Things are going horribly wrong for Ollie Horgan’s Finn Harps.
Having failed to record a win in five starts, tonight’s game against Shamrock Rovers B was a chance for them to restart their stuttering league campaign.
After an early season turnover of the Hoops in Tallaght, Harps were hoping for more of the same tonight.
But they found themselves up against a stubborn Dublin outfit who gave little away at the back.
Indeed Harps only managed to make a couple of half chances in the opening period through Sean McCarron and Pat McCann.
It was a pretty similar affair for the majority of the second half with Ruairi Keating probing away but lacking someone like the injured Kevin McHugh to tee him up.
The game seemed like it was heading for stalemate until the 82nd minute when disaster struck for Harps.
A shot from the edge of the box by Rovers Stephen Confrey seemed to be everyday fodder for Harps keeper Shaun Patton who was in for the dropped Conor Winn.
But Patton, who had barely anything to do for the entire game, allowed the ball to pass through his hands and into his net.
It was a disastrous end to what was an indifferent game up until that.
Harps almost got what would have been perhaps a deserved share of the spoils in the 94th minute but Rovers managed to clear Ciaran Coll’s header off the line to safety.
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