Galway United's American midfielder Patrick Hickey named Player of the Month

Patrick Hickey of Galway United has been named the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for August.

It was an unbeaten month in the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division for John Caulfield's team as Galway earned an away win over Dundalk and a superb home victory over Derry City to stay in the hunt for European qualification.

In between, they drew with Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght Stadium and took a point from their clash with in-form St Patrick's Athletic at Eamonn Deacy Park.

A penalty-shootout defeat to Shelbourne in the FAI Cup was the only blot in any otherwise impressive period.

The 6'6 midfielder played a vital role for the Tribesmen in August, scoring two goals: the winner against Derry and a fine strike to hand his team the lead against the champions.

His goal against the Candystripes was an instinctive close-range finish but his effort against Rovers was a fine effort that flew into the bottom corner of Leon Pohls' goal.

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