In what is being widely tipped to be a two horse race in the SSE Airticity League its first blood to Shamrock Rovers after their 3-2 win over Dundalk at the Tallaght Stadium last Friday night. This puts Stephen Bradley’s Hoops side three points clear at the top of the table, albeit after just four games.
This weekend there are four games taking place tonight (Friday 6th March 2020) with the action being wrapped up tomorrow evening.
The full fixture list is as follows with all games kicking off tonight at 19:45 unless otherwise stated:-
St. Patrick’s Athletic v Cork City
Waterford v Derry City
Bohemians v Shelbourne (Friday 6th March 2020 at 20:00)
Finn Harps v Dundalk (Friday 6th March 2020 at 20:00)
Sligo Rovers v Shamrock Rovers (Saturday 7th March at 20:00)
The full Premier Division can be viewed below:-
| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Shelbourne | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Derry City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Finn Harps | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | St. Patrick’s Athletic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Waterford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Cork City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 3 |
| 10 | Sligo Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
Here is the full leaderboard with the charities our writers are playing for:-
| 1. Richard (The National Autistic Society) | 14 |
| 2. Liam (Irish Cancer Society) | 13 |
| 3. Bryan (Children’s Cancer Unit at Royal Victoria Hospital) | 11 |
| 4. Rodney (Marie Curie Cancer Care)/Keith (North West Hospice)/ Darren (Cancer Research UK) | 10 |
| 7. Adrian (Alzheimer’s Society)/Cameron (Prostate Cancer UK) | 7 |
Up first this week with his predictions is new recruit Adam, who will hopefully have his first article for overtheturnstile.uk next week, and as usual it’s three points for a correct result and a point for a correct outcome.
Adam
St. Patrick’s Athletic 1-1 Cork City
Waterford 0-1 Derry City
Bohemians 3-1 Shelbourne
Finn Harps 0-4 Dundalk
Silgo Rovers 0-2 Shamrock Rovers
Cameron
St. Patrick’s Athletic 2-1 Cork City
Waterford 0-2 Derry City
Bohemians 3-1 Shelbourne
Finn Harps 1-4 Dundalk
Sligo Rovers 0-4 Shamrock Rovers
Liam
St. Patrick’s Athletic 1-0 Cork City
Waterford 1-2 Derry City
Bohemians 2-0 Shelbourne
Finn Harps 0-2 Dundalk
Sligo Rovers 0-5 Shamrock Rovers
Rodney
St. Patrick’s Athletic 2-1 Cork City
Waterford 1-3 Derry City
Bohemians 3-1 Shelbourne
Finn Harps 0-3 Dundalk
Sligo Rovers 1-4 Shamrock Rovers
Richard
St. Patrick’s Athletic 3-1 Cork City
Waterford 0-3 Derry City
Bohemians 1-1 Shelbourne
Finn Harps 0-4 Dundalk
Sligo Rovers 0-3 Shamrock Rovers
Bryan
St. Patrick’s Athletic 1-2 Cork City
Waterford 0-2 Derry City
Bohemians 2-1 Shelbourne
Finn Harps 0-3 Dundalk
Sligo Rovers 1-3 Shamrock Rovers
Keith
St. Patrick’s Athletic 2-1 Cork City
Waterford 0-2 Derry City
Bohemians 2-2 Shelbourne
Finn Harps 1-1 Dundalk
Sligo Rovers 1-0 Shamrock Rovers
Adrian
St. Patrick’s Athletic 1-1 Cork City
Waterford 1-0 Derry City
Bohemians 2-1 Shelbourne
Finn Harps 0-2 Dundalk
Sligo Rovers 0-4 Shamrock Rovers
Darren
St. Patrick’s Athletic 1-1 Cork City
Waterford 2-0 Derry City
Bohemians 3-1 Shelbourne
Finn Harps 1-3 Dundalk
Sligo Rovers 0-2 Shamrock Rovers
The First Division is also in action this weekend with the following games kicking off tonight at 19:45 unless otherwise stated:-
Cabinteely v Shamrock Rovers II
Drogheda United v U.C.D.
Wexford v Galway United
Cobh Ramblers v Athlone Town (Saturday 7th March at 19:00)
Longford Town v Bray Wanderers (Saturday 7th March at 19:30)
Here is the First Division league table:-
| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Cabinteely | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Longford Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | U.C.D. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Drogheda United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Galway United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Shamrock Rovers II | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 7 | Wexford | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Cobh Ramblers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
