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Sligo Rovers 1 Sporting Fingal 2:FIFTEEN YEARS after Sligo Rovers crowned a promotion winning season by winning the FAI Cup, Sporting Fingal beat them in a compelling final at Tallaght yesterday to repeat the trick. It was a fairytale ending to the Dublin club’s second year in existence, with Liam Buckley’s men coming from behind to wrap up a dramatic victory in the second minute of injury-time courtesy of a headed goal by Gary O’Neill.

For Rovers, it was heartbreaking way to lose a game they had dominated for lengthy spells but they left with few complaints. The contest had started so slowly that quite a few of the 8,105-strong crowd must have been wondering whether they had been wise to brave the conditions, but as things started to settle the sides managed to produce a game of surprising quality despite the wind and, at times, driving rain.