul Sinnott and Doyle’s second completing the misery for the home side.
Shamrock Roverswere lucky to grab all three points at Hunky Dorys Park, with Gary Twigg's goal five minutes into injury time at the end of the game giving them a 1-0 victory over Drogheda United.
Derry Citymoved above St Patrick's Athletic with a 2-1 win over Bray Wanderersat the Carlisle Grounds.
Former Seagull Eamon Zayed scored his 17th of the season with a diving header in the 67th minute after good work from Candystripes star James McLean.
The Peterborough United target then floated over a corner for full back Danny Lafferty to head home at the back post, with John Mulroy scoring from a corner in injury time for Bray’s consolation goal.
Dundalkjumped ahead of Bray on the back of a 2-0 victory over UCDat Oriel Park, with the goals coming from Daniel Kearns and Johnny Breen at the end of each half.
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