St Pat's advance to next round

St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 JKF Olimps (St Pat's win 3-0 on aggregate): St Patrick's Athletic defeated Latvian side JFK Olimps…

St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 JKF Olimps(St Pat's win 3-0 on aggregate): St Patrick's Athletic defeated Latvian side JFK Olimps at Richmond Park tonight to book their place in the next round of the Uefa Cup qualifying round.

Jamie Harris played a captain's role by heading home the opening goal from a Keith Fahey free kick after 40 minutes. The home side had to wait until the 70th minute when Mark Quigley put the game beyond reach.

Quigley fired home Pat's second from the penalty spot after Glen Fitzpatrick was caught by Alens Snelnikovs and the referee pointed to the spot.

St Patrick's Athletic: Ryan, Byrne, Lynch, Fahey (O'Cearuill 90), Harris, Dempsey, Paisley, O'Brien (Kirby 74), Guy, Quigley (Bobby Ryan 81), Fitzpatrick

JKF Olimps: Ikstens, Junior, Petrenko, Kazura, Zolotarjovs, Zils, Kandov (Snelnikovs 65), Fertovs, Jakovlevs (Sputajs 60), Tarasovs, Perepechko (Turkovs 70)

Referee: M Borg (Malta)

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