Bohemians 2 Sligo Rovers 0
Daire Walsh
James Clarke and Declan McDaid found the net at Dalymount Park last night as Bohemians held on to third spot in the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division table with a convincing triumph over Sligo Rovers.
Without a win in their previous four league games, Bohs had a sight at goal on 18 minutes from a Jordan Flores free-kick. Luke McNicholas was equal to the Wigan native’s effort on that occasion, but the Sligo netminder was powerless to prevent industrious Gypsies midfielder James Clarke from hammering home a deadlock-breaker on 32 minutes.
This left the visitors staring into a 1-0 interval deficit and with Eanna Clancy and Greg Bolger both being forced off through injury before the opening period had elapsed, it was looking ominous for John Russell’s side.
While Sligo did bring plenty of energy to the action on the resumption, their travelling supporters breathed a sigh of relief when a Krystian Nowak header via an Ali Coote set-piece delivery rebounded off their crossbar on 59 minutes.
The hosts continued to threaten, however, and were ultimately propelled towards their 10th league victory of 2023 on the third-quarter mark, when substitute McDaid drilled a low shot past McNicholas following initial approach play by Kris Twardek and Coote.
BOHEMIANS: Talbot; Benn, Nowak, Radkowski, Flores; McDonnell, Buckley; Coote (Lotefa, 91 mins), Clarke (O’Sullivan, 78 mins), Twardek; Akintunde (McDaid, 61 mins).
SLIGO ROVERS: McNicholas; Brannefalk, Morahan, Clancy (Lafferty, 9 mins), Hutchinson; Bolger (Browning, 29 mins), Cawley; Liivak, Barlow (Radosavljevic, 66 mins), Fitzgerald; Mata.
Referee: E O’Shea (Tipperary).