Mason Melia earns St Pat’s a point against Shamrock Rovers

The 16-year-old took his licks and kept coming back for more; his neat finish earning St Patrick’s Athletic a valuable and rare point in Tallaght.Michael Walker: From ‘Neverkusen’ to ‘Neverlusen’ – Alonso has achieved an incredible featBut St Pat’s are the story after the week they just had. No sooner was Jon Daly relieved of his duties that Stephen Kenny was being reported as the primary target to fill the managerial vacancy at Richmond Park.

But Rovers led inside four minutes thanks to Aaron Greene’s eighth goal of the season from just 11 starts. It could have been 3-0 soon after but, again, Rogers was superb to deny Greene and Neil Farrugia in quick succession. O’Connor made changes to the St Pat’s line-up by starting Keating and Melia up front together. The 16-year-old had a quiet first half, with the physicality of Daniel Cleary and Pico Lopes giving him an uncompromising introduction to men’s football.

Skirmish over, or so it seemed. Referee Paul McLaughlin made a snap decision four minutes into the second-half, by simply waving play on, when Lopes flipped Melia head over heels in another heavy challenge.

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