Bohemians guaranteed their Premier Division status for 2025 with their first league win in three, beating Sligo Rovers at the Showgrounds for the second time this season.
Goals from Dawson Devoy and Archie Meekison were enough for a disciplined Bohs who are now seven points clear of Drogheda and therefore cannot be caught by the ninth placed Boynesiders with two games to go.
The result also hit Sligo's now almost faded hopes of finishing in a European qualification spot.
Missing a handful of attacking players courtesy of both injury and suspension, Rovers were forced into two changes with Kailin Barlow and Owen Elding replacing Ellis Chapman and Luke Pearce from the score draw against Derry last Monday.
Knowing a second win in Sligo this season would assure their top flight status for yet another year, Bohs made just the one change in personnel from their loss to St Pat's. Martin Miller returned in place of the suspended Ross Tierney who was sent off against the Saints.
Rovers were chasing down eight league wins at home in a row for the first time this century. Skipper Niall Morahan had the game's first opportunity seven minutes in when Ollie Denham nodded Will Fitzgerald's corner back across the face of goal for Morahan who was unable to get a clean contact with his header which sailed narrowly wide.
Arguably Rovers' outstanding performer this term, goalkeeper Ed McGinty pulled off what is now a trademark reaction save to deny James Clarke from five yards. The Oxford loanee somehow got a hand to Clarke's point blank effort from a Dawson Devoy cross.
On his centenary appearance, Sligo's Will Fitzgerald fizzed a drive across the bow of Kacper Chorazka's goal on 22 minutes, moments before the Gypsies hit the front.
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