2022 President of Ireland's Cup

2022 President of Ireland's Cup

Event	President's Cup
Shamrock Rovers St Patrick's Athletic 1 1
Shamrock Rovers won 5–4 on penalties
Date	11 February 2022
Venue	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
Attendance	5,426[1]

The 2022 President's Cup was the eighth President's Cup contested for. The match was played on 11 February between the champions of the 2021 League of Ireland Premier Division and the 2021 FAI Cup winners, Shamrock Rovers and St Patrick's Athletic.^[2][3][4]

Match

Summary

St Patrick's Athletic had the better of the chances with Eoin Doyle and Mark Doyle both missing two good chances in the first half before Eoin Doyle opened the scoring in the 50th minute, finishing from 5 yards after Shamrock Rovers goalkeeper Alan Mannus parried Jamie Lennon's volley. The home side were level in the 67th minute when Ronan Finn capitalised on a goalkeeping error from Pat's debutant Joseph Anang who spilled a cross straight into the path of Rovers captain.^[5] The score remained level after 90 minutes and Chris Forrester had his penalty saved by Mannus in the shootout to seal the trophy for the home side after all other penalties for both sides were scored.^[1]

Details

11 February 2022

20:00 GMT

Shamrock Rovers	1–1	St Patrick's Athletic
Ronan Finn 67'	Report	Eoin Doyle 50'
Penalties
Richie Towell Graham Burke Seán Hoare Gary O'Neil Jack Byrne	5–4	Eoin Doyle Mark Doyle Chris Forrester Tunde Owolabi Adam O'Reilly

Tallaght Stadium

Attendance: 5,426

Referee: Rob Harvey

Shamrock Rovers

St Patrick's Athletic

GK 1 Alan Mannus RWB 2 Ronan Finn (c) 67'  82' CB 2 Sean Gannon CB 3 Seán Hoare CB 5 Lee Grace LWB 23 Neil Farrugia CM 7 Dylan Watts  63' CM 16 Gary O'Neill RW 29 Jack Byrne ST 38 Aidomo Emakhu  63' LW 14 Danny Mandroiu  63' Substitutes: GK 25 Leon Pöhls CB 4 Roberto Lopes RWB 6 Barry Cotter  82' RW 10 Graham Burke  63' CM 17 Richie Towell  63' ST 20 Rory Gaffney  63' CB 24 Sean Carey CM 26 Chris McCann ST 34 Conan Noonan Manager: Stephen Bradley

GK 1 Joseph Anang RB 2 Jack Scott CB 4 Joe Redmond CB 20 James Abankwah  76' LB 19 Anthony Breslin CM 6 Jamie Lennon  86' CM 8 Chris Forrester (c) CAM 15 Billy King  60' RW 17 Darragh Burns  76' ST 9 Eoin Doyle 50' LW 14 Mark Doyle Substitutes: GK 25 Josh Keeley LB 3 Ian Bermingham CB 5 Tom Grivosti  76' LW 11 Jason McClelland  86' CM 16 Adam O'Reilly  60' CAM 18 Ben McCormack CM 31 Kian Corbally ST 33 Kyle Robinson ST 45 Tunde Owolabi  76' Manager: Tim Clancy

See also

• 2022 League of Ireland Premier Division
• 2022 FAI Cup
• 2022 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season

References

1. "Memorable return for Jack Byrne as Shamrock Rovers beat Pat's on penalties". the42. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
2. "2022 Presidents Cup Final Confirmed". Strikeronline.ie. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
3. "Hoops and Saints face off in President's Cup". RTE Sport. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
4. "Shamrock Rovers secure silverware after shootout win over St Pat's". RTE Sport. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
5. "Shamrock Rovers claim President's Cup after penalty shoot-out win over St Pat's". Irish Independent. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.