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<\/p>\nDrogheda United 1 Derry City 1\n<\/p>\n
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Adam O’Reilly of Derry City in action against Ryan Brennan of Drogheda United at Sullivan & Lambe Park in Drogheda. Photo by Matt Browne\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n
Drogheda United couldn\u2019t provide Shamrock Rovers with the favour they needed to clinch the Premier Division title at Sullivan & Lambe Park and fortune was in short supply too, as both sides hit the woodwork late in the day as they searched for a winner.<\/p>\n
A draw was a fair outcome to a thoroughly entertaining match that swung one way and then another. Teenager Dare Kareem scored for the second time in four days, his third of an impressive late-season emergence, to hand Drogheda the lead.<\/p>\n
They might have been further ahead were it not for a failure to make the most of the chances that fell their way. Danny Mullen\u2019s 54th-minute equaliser was against the run of play.<\/p>\n
It came amidst an unusual build-up to the game, with coach Patrick McEleney and not Tiernan Lynch or his assistant Andrew Mitchell engaging in the pre-match media obligations.<\/p>\n
Kareem\u2019s volley \u2013 from Conor Keeley\u2019s knockdown \u2013 was a superb strike, although fortunate to find a route to goal through a mass of bodies. Mullen\u2019s equaliser came at the end of a lightning break. Luke Dennison kept out Brandon Fleming\u2019s effort but could no nothing about Mullen\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Josh Thomas had his fair share of opportunities and Warren Davis was on the pitch for mere seconds before he touched the ball past Brian Maher. A combination of Mark Connolly, Hayden Cann and the post denied him. At the other end, Mullen then struck the woodwork with six minutes of normal time remaining.<\/p>\n
Drogheda assistant manager Daire Doyle was shown a red card by referee Rob Harvey after the final whistle. A suspension is coming his way, as is a title for Stephen Bradley\u2019s Rovers. Just not quite yet.<\/p>\n
Drogheda United: Dennison; Bolger, Keeley, Quinn; Lambe, Brennan, Farrell (Heeney 65), Kane; Markey; Thomas (Stretton 87), Kareem (Davis 70).<\/p>\n
Derry City: Maher; Cann, Connolly (Dummigan 79), Stott; Boyce, Diallo, Winchester, Fleming; O\u2019Reilly, Duffy; Mullen (White 86).<\/p>\n
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