Yearly Archives | 17 May 1999

On-form goalkeeper Cathal Warfield helped St. Francis take away a point on their second visit to Oriel Park this season.

A fantastic strike from Paul Campbell in the 85th minute was enough to send a huge wave of relief through the team and supporters and to earn all 3 points in a bruising encounter with Home Farm.

Bray Wanderers exacted revenge for their loss against Dundalk earlier in the season by taking all 3 points from this top of the table clash.

David Crawley scored from a superb free-kick just 4 minutes from the end to save Dundalk’s embarrassment at bottom club Athlone Town, last Friday evening.

After tracking Longford over the last few weeks, Dundalk finally overtook them to go top of the First Division.

Second place (on goal difference) in the League was Dundalk’s reward for a hard-earned 3 points against ‘The Mighty Mons’ at Gortakeegan yesterday.

Two players making their Oriel debut did so by scoring first-half goals, helping Dundalk secure a 2-1 victory over Kilkenny City.

Dundalk’s promotion hopes got a dose of reality at Strokestown Rd yesterday evening.

Saturday evening football brought the largest crowd of the season to see Dundalk play Limerick, and the team responded by beating Limerick 2-0.