Shels-St Pat's postponed as Saints stranded in Bulgaria

Sunday's scheduled Airtricity Premier Division game between Shelbourne and St Patrick's Athletic has been postponed after the Saints became stranded in Bulgaria after their famous Europa Conference League win over CSKA Sofia on Thursday night.

The Dublin outfit were unable to secure a charter plane home and the FAI have tonight confirmed that the league encounter is off as Tim Clancy’s side don’t expect to be back in Ireland until Sunday morning.

"Following tonight’s confirmation from St Patrick’s Athletic that their squad will not return to Ireland from their recent European game in Bulgaria until Sunday morning, it has been decided that the SSE Airtricity Premier Division game between Shelbourne and St Pat’s on Sunday afternoon, August 7th, at Tolka Park will now not go ahead as scheduled," and FAI statement read.

"The FAI will now review this matter internally and a further announcement will be made in due course regarding next steps."

St Pat’s recorded a famous 1-0 win in Sofia thanks to Serge Atakayi's late strike. Over 4,000 tickets have already been sold for Thursday’s second leg at Tallaght Stadium.