Shelbourne SSC v Beechlawn Rovers FC
Venue: St Annes Park, Clontarf
Date: 03-10-2009

Beechlawn Rovers' poor run of form continued when they made the trip to St. Annes park to face Shelbourne SSC on Saturday. Having lost to table toppers Celtic Park previously, Rovers were looking to get back into the chase again. Things however started dismally when they conceded after just two minutes and disappointingly for manager Robbie Roden, the heads seemed to drop straight away.
Shelbourne made it two nil on approximately 30 minutes to reaffirm their dominance in the game against a rattled Beechlawn Rovers side. The sides went into the half time break with the host leading by 2 goals to nil.
Things couldn't have gotten much worse you would think but 10 minutes into the second half, they just did with Beechlawns player Dave Murray sent off for retaliation. Any chance of a fight were being made harder and harder by the away side. On seventy minutes the game was effectively over when Shels got their third goal of the game. Any hope of salvaging some pride from the game were diminished when shortly after that goal, Brian blood for was given a straight red card and then Stef Power collected his second yellow card of the game and his own red card for two careless tackles to compound things for a livid Robbie Roden on the touchline.
Two straight 3-0 defeats then for Rovers will give them plenty to think about during the international break with manager Robbie Roden promising plenty of hard work on the training filed between now and the next game. Rovers remain fourth from bottom after 6 games, worryingly with all the teams below them having games in hand.