St Patrick's eased through to the second qualifying round of the Uefa Cup with a comfortable 3-0 aggregate victory over Latvian opponents JFK Olimps at Richmond Park.

Defender Jamie Harris put the home side ahead, and two goals up in the tie following a 1-0 first-leg victory, five minutes before half-time.

Striker Mark Quigley, the eircom League's young player of the year for 2007, made absolutely sure from the penalty spot with 20 minutes remaining.

FC Copenhagen humbled Irish Premier League side Cliftonville with a 7-0 home victory - 11-0 on aggregate.

The Reds were comprehensively outclassed in the Danish captial, falling behind in the 23rd minute.

Six different players got on the scoresheet for the hosts, with Brazilian Jose Junior finding the net twice.

Cork slipped to a 4-0 second-leg defeat away to Finnish side FC Haka to bow out of the UEFA Cup in the first round.

Having secured a 2-2 draw in the home leg the Eircom League side could not stay in the tie after Janne Mahlakaarto opened the scoring with 10 minutes gone.

Valeri Popovitch then made it 2-0 five minutes later to put City further out of contention.

Mikko Manninen and Minkenen then added second-half goals either side of Denis Behan's 80th-minute sending off.

Glentoran also bowed out, losing 2-0 at the hands of Latvian side Liepajas Metalurgs.

After securing a 1-1 draw in the home fixture, the Irish Premier League outfit failed to capitalise on the sending off of home goalkeeper Alexsejs Krucs inside five minutes.

Jason Hill missed the resulting penalty before a brace from Girts Klarsons - after 36 and 86 minutes - ensured the hosts would progress.

Shane McCabe and Mattie Burrows both saw red late on as Glentoran lost their rag.

There was no joy either for Welsh side The New Saints with another late goal from FK Suduva proving their undoing in a 1-0 defeat.

Ivans Lukjanovs' winner with five minutes left at Latham Park doused any hopes the Welsh side had of progression - they had also lost 1-0 to a late goal against the Lithuanians in the first leg.

Bangor City were also eliminated as they suffered a 10-1 aggregate thrashing at the hands of FC Midtjylland.

Having lost the first-leg 6-1 at home, City were facing an uphill task and things got worse as they were hammered 4-0 in Denmark.

Jude Ikechukwu Nworuh hit a first half double (3 and 36) to set Midtjylland on their way and Christian Sivebaek (56) and Babjide Collins (77) completed the victory.

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