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2021 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season

2021 season
Garrett Kelleher
Stephen O'Donnell
Richmond Park, Inchicore, Dublin 8
2nd
Champions
League: Matty Smith – 11 goalsAll: Matty Smith – 12 goals
5,000 vs Dundalk (22 October)
0 - First 7 home fixtures

Home colours

The 2021 season was St Patrick's Athletic F.C.'s 92nd year in existence and is the Supersaint's 70th consecutive season in the top-flight of Irish football. It was the second full season with Stephen O'Donnell as manager, having taken over from Harry Kenny on 31 August 2019. Pre-season training for the squad began on 1 February 2021, the same day the league fixtures were announced, with the Saints revealed to be playing rivals Shamrock Rovers away in the opening game of the season on 19 March. The 2021 editions of the League of Ireland Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup were cancelled due to the delay in the start to the 2021 League of Ireland Premier Division as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The season was a hugely successful one for the club, as they secured a 2nd-place finish, securing UEFA Europa Conference League football for 2022, as well as winning the 2021 FAI Cup in front of an Aviva Stadium FAI Cup Final record crowd of 37,126.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Hometown	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Year signed	Club apps.	Club goals
1	Vítězslav Jaroš	GK	Příbram, Central Bohemian Region	(2001-07-23) 23 July 2001	Liverpool	2021	39	0
21	Barry Murphy	GK	Tallaght, Dublin	(1985-06-08) 8 June 1985	Free agent	2021	59	0
25	Josh Keeley	GK	Dunboyne, County Meath	(2003-05-17) 17 May 2003	St Patrick's Athletic Academy	2020	2	0
2	John Mountney	RB/RW	Bohola, County Mayo	(1993-02-22) 22 February 1993	Dundalk	2021	21	1
3	Ian Bermingham (Captain)	LB/CB	Ballyfermot, Dublin	(1989-06-16) 16 June 1989	Shamrock Rovers	2010	442	16
4	Sam Bone	CB/RB	Maidstone, Kent	(1998-02-06) 6 February 1998	Waterford	2021	35	2
5	Lee Desmond	CB/CDM	Donaghmede, Dublin	(1995-01-22) 22 January 1995	Shelbourne	2015	226	2
20	Shane Griffin	LB/CB	Carrigaline, County Cork	(1994-09-08) 8 September 1994	Cork City	2020	29	0
22	Jak Hickman	RB	Sandwell, West Midlands	(1998-09-11) 11 September 1998	Bolton Wanderers	2021	11	0
28	Cian Kelly	CB	Tallaght, Dublin	(2002-03-04) 4 March 2002	St Patrick's Athletic Academy	2019	1	0
29	Paddy Barrett	CB	Waterford	(1993-07-23) 23 July 1993	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng	2021	32	1
39	James Abankwah	CB	Waterford	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004	St Patrick's Athletic Academy	2021	13	0
41	Sam Curtis	CB	Navan, County Meath	(2005-12-01) 1 December 2005	St Patrick's Athletic Academy	2021	1	0
6	Jamie Lennon	CDM/CM	Santry, Dublin	(1998-05-09) 9 May 1998	St Patrick's Athletic Academy	2017	119	1
7	Robbie Benson	CAM/CM	Athlone, County Westmeath	(1992-05-07) 7 May 1992	Dundalk	2020	43	7
8	Chris Forrester	CM/CAM	Smithfield, Dublin	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992	Aberdeen	2019	249	57
11	Jason McClelland	LW/LB	Templeogue, Dublin	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997	UCD	2020	44	3
12	Matty Smith	LW/ST	Dundee, Dundee City	(1997-03-13) 13 March 1997	Waterford	2021	36	12
15	Billy King	LW/RW/CAM	Portobello, City of Edinburgh	(1994-05-12) 12 May 1994	Greenock Morton	2020	55	11
16	Alfie Lewis	CM/CDM	Leigh-on-Sea, Essex	(1999-09-28) 28 September 1999	West Ham United	2021	36	3
17	Darragh Burns	RW	Stamullen, County Meath	(2002-06-08) 8 June 2002	St Patrick's Athletic Academy	2019	36	7
18	Ben McCormack	CAM	Harmonstown, Dublin	(2003-04-04) 4 April 2003	St Patrick's Athletic Academy	2019	29	1
27	Danny Norris	LW	Leixlip, County Kildare	(2003-02-17) 17 February 2003	St Patrick's Athletic Academy	2021	0	0
31	Kian Corbally	CM	Palmerstown, Dublin	(2003-12-31) 31 December 2003	St Patrick's Athletic Academy	2019	4	1
34	Adam Murphy	CM	Donnycarney, Dublin	(2005-04-08) 8 April 2005	St Patrick's Athletic Academy	2021	0	0
40	Ross Fay	CM	East Wall, Dublin	(2003-01-22) 22 January 2003	St Patrick's Athletic Academy	2021	0	0
9	Kyrian Nwoko	ST	Valletta, Malta	(1997-07-04) 4 July 1997	Valletta	2021	9	0
10	Ronan Coughlan	ST	Limerick	(1996-10-02) 2 October 1996	Sligo Rovers	2021	32	8
19	Nahum Melvin-Lambert	ST	Hackney, London	(2002-10-21) 21 October 2002	Reading	2021	17	3
33	Kyle Robinson	ST	Lucan, County Dublin	(2002-11-08) 8 November 2002	St Patrick's Athletic Academy	2019	3	2
38	Tommy Lonergan	ST	Dunboyne, County Meath	(2004-01-02) 2 January 2004	St Patrick's Athletic Academy	2021	1	0

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
22 December 2020	ST	Ronan Coughlan	Sligo Rovers	Free transfer
7 January 2021	RB	John Mountney	Dundalk	Free transfer
12 January 2021	RB	Sam Bone	Waterford	Free transfer
13 January 2021	LW	Matty Smith	Waterford	Free transfer
3 February 2021	GK	Vítězslav Jaroš	Liverpool	Loan
23 February 2021	CM	Alfie Lewis	West Ham United	Loan
23 February 2021	CB	Paddy Barrett	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng	Free transfer
25 February 2021	ST	Nahum Melvin-Lambert	Reading	Loan
11 March 2021	GK	Barry Murphy	Free agent	Free transfer
1 July 2021	CM	Alfie Lewis	West Ham United	Free transfer
25 July 2021	CB	Sam Curtis	Shamrock Rovers	Free transfer
28 July 2021	ST	Nahum Melvin-Lambert	Reading	Loan
28 July 2021	ST	Kyrian Nwoko	Valletta	Loan
19 August 2021	RB	Jak Hickman	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
10 November 2020	RB	Simon Madden	Retired	Released
10 November 2020	RB	David Titov	Unattached	Released
10 November 2020	ST	Georgie Kelly	Dundalk	End of loan
26 November 2020	GK	Brendan Clarke	Shelbourne	Free transfer
29 November 2020	CAM	Darragh Markey	Drogheda United	Free Transfer
22 December 2020	RB	Paul Cleary	Wexford	Free transfer
22 December 2020	RW	James Doona	Athlone Town	Free transfer
4 January 2021	RW	Jordan Gibson	Sligo Rovers	Free transfer
5 January 2021	RB	Rory Feely	Bohemians	Free transfer
23 January 2021	GK	Conor Kearns	Galway United	Free transfer
29 January 2021	CB	Luke McNally	Oxford United	Undisclosed fee
26 February 2021	ST	Kyle Robinson	Wexford	Loan
1 June 2021	ST	Nahum Melvin-Lambert	Reading	End of loan
26 June 2021	CM	Alfie Lewis	West Ham United	End of loan
1 July 2021	CB	Cian Kelly	Wexford	Loan
1 July 2021	ST	Kyle Robinson	Wexford	Loan extended
9 July 2021	CM	Glory Nzingo	Stade de Reims	Undisclosed fee
1 August 2021	LW	Danny Norris	UCD	Free transfer

Number in brackets represents (appearances of which were substituted ON). Last updated – 29 November 2021

No.	Player	SSE Airtricity League	FAI Cup	Total
1	Vítězslav Jaroš	34	0	5	0	39	0
2	John Mountney	20(2)	1	1(1)	0	21(3)	1
3	Ian Bermingham	29(7)	1	5	0	34(7)	1
4	Sam Bone	32(3)	1	3	1	35(3)	2
5	Lee Desmond	30(2)	1	3	0	33(2)	1
6	Jamie Lennon	28(6)	0	5	0	33(6)	0
7	Robbie Benson	24(4)	5	2(1)	0	26(5)	5
8	Chris Forrester	35(2)	8	4	2	39(2)	10
9	Kyrian Nwoko	8(6)	0	1(1)	0	9(7)	0
10	Ronan Coughlan	28(7)	7	4(2)	1	32(9)	8
11	Jason McClelland	24(11)	2	4(2)	1	28(13)	3
12	Matty Smith	33(2)	11	3	1	36(2)	12
15	Billy King	36(9)	7	5(1)	3	41(10)	10
16	Alfie Lewis	31(6)	3	5(1)	0	36(7)	3
17	Darragh Burns	26(10)	4	4	3	30(10)	7
18	Ben McCormack	23(18)	0	3(1)	1	26(19)	1
19	Nahum Melvin-Lambert	16(12)	3	1(1)	0	17(13)	3
20	Shane Griffin	14(3)	0	2(2)	0	16(5)	0
21	Barry Murphy	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	Jak Hickman	7(3)	0	4(2)	0	11(5)	0
25	Josh Keeley	1	0	1(1)	0	2(1)	0
29	Paddy Barrett	28(4)	0	4	1	32(4)	1
31	Kian Corbally	1(1)	0	1(1)	0	2(2)	0
34	Adam Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	Tommy Lonergan	0	0	1(1)	0	1(1)	0
39	James Abankwah	9(3)	0	4(2)	0	13(5)	0
40	Ross Fay	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	Sam Curtis	1(1)	0	0	0	1(1)	0
28	Cian Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Kyle Robinson	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Danny Norris	0	0	0	0	0	0

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 29 November 2021

Number	Name	SSE Airtricity League	FAI Cup
12	Matty Smith	11	1
8	Chris Forrester	8	2
15	Billy King	7	3
10	Ronan Coughlan	7	1
17	Darragh Burns	4	3
7	Robbie Benson	5	0
11	Jason McClelland	2	1
16	Alfie Lewis	3	0
9	Nahum Melvin-Lambert	3	0
4	Sam Bone	1	1
2	John Mountney	1	0
29	Paddy Barrett	0	1
18	Ben McCormack	0	1
5	Lee Desmond	1	0
3	Ian Bermingham	1	0
N/A	Own Goal	1	0

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 29 November 2021

Number	Name	SSE Airtricity League	FAI Cup
17	Darragh Burns	11	1
10	Ronan Coughlan	6	1
7	Robbie Benson	6	0
19	Chris Forrester	4	2
18	Ben McCormack	3	2
15	Billy King	0	3
6	Jamie Lennon	2	1
12	Matty Smith	3	0
22	Jak Hickman	2	0
3	Ian Bermingham	1	1
2	John Mountney	2	0
9	Nahum Melvin-Lambert	1	0
11	Jason McClelland	0	1
16	Alfie Lewis	1	0
4	Sam Bone	1	0

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 29 November 2021

Position	Number	Name	SSE Airtricity League	FAI Cup	Total
GK	1	Vítězslav Jaroš	11/34	2/5	13/39
GK	21	Barry Murphy	0/1	0/0	0/1
GK	25	Josh Keeley	0/1	1/1	1/2

Last updated 29 November 2021

Number	Name	SSE Airtricity League	FAI Cup	Total
6	Jamie Lennon	9	1	2	0
12	Matty Smith	10	0	0	0
4	Sam Bone	8	0	1	1
5	Lee Desmond	7	1	1	0
3	Ian Bermingham	6	1	1	0
29	Paddy Barrett	6	0	2	0
19	Chris Forrester	6	0	0	0
17	Darragh Burns	3	0	1	0
39	James Abankwah	3	0	1	0
18	Ben McCormack	4	0	0	0
15	Billy King	3	0	0	0
12	Alfie Lewis	2	1	0	0
10	Ronan Coughlan	1	1	0	0
22	Jak Hickman	2	0	0	0
20	Shane Griffin	2	0	0	0
7	Robbie Benson	2	0	0	0
2	John Mountney	2	0	0	0
19	Nahum Melvin-Lambert	1	0	0	0
1	Vítězslav Jaroš	1	0	0	0
11	Jason McClelland	1	0	0	0

No.	P	Name	No. games	Notes
3	DF	Ian Bermingham	27	Captain
7	DF	Robbie Benson	10	Vice-captain
8	DF	Chris Forrester	4

Last updated: 29 November 2021

Source: Competitive match reports.

Competitive matches only

Matches started as captain only

Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

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Head coach: Stephen O'Donnell
Assistant manager: Pat Cregg
First-team coach: Alan Mathews
Director of Football: Ger O'Brien
Coach: Seán O'Connor
Opposition Analyst: Martin Doyle
Goalkeeping coach: Pat Jennings
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Chris Coburn
Physiotherapist: Mark Kenneally
Physiotherapist: Lee Van Haeften
Physiotherapist: Christy O'Neill
Club Doctor: Dr Matt Corcoran
Equipment Manager: David McGill
Under 19s Head Coach: Seán O'Connor
Under 19s Coach: Niall Cully
Under 19s Coach: John Donohue
Under 17s Head Coach: Marc Kenny
Under 17s Coach: Paul Webb
Under 17s Coach: Sean Gahan
Under 15s Head Coach: Seán O'Connor
Under 15s Coach: Daniel McGuinness
Under 15s Coach: Billy Smith
Under 13s Head Coach: Mark Connolly
Under 13s Coach: Phil Power
Under 13s Coach: Craig Dempsey

Supplier: Umbro

Sponsor(s): MIG Insurance Brokers (Front of Jersey)

Manguard Plus (Back of Jersey - Top)

Clune Construction Company (Back of Jersey - Bottom)

Bill Griffin Motors (Sleeves of Jersey)

Flomax (Shorts - Front)

U Store It (Shorts - Back)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Home	Away	Pre-season Home	Pre-season Away

The club released new Home & Away kits for the season.

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	Info
Home	Red/White Shoulders	White	Red	Worn 27 times; against Shamrock Rovers (LOI) (A), Drogheda United (LOI) (H), Derry City (LOI) (H), Waterford (LOI) (H), Finn Harps (LOI) (A), Longford Town (LOI) (H), Shamrock Rovers (LOI) (H), Bohemians (LOI) (H), Dundalk (LOI) (H), Finn Harps (LOI) (H), Waterford (LOI) (A), Derry City (LOI) (H), Drogheda United (LOI) (H), Bray Wanderers (FAI) (H), Shamrock Rovers (LOI) (A), Waterford (LOI) (H), Finn Harps (LOI) (A), Cork City (FAI) (A), Longford Town (LOI) (H), Wexford (FAI) (H), Shamrock Rovers (LOI) (H), Drogheda United (LOI) (A), Dundalk (FAI) (H), Dundalk (LOI) (H), Bohemians (LOI) (H), Finn Harps (LOI) (H), Waterford (LOI) (A)
Away	Navy/Red Trim	Navy	Navy	Worn 14 times; against Bohemians (LOI) (A), Dundalk (LOI) (A), Sligo Rovers (LOI) (A), Drogheda United (LOI) (A), Derry City (LOI) (A), Longford Town (LOI) (A), Sligo Rovers (LOI) (H), Bohemians (LOI) (A), Dundalk (LOI) (A), Sligo Rovers (LOI) (A), Derry City (LOI) (A), Longford Town (LOI) (A), Sligo Rovers (LOI) (H), Bohemians (FAI) (N)
Pre-season Home	Red/White Sleeves	White	Red	Worn 3 times; against Wexford (FRN) (H), Cobh Ramblers (FRN) (N), UCD (A)
Pre-season Away	White	White	White	Worn 1 time; against Cork City (FRN) (N)

Key:

LOI=League of Ireland Premier Division

FAI=FAI Cup

FRN=Friendly

Draw Loss

Win Draw Loss

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