Longford Town edged through to the third round of the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup after beating Finn Harps 4-3 on penalties at Finn Park.
The two sides played out a 1-1 draw last Friday night in Longford and again the sides could not be separated over 90 minutes in Ballybofey as the game went into extra time following a scoreless encounter.
The deadlock remained following the 30 minutes of extra time and the game was taken to a penalty shoot-out.
Both sides had missed one penalty apiece before Josh Mailey hit the post with Harps’ fifth, which allowed Martin Deady to stroke the ball home to give Longford the victory.
Finn Harps: Gallagher; J. Mailey, Cowan, McMonagle, Coll; Funston, Crossan, Foy, Harkin; Tagbo, McNamee. Subs: McHugh for Funston (73 mins), Friel for Foy (100 mins), P. Mailey for Cowan (113 mins), Toland, Black, McCarron.
Longford Town: Hunt; Mulhall, Gorman, Tyrell, Powell; Mohamed, Salmon, O’Connor, Shannon; Simon, Shaw. Subs: O’Sullivan for Simon (64 mins), Cowan for Mohamed (69 mins) Deady for Cowan (89 mins), Rossiter, Skinner.
Referee: Mr. N. Doyle (Dublin).
