Drogheda Utd 1 Dundalk 1:THEY HAVE to do it all again on Tuesday as the Louth derby finished level after a game of two halves. Drogheda were magnificent in a first half where they should have booked their passage to the last eight.
Yet with just a solitary goal to their credit you always had a feeling that they’d ultimately pay the price for a host of missed opportunities and that’s precisely what happened just before the break.
United’s Stephen Quigley felled Mark Griffin in the box, he was sent off and Mark Quigley converted the spot kick to level matters and seemingly hand the initiative to the visitors.
However, in a low key second half 10-man Drogheda showed the greater determination and commitment and were well worth a second opportunity.
Drogheda totally dominated for 40 minutes where they wouldn’t have been flattered to hit the net on three or four occasions. However, they only managed a solitary goal which arrived after five minutes when ’keeper Peter Cherrie under pressure pushed the ball out to Dave Rogers who drove a superb hot through a crowded goalmouth to the net.
DROGHEDA UTD: Duggan, Quigley, Hand, McNally, Rogers, Lynch, O’Brien, Gannon, Corcoran (White, 80 mins), Mulvenna, Brennan.
DUNDALK: Cherrie, Madden, Bennett (Ward, 62 mins), Hawkins, McHugh, Kearns, Quigley, Gaynor, Murphy, Bolger, Griffin (Byrne, 62 mins).
Referee: D Hancock (Dublin)
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