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Fri 05 May 2007O'Donovan seals points for CorkCork City 1 St Patrick's Athletic 0:This game promised top billing and those in attendance were certainly treated to a top match. Football played on the deck throughout, ebbing and flowing from one end to the next. Not quite "total football" but a genuine advertisement for the summer game nonetheless.As pretty as it was, however, Damien Richardson's side craved full points. Trailing their opponents by nine going into the game, the prospect of slipping even further behind was unthinkable. But, having stemmed a St Patrick's tide, they edged in front, condemning the 10-man Inchicore side to their first league defeat.