Bohemians 2 Finn Harps 2
Declan McDaid struck a 90th-minute goal at Dalymount Park last night to ensure Declan Devine kick-started his tenure as Bohemians boss with an entertaining draw against Finn Harps.
Despite seeing his side largely dominate possession, Bohs’ Tadhg Ryan was the busier of the two goalkeepers during the opening period. Moments after pulling off a low save from Barry McNamee, the Gypsies netminder stood firm to turn away a Filip Mihaljevic penalty with his feet.
This was a let-off for the hosts and even though Ethon Varian broke the deadlock by bundling home his first Bohs goal just past the hour mark, their Donegal counterparts rallied to devastating effect in the final-quarter.
Searching for a win in their battle to avoid automatic relegation to the First Division, Harps levelled through an Ethan Boyle header on 76 minutes before Mihaljevic made amends for his earlier miss from the spot with a poked finish just three minutes later.
This would have been enough to keep them off the bottom of the Premier Division table, but when goalkeeper James McKeown kicked fresh air after coming off his line at the very end of normal time, McDaid was left with the simple task of firing into an empty net.
BOHEMIANS: Ryan; Feely, Kerr, Kelly, Murphy (Doherty, 85 mins); Levingston, Flores; Twardek, Clarke, McDaid; Varian (Mullins, 78 mins).
FINN HARPS: McKeown; Boyle, Tourish, Slevin, Donelon (Nicholson, 72 mins); Duncan (McWoods, 65 mins (McGing, 72 mins)), Connolly (Rainey, 28 mins); Boylan, Mihaljevic, McNamee; Jones.
Referee: B Connolly (Dublin).