League of Ireland FAI Ford Cup Fourth Ro

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In the League of Ireland this weekend it was the FAI Ford Cup Fourth round. Here are some selected results.Waterford United 0-3 St. Pats Athletic: Two first half goals in the space of three minutes from former Waterford player Daryl Kavanagh set St Pats Athletic on their to qualify for FAI Ford Cup quarter finals at the RSC.Kavanagh broke the deadlock on 17 minutes when he headed home from close range after Kevin Burns could only parry Blake Griffin Jersey a powerful header from Evan McMillan.The Carrick on Suir native doubled his teams lead three minutes later when he was played through by Anto Murpy. Kavanagh calmly lifted the ball over the oncoming keeper.St Pats extended their lead just two minutes after the restart when Kenny Browne handled under pre sure from Kavanagh and Stephen Bradley fired home from the resultant penalty kick.With the game beyond doubt, Pats moved into cruise mode and coasted into the next round with Kavanagh being voted Ford Man of the Match.Bray Wanders 0-4 Limerick: Having beaten Bray Wanderers four-nil in a pre-season friendly at the Carlisle Grounds, Limerick proved it was no fluke as they advanced by the same score to the last 16 of the FAI Ford Cup.Paudie Quinn gave the Shannonsiders a first half lead, before both Adam Mitchell and Danny OConnor saw red.Denis Behans 76th minute penalty helped secure the win for Pat Scullys side.Substitute Garbhan Coughlan got in on the scoring act in the 86th minute. Right on full-time, Quinn registered his second by firing low to the net from the edge of the box.Former Republic of Ireland U21 stopper Darren Quigley presented the away side with their opener in the 42nd minuteThen with 16 minutes remaining, Wanderers centre-half Mitchell was dismi sed for a tackle from behind on Quinn as he attempted to convert a close-range rebound.Yet somewhat against the run of Chris Paul Jersey play, the Shannonsiders were gifted the advantage by Quigley.A through ball released the breaking Sean Brosnan. Quigley tried to turn away from the attacker but only succeeded in playing the ball into the path of Quinn who curled a first time shot into an empty net from 25 yards.But any hope of a comeback was extinguished in the 74th minute.Corie Treacys ball over the top saw Barry Sheedy evade the offside. His curling effort was kept out by Quigley. Quinn went to convert Louis Williams Jersey the rebound but was upended by the tackling Mitchell.As he was walking off the pitch dismi sed and before Behan couldconvert the spot-kick, referee Rob Rogers booked OConnor, before brandishing another red card and showing it to the Bray skipper.Substitute Garbhan Coughlan got in on the scoring act in the 86thminute as he poked the ball over the line from eight yards.Then right on full-time, Quinn registered his second by firing low to the net from the edge of the box.Wexford Youths 0-1 Cork City: Substitute Davin ONeill provided the crucial 72nd-minute strike as Cork City eventually forced a breakthrough to send Wexford Youths packing in this FAI Ford Cup fourth round tie at Ferrycarrig Park.Cork City enjoyed a lively opening ten minutes, getting off to an encouraging start, and should have taken the lead as early as the fourth minute following a splendid move down the left.The home side had to wait until the 41st minute for their opening chance, which was capably dealt with. On the break Wesley Johnson Jersey , Escude-Candau linked with Turner, but shot wide from inside the area, leaving it 0-0 at the interval.Within six minutes of the restart, Cork City were handed a golden opportunity when referee Jim McKell awarded a penalty after Turner was taken down just inside the right edge of area, but Escude-Candaus kick was excellently save by keeper Holden.The long-awaited breakthrough came after 72 minutes when sub ONeill, only on the pitch four minutes, fired home a superb twenty-metre shot past a helple s Holden in the home goal.Wexford Youths had Dean Broaders red carded on 93 minutes as they lost their way. Drogheda United 1-1 Dundalk: Louths deadly rivals will meet again on Tuesday for an FAI Cup quarter-final place after 10-man Drogheda held out for a draw at Hunky Dorys Park.Dundalk looked to be in the driving seat when Mark Quigley cancelled out Dave Rogers early strike on the stroke of half-time with a penalty which saw the Boynesiders Stephen Quigley sent off.As they Tobias Harris Jersey did in the league meeting two weeks ago, Dundalk made the brighter start and Robert Duggan, preferred in the Drogheda goal to Stephen Trimble, was forced into an early save from Colin Hawkins when a corner broke in the defenders favour.But the Boynesiders stunned their neighbours by breaking the deadlock inside five minutes after Peter Cherrie had parried a Gavin Brennan shot around the post.Drogheda caught the opposition defence off guard from the resulting corner, and although Cherrie managed to half-clear towards the edge of the box, Rogers was perfectly placed 20-yards out to fire back past the keeper.Quigley exposed a square-looking home defence when he put Griffin clean through on goal and the striker had his legs taken by Stephen Quigley as he shaped to shoot.The Drogheda right-back was sent off and Mark Quigley coolly rolled the resulting spot kick past Duggan as the clock ticked into first-half injury time.Follow me on twitter for all your League of Ireland updates.