Two goals in the space of ten second-half minutes saw Sligo Rovers come from 1-0 down to beat Longford Town 2-1 at the Showgrounds.
Fahrudin Kuduzovic and Raffaele Cretaro claimed the strikes that earned Rovers their fourth win on the bounce and left bottom club Longford facing their second close defeat in the space of five days.
The home side made just one change from the team that defeated UCD last time out, with Cretaro coming in for suspended captain Adam Hughes, although Chris Turner was also ruled out through injury.
Longford also had suspension problems, with centre-back Kevin Doherty banned.
The match started at a lively pace, with Damien Brennan forced to block an early Cretaro shot after Seamus Coleman and Fahrudin Kuduzovic had grafted down the right.
Kuduzovic had an even better chance himself soon after when he was picked out unmarked in the area by Matthew Judge’s cross, but he headed too high.
Coleman and Judge were also off target after creating space for themselves in the box, but Rovers keeper Richard Brush was also called into action, saving at the feet of Dave Mooney on 15 minutes.
And the visitors went ahead four minutes later, as Mooney’s close control created space for Patrick Sullivan to swing a dangerous ball in the area, and Ian Wexler flashed a diving header past Brush.
Longford grew in confidence after this and continued to threaten down the right, although a wayward Sullivan shot was the closest they came to hitting a second.
The game levelled out a little after this, although Conor O’Grady almost got Rovers level on 40 minutes with a piledriver from well outside the box, but Longford keeper Shay Kelly was behind it all the way.
Rovers made two changes at the break, with Gary Curran and Keith Foy introduced, and they had their first chance of the second period just two minutes in as Kuduzovic headed Cash’s cross over the top.
But Rovers’ assistant boss Gerry Carr was sent to the stands soon after as he argued a decision and the home side began to let their frustrations show.
Their efforts were rewarded, however, on 56 minutes after Sean Prunty took down Cash in the box.
Kuduzovic stepped up to net from the spot for the second time in successive home games.
Longford would have gone ahead again just after the hour-mark had Brush not got a vital block as Mooney chased Martin’s cross.
Instead Rovers got themselves in front when Judge’s pinpoint cross picked out Cretaro, and he rifled a header past the helpless Kelly.
The high tempo continued and Longford were almost level minutes later as Dave Freeman headed Mooney’s delivery onto the post.
But Rovers nearly wrapped it up late on when Kuduzovic saw a stunning effort come back of the underside of the crossbar, and Curran also hit the woodwork with a follow-up effort.
Sligo Rovers: Brush, Coleman, Peers, MacKenzie, Kelly (Foy 45), Cash, O’Grady (c), Cretaro, Manson (Curran 45), Judge, Kuduzovic.
Subs not used: Arcaba, Creane, McCartney, Curran, Foy.
Longford Town: Kelly, Sullivan, Prunty, Brennan (c), Rutherford, J Martin, Deegan, Doyle, Wexler, Mooney, Freeman.
Subs not used: R Martin, Reilly, O’Riordan, Lee, Lynch.
Referee: H Whoriskey.
