10 points from their opening four games is some start.
St Patricks Athletic went top of the SSE Airtricity League table, for 24 hours anyway, with a deserved 2-0 win over Derry City at Richmond Park on Friday night.
In truth, the visitors to Inchicore started the game well and were creating some chances, though a main turning point in the game was the dismissal of candystripe, Danny Lupano before half time for a second yellow card.
At the break, Declan Devine would have been impressed with his keeper, Nathan Gartside, who kept out efforts from Chris Forrester, Matty Smith and Ian Bermingham, there was no score after the first 45.
Alan Mathews side kept their foot on the pedal into the second half and by the hour mark, they were rewarded for their efforts with a goal from Robbie Benson.
Ten minutes later the Saints were further ahead, 18 year-old, Darragh Burns coming off the bench to double his sides lead, his first senior goal at the club.
Darragh Burns came off the bench to score in @stpatsfc 2-0 win over Derry City at Richmond Park, a result which puts them top of the table - @conorhosford_3 spoke to Burns about his first senior goal for the club pic.twitter.com/kQy2pFQ8W3
— FM104 (@FM104) April 9, 2021
It's ten points from the opening four games, a best start of a season for Pats in over a decade.
For Derry, they remain rooted to the bottom of the table and must try and dust themselves down, ahead of the arrival of Shamrock Rovers to the Brandywell on Tuesday evening.
