2014 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season

The 2014 season was St. Patrick's Athletic F.C.'s 85th year in existence and was their 63rd consecutive season in the League of Ireland top division. It was the third year that Liam Buckley is the team's manager (in his current spell), following replacing Pete Mahon in December 2011. The Saints finished the previous season as the 2013 champions. The season was very successful on the field as the Saints began by winning the inaugural President's Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup. The biggest triumph of all however was when top scorer Christy Fagan wrote himself into the club's history books by scoring twice in a 2–0 win over Derry City in the 2014 FAI Cup Final, ending a 53-year hoodoo with the cup for the club. Pats also competed in the UEFA Champions League, the Setanta Cup and the League of Ireland Cup.

Squad No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Signed in Club Apps. Club Goals Goalkeepers 1 Brendan Clarke GK Sligo Rovers 2012 146 0 16 Rene Gilmartin (Sold 25 August) GK Plymouth Argyle 2013 10 0 25 Pat Jennings GK Athlone Town 2013 2 0 Defenders 2 Ger O'Brien (Captain) RB / CB Bohemians 2012 120 2 3 Ian Bermingham (Vice-captain) LB Shamrock Rovers 2010 197 4 4 Derek Foran CB Shamrock Rovers 2014 18 0 5 Ken Oman CB Shamrock Rovers 2014 21 0 12 Lorcan Fitzgerald LB / CM Shelbourne 2013 18 0 15 Kenny Browne CB Waterford United 2012 116 4 20 Sean Hoare CB / RB St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 2012 38 3 22 Conor McCormack RB / CDM / CM Shamrock Rovers 2014 38 0 27 Daniel Campbell CB St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 2013 2 0 Midfielders 6 Greg Bolger CDM / CM Dundalk 2012 112 6 7 Conan Byrne RW Shelbourne 2013 92 38 8 Keith Fahey CM / CDM / CAM Birmingham City 2014 229 36 11 Killian Brennan CAM / CM / CB Shamrock Rovers 2013 74 15 14 James Chambers CDM / CM Shamrock Rovers 2014 76 2 17 Chris Forrester LW / RW / CAM Bohemians 2012 125 30 18 Lee Lynch (sold 31 July) CAM / CM / RW Sligo Rovers 2014 28 4 19 Marco Chindea RW / LW St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 2012 4 0 21 Daryl Kavanagh (sold 31 July) RW / LW / ST Cork City 2013 80 18 21 Aaron Greene (signed 31 July) LW / ST / LB Sligo Rovers 2014 10 2 24 Sam Verdon CM / ST St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 2013 7 2 26 Jack Bayly CAM / CM St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 2013 3 1 - Jamie McGrath RW / LW St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 2014 2 0 - Rory Feely RW St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 2014 2 0 Forwards 9 Christy Fagan CF / ST Bohemians 2012 119 56 10 Mark Quigley ST / CAM Shamrock Rovers 2014 185 55 23 Peter Durrad ST St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 2013 9 1

Transfers

Preseason

In PlayerCountryPositionSigned FromKen OmanDefender Shamrock RoversConor McCormackMidfielder Shamrock RoversLee LynchMidfielder Sligo RoversJames ChambersMidfiekder Shamrock RoversMark QuigleyForward Shamrock RoversKeith FaheyMidfielder Birmingham CityDerek ForanDefender Shamrock Rovers

Out PlayerCountryPositionSold ToAnthony FloodForward Dunbar RoversSean GannonDefender DundalkConor KennaDefender Shamrock RoversShane McFaulMidfielder FC KTPAidan PriceDefender BohemiansJohn RussellMidfielder Sligo RoversJake KellyMidfielder Bray WanderersStephen MaherMidfielder Drogheda United

Summer

In

PlayerCountryPositionSigned FromAaron GreeneMidfielder Sligo Rovers

Out

PlayerCountryPositionSold ToLee LynchMidfielder LimerickDaryl KavanaghMidfielder Sligo RoversRene GilmartinGoalkeeper Watford

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and cards Number in brackets represents (appearances of which were substituted ON). Last Updated – 3 November 2014 No.PlayerAirtricity LeagueFAI CupEA Sports CupChampions LeagueSetanta CupLeinster Senior CupPresident's CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1B.Clarke3305000202(1)0101044(1)02G.O'Brien24(2)05(1)0002020101034(3)03I.Bermingham3025000203010104224D.Foran11(2)010001030200018(2)05K.Oman9(2)03(2)000104(1)0301021(5)06G.Bolger24(5)04(1)010202(1)0311037(7)17C.Byrne331864102032211048258K.Fahey26(2)261002020111138(2)59C.Fagan32(1)20560021101(1)01042(2)2710M.Quigley19(11)13(1)0002(2)032301(1)031(15)311K.Brennan24(7)163112020201038(7)512L.Fitzgerald6(4)02(1)0100020300014(5)014J.Chambers25(6)14(20001(1)03(1)04(3)00037(13)115K.Browne27140102010101037116R.Gilmartin1(1)01010003010007(1)017C.Forrester30(1)115(1)01(1)0204(2)12(1)01045(6)1218L.Lynch17(7)3001(1)02(2)0413(2)01(1)028(13)419M.Chindea000000002(2)000002(2)020S.Hoare22(2)2611(1)01(1)02(1)02(1)00034(7)321D.Kavanagh13(12)01111004(1)1321(1)023(14)521A.Greene9(4)200000000100010(4)222C.McCormack25(8)05(2)010003(1)04(1)00038(12)023P.Durrad2(2)01(1)010000020006(3)024S.Verdon1(1)01(1)010001(1)032007(3)225P.Jennings000000000020002026J.Bayly1(1)0000000001(1)1002(2)127D.Campbell0000100000100020-J.McGrath1000000000100020-R.Feely1(1)0000000001(1)0002(2)0

Top scorers Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 3 November 2014

NumberNameAirtricity LeagueFAI CupEA Sports CupChampions LeagueSetanta CupLeinster Senior CupPresident's CupTotal 9Christy Fagan2060100027 7Conan Byrne1840021025 17Chris Forrester1100010012 11Killian Brennan13100005 8Keith Fahey21000115 21Daryl Kavanagh01101205 18Lee Lynch30001004 20Sean Hoare21000003 21Aaron Greene20000002 10Mark Quigley10002003 24Sam Verdon00000202 3Ian Bermingham20000002 26Jack Bayly00000101 15Kenny Browne10000001 6Greg Bolger00000101 14James Chambers10000001 -Own goal20000002

Top assists Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 3 November 2014

NumberNameAirtricity LeagueFAI CupEA Sports CupChampions LeagueSetanta CupLeinster Senior CupPresident's CupTotal 17Chris Forrester1430011019 3Ian Bermingham910121014 7Conan Byrne1111000013 8Keith Fahey52001008 9Christy Fagan62000008 11Killian Brennan53000008 10Mark Quigley10001507 14James Chambers30000003 21Aaron Greene20000002 1Brendan Clarke20000002 6Greg Bolger11000002 22Conor McCormack11000002 21Daryl Kavanagh10100002 18Lee Lynch10001002 2Ger O'Brien01000001 -Jamie McGrath00000101 20Sean Hoare10000001 19Marco Chindea00001001 15Kenny Browne00000011

Top Clean Sheets Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 3 November 2014

PositionNumberNameAirtricity LeagueFAI CupEA Sports CupChampions LeagueSetanta CupLeinster Senior CupPresident's CupTotal GK 1Brendan Clarke10/332/50/00/20/20/11/113/44 GK 16Rene Gilmartin1/11/10/10/02/31/10/05/7 GK 25Pat Jennings0/00/00/00/00/00/20/00/2

Disciplinary record NumberPositionNameAirtricity LeagueFAI CupEA Sports CupChampions LeagueSetanta CupLeinster Senior CupPresident's CupTotal 6 MF Greg Bolger 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 15 DF Kenny Browne 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 5 DF Ken Oman 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 2 20 DF Sean Hoare 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 17 MF Chris Forrester 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 14 MF James Chambers 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 1 11 MF Killian Brennan 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 3 DF Ian Bermingham 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 8 MF Keith Fahey 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 10 FW Mark Quigley 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 DF Derek Foran 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 22 DF Conor McCormack 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 DF Ger O'Brien 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 MF Conan Byrne 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21 MF Daryl Kavanagh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 9 FW Christy Fagan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - MF Rory Feely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 MF Aaron Greene 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 GK Brendan Clarke 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS6271310030916020949

Captains

Most frequent starting line-up

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4–3–3. The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Club

Technical Staff Manager: Liam Buckley Assistant manager: Alan Reynolds Coach: Jason Donohue Goalkeeping coach: Pat Jennings Jr. Head Of Player Recruitment / Coach: Dave Campbell Strength and Conditioning Coach: Ger McDermott Coaches Assistant / Video Analyst: Graham Buckley Chartered Physiotherapist: Mick Spillane Physiotherapist: Fearghal Kerin Physiotherapist: Christy O'Neill Club Doctor: Dr Matt Corcoran Kit Man: Derek Haines Equipment Manager: Gerry Molloy

Kit

The club's Away kit was retained from the 2013 season, with new Home kit released for the season.

Type Shirt Shorts Socks Info Home Red/White Sleeves White Red Worn 37 times; against Dundalk (H) (LSC), Ballinamallard United (A) (SSC), Sligo Rovers (H) (PRC), Cork City (A) (LOI), Ballinamallard United (H) (SSC), UCD (H) (LOI), Limerick (H) (LOI), Dundalk (H) (LOI), Shamrock Rovers (H) (LOI), Sligo Rovers (H) (SSC), Bohemians (H) (LOI), Drogheda United (A) (LOI), Athlone Town (H) (LOI), Bohemians (A) (EAC), Cork City (H) (LOI), UCD (A) (LOI), Shamrock Rovers (H) (LSC), Limerick (A) (LOI), Derry City (H) (LOI), Drogheda United (H) (LOI), St. Patrick's CY (A) (FAI), Bray Wanderers (H) (LOI), Shamrock Rovers (A) (LOI), Bohemians (A) (LOI), Legia Warsaw (H) (CHL), Athlone Town (A) (LOI), Sligo Rovers (H) (LOI), Cork City (A) (LOI), UCD (H) (LOI), Limerick (H) (LOI), Shelbourne (H) (FAI), Dundalk (H) (LOI), Bohemians (H) (FAI), Shamrock Rovers (H) (LOI), Bohemians (H) (LOI), Finn Harps (H) (FAI), Athlone Town (H) (LOI) Home Alt Red/White Sleeves White White Worn 1 time; against Drogheda United (A) (LOI) Away Blue/Wine Stripes Blue Blue Worn 12 times; against Sligo Rovers (A) (SSC), Derry City (A) (LOI), Bray Wanderers (A) (LOI), Athlone Town (A) (LSC), Sligo Rovers (A) (LOI), Dundalk (A) (LOI), Legia Warsaw (A) (CHL), Derry City (A) (LOI), Shelbourne (A) (FAI), Bray Wanderers (A) (LOI), Sligo Rovers (A) (LOI), Derry City (N) (FAI)Away Alt Blue/Wine Stripes White White Worn 1 time; against Longford Town (A) (LSC)

Key: LOI=League of Ireland FAI=FAI Cup EAC= EA Sports Cup CHL=Champions League SSC=Setanta Sports Cup LSC=Leinster Senior Cup PRC=President's Cup FRN=Friendly

Televised Matches Time and DateChannelCompetitionOppositionScoreLocation20:00 GMT 24 February 2014Setanta SportsSetanta CupBallinamallard United1–0 WinFerney Park15:15 GMT 22 March 2014RTÉLeague of IrelandLimerick1–1 DrawRichmond Park20:00 GMT 25 March 2014Setanta SportsSetanta CupSligo Rovers2–0 LossThe Showgrounds19:05 GMT 4 April 2014RTÉLeague of IrelandDundalk4–1 LossRichmond Park20:00 GMT 14 April 2014Setanta SportsSetanta CupSligo Rovers5–1 LossRichmond Park20:00 GMT 11 July 2014Setanta SportsLeague of IrelandBohemians1–1 DrawDalymount Park20:45 CET 16 July 2014Setanta SportsChampions LeagueLegia Warsaw1–1 DrawPepsi Arena19:45 GMT 23 July 2014Setanta SportsChampions LeagueLegia Warsaw5–0 LossTallaght Stadium20:00 GMT 15 August 2014Setanta SportsLeague of IrelandUCD3–2 WinRichmond Park19:05 GMT 5 September 2014RTÉLeague of IrelandDundalk1–0 WinRichmond Park19:05 GMT 19 September 2014RTÉLeague of IrelandBray Wanderers4–2 WinCarlisle Grounds13:45 GMT 5 October 2014RTÉFAI CupFinn Harps6–1 WinRichmond Park15:30 GMT 2 November 2014RTÉFAI Cup (Final)Derry City2–0 WinAviva Stadium

Channels ChanelAirtricity LeagueFAI CupEA Sports CupChampions LeagueSetanta CupLeinster Senior CupPresident's CupTotalSetanta Sports20023007RTÉ42000006

Premier Division The 2014 League of Ireland Premier Division fixtures were announced on 20 December 2013. St Patrick's Athletic were revealed to have Cork City at away on the first day of the season. The Saints' first home fixture would be against UCD on the second day of the season.

Final Table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Cups

FAI Cup

Second round

Third round

Third round Replay

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

EA Sports Cup

Second round

Champions League

The draw for the second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League will take place on 23 June 2014, with the first leg to be played on 15/16 July and the second leg on the 22/23 July.

Second qualifying round

Setanta Cup