Belfield yields little for Cork

Belfield Park has never really been a happy hunting ground for Cork City. In their last 13 visits to the home of UCD they have just three wins. And they are going to have to wait another while to make it win number four after drawing last night's encounter.

Team manager, Liam Murphy, left young striker Colin Patrick O'Brien on the bench in favour of veteran forward Pat Morley.

But even the introduction of the 18-year-old, with three goals in his last four games, couldn't inspire Cork to the win at their bogey ground.

UCD had their goalkeeper Barry Ryan to thank for their point as he pulled off two great second-half saves to deny Ollie Cahill from 30 yards and then goalscorer James Mulligan from 10 yards out, while he also saved well from Conor O'Grady.

Cork dominated affairs after the restart with Mulligan also having an effort cleared off the line after 80 minutes.

However, the students really couldn't have asked for a better start to the game taking the lead with only eight minutes gone.

Following a flowing move, Robert McAuley freed Ciarβn Martyn, who in turn flicked the ball through to Robert Martyn, whose well-struck left-footed shot from just inside the area nestled in the far corner.

However, just before the half hour mark Cork drew level in almost comical fashion.

Mulligan played the perfect ball in for Morley, whose attempted shot on goal was badly sliced. But Meal Horgan retrieved the ball at the corner flag and crossed for Mulligan to tap home at the far post for the equaliser.

UCD: B Ryan, Mahon, D Ryan, McNally, Delaney, McDonnell, Doolin, Martyn, Martin, O'Dowd, McAuley (Keating 62).

CORK CITY: Devine, Carey, Horgan, Daly, Coughlan, O'Rourke, Cahill, Flanagan, Mulligan, Morley (C P O'Brien 46), O'Grady.

Referee: D Hancock (Dublin)

Motherwell's Keith Lasley dumped his own side out of the Scottish League Cup.

Airdrie took the lead early in the game through an Owen Coyle penalty. David Kelly levelled for the Scottish Premier League side after the break but, with just five minutes of the game remaining, Lasley rammed the ball into his own net to hand the win to the Diamonds.

He had plenty of space and seemed under no pressure.

One thing this Lanarkshire derby demonstrated was that the gulf between the top of Division One and second bottom of the SPL is not that large as Airdrie matched Motherwell in most departments.

For all Motherwell's pressure in the early minutes, they struggled to acutally create anything in front of goal.