Saints too strong for Cork City at Turners Cross and will meet Bohs in the final for the second time in three years
St Patrick's Athletic captain Joe Redmond leads the celebrations after the victory over Cork City in the FAI Cup semi-final at Turners Cross. Photograph: Tom Maher/InphoSt Patrick’s Athletic stride into their sixth FAI Cup final this century. In a repeat of the 2021 decider, Bohemians will be waiting for them on November 12th at the Aviva Stadium, another strictly Dublin affair.
“We will focus on the league now, we need other teams to do us a favour,” said St Pat’s manager Jon Daly.Kudus takes the kudos with late equaliser for West Ham against Newcastle“The full house at Turners Cross is difficult to deal with, I thought the players managed that really well. We believe in this group, we know the players we have are good players, it is just a matter of making them believe in themselves.
This semi-final defeat at Turners Cross can be described as Cork City’s season in microcosm. Plenty of energy and ideas undone by porous defending and a failure to take goal chances. The 6,335 attendance basked in the sunshine but it was the 700 day-trippers from the capital that will remember a largely forgettable game.
St Pat’s had chances early on. Cork full back Josh Honohan was busy, clearing Kian Leavy’s ninth-minute shot off the goal-line after Thomas Lonergan’s fresh air effort fell kindly to his team-mate. Ruairí Keating had two chances to draw the home side level and salvage an increasingly disastrous campaign. Despite Cork’s precarious position in the relegation playoff spot, the Mayo centre forward has bagged 14 goals, including a hat-trick last month against Sligo Rovers.
Carty’s strike completely silenced the home crowd as the club, recently purchased by Dermot Usher, now attempt to avoid a slide back towards the First Division. Richie Holland is their third manager of the year after taking over from Liam Buckley, the club’s sporting director, who replaced Colin Healy when results started to go sour.
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