McEvoy swoops for Bohs derby joy
SHELBOURNE 1
BOHEMIANS 2
A 90TH-MINUTE strike by Ryan McEvoy, and a sensational finish by Peter McMahon enabled Bohemians to take all three points from a Tolka Park thriller.
After a tame opening, the game sparked into the life as a disallowed goal by Shels striker Philly Gorman on 31 minutes was followed by the dismissal of his team-mate John Sullivan two
minutes later for a late tackle on McEvoy.
Shels went ahead just a minute before the break when Glen Cronin dispatched a spot-kick past Craig Sexton following an infringement by Evan McMillan, but Bohs restored parity eight minutes after the restart when McMahon controlled Derek Pender’s pass before sending a superb bicycle-kick past Dean Delany.
Bohs then clinically punished Shels in the final minute of normal time when the impressive McEvoy lashed home from a pull-back on the right to give his side all three points.
SHELBOURNE – Delany; Matthews, Boyle, Shortall (Ryan 49), Clancy; Murphy, Sullivan, Cronin, Kavanagh; Hughes (Dawson 37), Gorman (P Byrne 77).
BOHEMIANS – Sexton; Pender, Lopez (Ryan 49), McMillan, Feely; Buckley, McEvoy, Ward, Mulcahy, McMahon (Moore 65); O’Connor (Scully 55).
REF – D McKeon (Dublin).