2010 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season

The 2010 season is St. Patricks Athletic F.C.'s 81st year in existence, and their 59th year in the top division. The previous season the Saints finished 7th, failing to qualify for any European Competition.

St Patricks Athletic F.C.
2010 season
Chairman Garrett Kelleher
Manager Pete Mahon
Premier Division5th
FAI CupSemi Final
League of Ireland CupQuarter Final
Setanta CupRunners up
Leinster Senior CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Faherty (14)
All: Faherty (19)

Pre-season

When the 2009 season finished, St Pats underwent a revamp. Most of the squad from the 2009 season was let go, only 5 players from 2009 were kept for 2010.

On 9 December Pete Mahon was appointed manager after successfully leading the Saints out of relegation trouble last season.[1] Pete Mahon signed 13 players during pre-season, creating a good deal of excitement amongst the fans.

The team spent a weekend in Wexford where they defeated Wexford Youths 3–0. Up next were 2 home friendlies against Longford Town F.C., 3–1 and Limerick F.C., 1–1. These were followed by 2 away matches against Waterford United F.C., 0–0 and Bray Wanderers F.C., 1–3.

Team kit

On 15 January it was announced that St Pats secured a kit deal with Umbro to add 4 years onto the deal already in place.[2] Nissan were announced as the new main sponsors of the club after the deal with Paddy Power ran out. A new home and away jersey were issued for the 2010 season.

First-team squad
No. Name Nationality Position Date Of Birth (Age) Signed From Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Gary Rogers GK (1981-09-25) 25 September 1981 Galway United
20 Dan Connor GK (1981-01-31) 31 January 1981 Cork City (left in July)
20 Chris Bennion GK (1980-08-30) 30 August 1980 Athlone Town (signed in July)
30 Paul Hunt GK (1990-04-06) 6 April 1990 Youth system
Defenders
2 Derek Pender RB (1984-10-02) 2 October 1984 Bray Wanderers
3 Ian Bermingham LB (1989-01-08) 8 January 1989 Shamrock Rovers
4 Conor Kenna CB (1984-11-21) 21 November 1984 Drogheda United
5 Shane Guthrie CB (1984-12-11) 11 December 1984 Galway United
6 Damien Lynch RB (1979-07-31) 31 July 1979 Drogheda United Captain
16 Neil Harney RB (1991-02-20) 20 February 1991 Youth system
19 Noel Haverty CB (1989-02-24) 24 February 1989 Youth system
Midfielders
7 David McAllister CM (1988-12-29) 29 December 1988 Shelbourne
8 Stuart Byrne CM (1976-11-04) 4 November 1976 Drogheda United Vice captain
12 James O'Brien CM (1990-06-08) 8 June 1990 Bradford City (signed in July)
14 Brian Cash RW (1982-11-24) 24 November 1982 Sligo Rovers
15 Gareth Coughlan LW (1990-05-02) 2 May 1990 Bray Wanderers
17 Dave Mulcahy CM (1978-01-28) 28 January 1978 Bray Wanderers
18 Conor Sinnott CM (1986-01-19) 19 January 1986 Wexford Youths (left in July)
21 Ryan Guy RW (1985-09-05) 5 September 1985 University of San Diego
25 Derek Doyle LW (1986-04-30) 30 April 1986 Shelbourne
Strikers
9 Alex Williams ST (1983-01-15) 15 January 1983 Dundalk (left in July)
9 Danny North (signed in July) ST (1987-09-07) 7 September 1987 Alfreton Town (signed in July)
10 Vinny Faherty ST (1987-06-13) 13 June 1987 Galway United
11 Paul Byrne ST (1986-05-19) 19 May 1986 Bray Wanderers
Andy Haran ST (1991-01-05) 5 January 1991 Youth system On loan at Shelbourne

Premier Division

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 March 2010 St Patrick's Athletic2–0Galway UnitedInchicore, Dublin
Ryan Guy  8'
Shane Guthrie  11'
Ian Bermingham  19'
Alex Williams  68'
Vinny Faherty  74'		 [3] Stephen O'Donnell  12'
Stephen O'Donnell  17' 
Rhys Meynell  58'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 1,575
Referee: Padraig Sutton
16 March 2010 Shamrock Rovers0–2St Patrick's AthleticTallaght, Dublin
James Chambers  79'
Danny Murphy  82'		 [4] Alex Williams  17'
Shane Guthrie  25'
Ian Bermingham  57'
Vinny Faherty  58'
Vinny Faherty  58'		 Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Declan Hanney
19 March 2010 St Patrick's Athletic3–0UCDInchicore, Dublin
Vinny Faherty  45'
Ryan Guy  87'
Ryan Guy  89'		 [5] Ciarán Kilduff  90' Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 1,563
Referee: Alan Kelly
26 March 2010 Dundalk0–0St Patrick's AthleticDundalk, Louth
Tom Miller  24'
Wayne Hatswell  59'
Stephen Maher  65'		 [6] Dave Mulcahy  24'
Alex Williams  38'
Dave McAllister  80'		 Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Anthony Buttimer
2 April 2010 St Patrick's Athletic0–0Sporting FingalInchicore, Dublin
Dave McAllister  14'
Ryan Guy  35'		 [7] Kenny Browne  43'
John Frost  85'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Anthony Buttimer
6 April 2010 Bohemians1–1St Patrick's AthleticPhibsborough, Dublin
Jason Byrne  47' [8] Vinny Faherty  15'
Shane Guthrie  25'
Brian Cash  70'		 Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Dave McKeon
9 April 2010 St Patrick's Athletic0–1Drogheda UnitedInchicore, Dublin
[9] Alan McNally  79'
Eoghan Osborne  90+3'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Richie Winter
20 April 2010 Bray Wanderers0–4St Patrick's AthleticBray, Wicklow
[10] Paul Byrne  27'
Conor Kenna  33'
Shane Guthrie  37'
Gareth Coughlan  40'		 Stadium: Carlisle Grounds
Attendance: 900
Referee: Dave McKeon
23 April 2010 St Patrick's Athletic1–0Sligo RoversInchicore, Dublin
Dave McAllister  57' [11] Gavin Peers  84'
Alan Keane  90+4'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Alan Kelly
26 April 2010 Galway United0–2St Patrick's AthleticGalway City, Galway
Paul Sinnott  57'
Barry Ryan  74'		 [12] Paul Byrne  5'
Stuart Byrne  19'
David McAllister		 Stadium: Terryland Park
Attendance: 805
Referee: Neil Doyle
30 April 2010 St Patrick's Athletic1–2Shamrock RoversInchicore, Dublin
Vinny Faherty  24'
Damian Lynch  33'
Derek Pender  61'
Alex Williams  90'		 [13] Thomas Stewart  35'
Thomas Stewart  56'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 3,400
3 May 2010 UCD1–0St Patrick's AthleticBelfield, Dublin
David McMillan  33'
Greg Bolger  66'
Andy Boyle  84'
Brian Shortall  90+4'		 [14] Conor Sinnott  7'
Derek Pender  27'		 Stadium: UCD Bowl
Attendance: 643
Referee: Padraig Sutton
7 May 2010 St Patrick's Athletic1–0DundalkInchicore, Dublin
Paul Byrne  4'
Dave McAllister  36'
Dave Mulcahy  52'		 [15] Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Declan Hanney
21 May 2010 St Patrick's Athletic3–1BohemiansInchicore, Dublin
Derek Doyle  39'
Paul Byrne  40'
Stuart Byrne  42'		 [16] Jason Byrne  13'
Mark Quigley  16'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Anthony Buttimer
29 May 2010 Drogheda United2–1St Patrick's AthleticDrogheda, Louth
Paul Crowley  30'
Eric McGill  44'
John Flood  86'
Joe Kendrick  87'		 [17] Vinny Faherty  45'
Damian Lynch  90+1'		 Stadium: Hunky Dorys Park
Attendance: 1,500 (Est.)
Referee: Alan Kelly
8 June 2010 St Patrick's Athletic3–0Bray WanderersInchicore, Dublin
Vinny Faherty  2'
Vinny Faherty  14'
Conor Sinnott  90+2'		 [18] Dane Massey  49' Stadium: Richmond Park
26 June 2010 Sligo Rovers0–0St Patrick's AthleticSligo Town, Sligo
Gavin Peers  25'
Danny Ventre  87'		 [19] Vinny Faherty  75' Stadium: The Showground
Referee: Padraig Sutton
2 July 2010 St Patrick's Athletic4–2Galway UnitedInchicore, Dublin
Derek Doyle  2'
Vinny Faherty  59'
Derek Doyle  72'
Ryan Guy  74'
Derek Doyle  82' (pen.)		 [20] Anthony Flood  38'
Gary Curran  45'
Anthony Flood  60'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Damien Hancock
5 July 2010 Shamrock Rovers2–1St Patrick's AthleticTallaght, Dublin
Dan Murray  34'
Thomas Stewart  64'
Thomas Stewart  81'
Billy Dennehy  90'		 [21] Derek Doyle  50'
Shane Guthrie  75'
Damian Lynch  79'
Ryan Guy 90'
Brian Cash  90+3'		 Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 4,803
Referee: Alan Kelly
9 July 2010 St Patrick's Athletic2–1UCDInchicore, Dublin
Shane Guthrie  17'
Derek Doyle  21'
Stuart Byrne  44'
Shane Guthrie  81'		 [22] Brian Shortall  11' Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Neil Doyle
18 July 2010 Dundalk0–3St Patrick's AthleticDundalk, Louth
Stephen Maher  34'
Tom Miller  53'
Stuart Byrne  44'
Shane Guthrie  81'		 [23] Dave Mulcahy  6'
Dave Mulcahy  18'
Ryan Guy  45'
Conor Kenna  51'
Paul Byrne  65'		 Stadium: Oriel Park
Referee: Tom Connolly
25 July 2010 St Patrick's Athletic1–1Sporting FingalInchicore, Dublin
Damian Lynch  65'
Dave Mulcahy  88'		 [24] Conan Byrne  66'
Shane McFaul  90+3'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Anthony Buttimer
30 July 2010 Bohemians1–1St Patrick's AthleticPhibsborough, Dublin
Owen Heary  4'
Paddy Madden  31'
Killian Brennan  70'		 [25] Dave Mulcahy  44'
Dave Mulcahy  90+3'		 Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Alan Kelly
6 August 2010 St Patrick's Athletic2–0Drogheda UnitedInchicore, Dublin
Dave McAllister  23'
Danny North  27'
Derek Doyle  30'
Derek Pender  36'
Derek Doyle  45'
James O'Brien  67'		 [26] Michael Daly  61'
John Flood  80'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 1,269
Referee: Derek Tomney
13 August 2010 Bray Wanderers3–2St Patrick's AthleticBray, Wicklow
Shane O'Neill  6'
Jake Kelly  47'
Jake Kelly  54'
Matt Gregg  73'		 [27] Danny North  8'
Derek Doyle  56'
Danny North  69'
Danny North  90+4'		 Stadium: Carlisle Grounds
Referee: Neil Doyle
20 August 2010 St Patrick's Athletic0–0Sligo RoversInchicore, Dublin
Stuart Byrne  38'
Dave McAllister  60'		 [28] Iarflaith Davoren  33' Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Alan Kelly
23 August 2010 Sporting Fingal2–3St Patrick's AthleticSantry, Dublin
Shaun Williams  38'
Conan Byrne  76'		 [29] Vinny Faherty  59'
Dave McAllister  63'
Derek Doyle  89'		 Stadium: Morton Stadium
Attendance: 792
Referee: Padraigh Sutton
3 September 2010 Galway United1–1St Patrick's AthleticGalway City, Galway
Stephen O'Donnell  42'
Karl Sheppard  45+1'>br />Phillip Reilly  68'
Seamus Conneely  75'
Paul Sinnott  85'
Phillip Reilly  90+2'		 [30] Ryan Guy  12'
Dave McAllister  34'
Garreth O'Connor  57'
Derek Pender  76'		 Stadium: Terryland Park
Referee: Anthony Buttimer
10 September 2010 St Patrick's Athletic1–3Shamrock RoversInchicore, Dublin
Ryan Guy  2'
Dave Mulcahy  26'
Stuart Byrne  79'		 [31] Stephen Bradley  21'
Stephen Rice  25'
Gary Twigg  45'
Thomas Stewart  57'
Billy Dennehy  63'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Alan Kelly
13 September 2010 UCD3–2St Patrick's AthleticBelfield, Dublin
David McMillan  46'
Ciarán Kilduff  64'
Greg Bolger  68' (pen.)
Gareth Matthews  90+1'		 [32] Danny North  20'
Danny North  75'
Damian Lynch  84'
Sean Stewart  90+2'		 Stadium: UCD Bowl
Referee: Richie Winter
24 September 2010 St Patrick's Athletic1–2DundalkInchicore, Dublin
Ian Bermingham  29'
Danny North 64'
Damian Lynch  64'		 [33] Ross Gaynor  24'
Matthew Tipton  26'
Ross Gaynor  52'
Liam Burns  63'
Wayne Hatswell  83'
Dean Barrett  85'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Alan Kelly
2 October 2010 Sporting Fingal2–2St Patrick's AthleticSantry, Dublin
Glen Crowe  76'
Ronan Finn  84'		 [34] Dave Mulcahy  8'
Danny North  54'		 Stadium: Morton Stadium
Attendance: 712
Referee: Declan Hanney
5 October 2010 Drogheda United0–3St Patrick's AthleticDrogheda, Louth
Paul Crowley  45+1'
Eric McGill  62'
Robert Duggan  63'		 [35] Ryan Guy  13'
Danny North  18'
Danny North  59'
Garreth O'Connor  84'		 Stadium: Hunky Dorys Park
Attendance: 350
Referee: Tom Connolly
9 October 2010 St Patrick's Athletic0–1BohemiansInchicore, Dublin
Dave Mulcahy  25'
Dave McAllister  32'
Danny North  90+1'		 [36] Killian Brennan 25'
Raffaele Cretaro  26'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Richie Winter
22 October 2010 St Patrick's Athletic2–0Bray WanderersInchicore, Dublin
Danny North  36'
Danny North  33'		 [37] Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 800
Referee: Dave McKeon
29 October 2010 Sligo Rovers0–1St Patrick's AthleticInchicore, Dublin
Alan Keane  90+2' (pen.) [38] Dave McAllister  68' Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Dave McKeon

Final Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Sligo Rovers 36 17 12 7 61 36 +25 63 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Sporting Fingal (R) 36 16 14 6 60 38 +22 62 Withdrew from league[lower-alpha 2]
5 St Patrick's Athletic 36 16 9 11 55 33 +22 57 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
6 Dundalk 36 14 6 16 46 50 −4 48
7 UCD 36 11 8 17 47 54 −7 41
Source: [39][40]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Sligo Rovers qualified for the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round after winning the 2010 FAI Cup Final.
  2. Sporting Fingal withdrew from League of Ireland due to financial difficulties shortly before the 2011 Premier Division season.

Cups

FAI Cup
Third Round
4 June 2010 Dundalk0–1St Patrick's AthleticDundalk, Louth
JJ Meligan  10'
Ciarán McGuigan  43'
JJ Melligan  45'
Garry Breen  90+2'
Ross Gaynor  90+3'		 [41] Ryan Guy  18'
Damian Lynch  26'
Shane Guthrie  62'
Brian Cash  90'		 Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Anthony Buttimer
Fourth Round
27 August 2010 St Patrick's Athletic0–1BelgroveDundalk, Louth
Derek Doyle 2'
Derek Doyle  26'
Ian Bermingham  45'		 [42] Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 1,044
Referee: Declan Hanney
Quarter-final
18 September 2010 St Patrick's Athletic3–1Sporting FingalInchicore, Dublin
Ryan Guy  22'
Damian Lynch  30'
James O'Brien  47'
Dave Mulcahy  51'
Damian Lynch  51'
Vinny Faherty  86'		 [43] Shaun Williams  52'
Shaun Williams  90+3'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Richie Winter
Semi-final
17 October 2010 Shamrock Rovers2–2St Patrick's AthleticTallaght, Dublin
Chris Turner  18'
Aidan Price  28'
Gary Twigg  65'
Billy Dennehy  73'		 [44] Ian Bermingham  10'
Dave McAllister  31'
Derek Pender  45+2'
Paddy Kavanagh  90' (o.g.)
Dave McAllister  90+1'
Stuart Byrne  90+4'		 Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 5,165
Referee: Tom Connolly
Semi-final replay
19 October 2010 St Patrick's Athletic0–1Shamrock RoversInchicore, Dublin
Damian Lynch  53'
Dave McAllister  68'		 [45] Pat Flynn  40'
Craig Sives  62'
Dessie Baker  68'
Chris Turner  70'
Thomas Stewart  74'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Tom Connolly

League of Ireland Cup
Second Round
10 May 2010 St Patrick's Athletic2–0Bray WanderersInchicore, Dublin
Vinny Faherty  17'
Alex Williams  68'		 [46] Shane O'Connor  10'
Richie Baker  41'
Chris Shields  48'
Robbie Doyle  82'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tom Connolly
Quarter Final
1 June 2010 Sligo Rovers4–1St Patrick's AthleticSligo Town, Sligo
John Russell  22'
Joseph N'Do  31'
Alan Keane  80'
Eoin Doyle  85'
Padraig Amond  90'		 [47] Damien Lynch  31'
Alex Williams  66'
Conor Sinnott  70'		 Stadium: The Showgrounds
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Neil Doyle

Setanta Cup
Group Stage
26 February 2010 St Patrick's Athletic1–1LinfieldDublin, Republic of Ireland
Alex Williams  15' [48] Jim Ervin  36' (pen.) Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Tom Connolly
13 March 2010 Linfield1–0St Patrick's AthleticBelfast, Northern Ireland
Peter Thompson  90' [49] Stadium: Windsor Park
Semi-final First Leg
13 April 2010 St Patrick's Athletic4–1Sligo RoversDublin, Republic of Ireland
Paul Byrne  9'
David McAllister  37'
Shane Guthrie  41'
Gareth Coughlan  50'
Ryan Guy  84'		 [50] Mark Donninger  45' Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Declan Hanney
Semi-final Second Leg
17 April 2010 Sligo Rovers1–2St Patrick's AthleticSligo, Republic of Ireland
Conor O'Grady  10' [51] Paul Byrne  23'
Damian Lynch  60'		 Stadium: The Showgrounds
Final
15 May 2010 St Patrick's Athletic0–1BohemiansDublin, Republic of Ireland
[52] Anthony Murphy  24' Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 3,896
Referee: Alan Black

Leinster Senior Cup
First Round
22 March 2010 St Patrick's Athletic0–1Drogheda UnitedInchicore, Dublin
[53] Paul Crowley  15'
Garreth O'Connor 		Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rob Rogers

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