Details
Date | Time | Competition | Season |
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5 June 2022 | 3:00 pm | Tailteann Cup | 2022 |
Match Report
Tailteann Cup: Sligo beat Leitrim after extra-time battle
Aidan Devaney was the hero after he made two saves to send Sligo through to a Tailteann Cup Semi-Final after the Yeats County defeated Leitrim on penalties in a dramatic encounter at Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada.
Leitrim took the lead early on but were clawed back by a determined Sligo who took the lead before half-time. A late Leitrim comeback was required to send the game to extra-time but the sides couldn't be separated and the game went to penalties.
Devaney's saves on Ryan O'Rourke and Emlyn Mulligan saw Sligo progress to the next stage of the competition.
Sligo’s Nathan Rooney, Alan Reilly, Donal Conlon and Brian Egan put their efforts past Brendan Flynn to see the Magpies win 4-3.
The penalties came after an entertaining clash in Carrick-on-Shannon, with the first 70 minutes finishing Leitrim 2-13 to Sligo’s 1-16.
The Ridge County got off to a ferocious start, Keith Beirne’s 1-1 was complimented by Evan Sweeney’s point to see Leitrim lead by five points by minute seven.
Sligo meanwhile tallied missed chances and looked to be at a loss without injured scorer in-chief Niall Murphy.
Sean Carrabine’s point on 11 minutes opened the floodgates however and Sligo managed to put together seven more unanswered scores through Carrabine, Alan Reilly and Patrick O’Connor.
Leitrim struggled in attack as they were swamped by Sligo defenders and had not scored for nearly 27 minutes when Keith Beirne got his second point on 33 minutes.
Carrabine and Reilly returned scores for Sligo while Riordan O’Rourke and Beirne notched two more for the Ridge County to see Sligo go into the break ahead by two points.
Reilly added another for the Yeats County after half-time but it was Leitrim who stole the momentum after that.
Substitute Jordan Reynolds used his pace to get a second goal for Andy Moran’s side while two Beirne points and another by Evan Sweeney saw the momentum shift as only Reilly could score for Sligo.
The balance was to change again though when yet another point came from O’Connor on 54 minutes to be followed up by a goal from sub Mark Walsh and points from Carrabine and Darragh Cummins to see Sligo charge into the lead.
Beirne returned one for Leitrim but when Peter Laffey got one back for Sligo it looked to be game over as the visitors were four points ahead with four minutes of normal time remaining.
There was to be another twist however, as Leitrim took the game by the scruff of the neck to score four consecutive points. scores from Dean McGovern, Ryan O’Rourke and Jordan Reynolds were crowned by a monster Keith Beirne point in the 73rd minute to draw the game.
Extra-Time was cagey and the first ten minutes saw each side score a single point as Patrick O’Connor’s score was cancelled out by Leitrim’s Mark Plunkett.
A Nathan Rooney free and Alan Reilly point saw Sligo score twice in the second-half but Emlyn Mulligan got one back which set up Keith Beirne to draw the game once again and send it to penalties.
Up stepped Aidan Devaney to save twice during the shootout to send Sligo through.
Timeline
Past Meetings
(Round 7)
2-16 2-10NFL Division 4
Markievicz Park
Sligo v Leitrim |
(Round 1)
2-19 0-18NFL Division 4
Markievicz Park
Sligo v Leitrim |
Ground
Pairc Sean MacDiarmada |
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Avant Money Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim, N41 XE89, Ireland |
Mulligan denied by Devaney to send Sligo through!
Devaney saves again to send Sligo through
Egan slots his away for Sligo. 4-3 to the visitors
Quinn for Leitrim
Donal conlon scores for Sligo
Brendan Flynn gets a hand to Alan Reilly's penalty but it bounces across the line
Keith Beirne gets his effort narrowly past the Sligo keeper
Nathan Rooney puts his penalty away
Devaney pushes away Ryan O'Rourke's penalty!
Players readying themselves for penalties
It goes to penalties in Carrick-on-Shannon
1 minute added
Nathan Rooney's free goes wide
Tom Prior's goal effort slides to the Sligo keeper's hands
Beirne off his right this time - equalises
Beirne's effort drops short
Alan Reilly point
Emyln Mulligan returns a point, clipping the post, for Leitrim
Nathan Rooney points a free from distance, Sligo take the lead!
Game will go to penalties if it remains a draw after this half
A point apiece for each side in the opening half of extra-time. 10 minutes remaining
Pat Spillane re-enters the field for Sligo, and Domhnaill Flynn re-enters for Leitrim
Alan Reilly misses and it remains a draw!
Sligo win a free in a scoreable position
Mark Plunkett's steady effort brings things even yet again
Cagey game in extra-time so far
Patrick O'Connor point for Sligo
Shane Moran looks to have scored a goal right from the off but his palmed effort is disallowed for square-ball
Extra-time underway
Full-time at Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada. A late comeback by Leitrim has brought the game to extra-time!
Alan Reilly goes wide at the other end
Monster score from Keith Beirne to equalise!
Jordan Reynolds point means only 1 point separates the sides
5 minutes extra time. Leitrim add another point
Dean Mcgovern blasts a point over for the Ridge County
Peter Laffy returns a score for Sligo to go back to 4 ahead!
Beirne gets one back for Leiitrim
Darragh Cummins gets his first to extend Sligo's lead to 4 points
Carrabin points for Sligo, brings gap to three points
Sub Mark Walsh nets for Sligo! Brendan Flynn gets his fingertips to it but it can't be stopped from crossing the line
Patrick O'Connor point from free
Paddy Maguire clears off the line from Mikey Gordon's shot after Leitrim mistake at the back!
Keith Beirne goes wide for Leitrim and Patrick O'Connor misses at the other end for Sligo
Plenty physicality in the game as both teams know the stakes
Keith Beirne on fire this half, gets his third point of the period to send Leitrim up two again!
Reilly point brings deficit back to one
Beirne wins a scorable mark and converts for Leitrim!
Sean Carrabine misses at the other end and Evan Sweeney follows up with a point to send Leitrim ahead
Jordan Reynolds goal brings it level!
Keith Beirne with a great point off his left to keep Leitrim in the game
Alan Reilly adds another for Sligo
Sean Carrabine gets Sligo off to a good start to the half
Teams back out on the field, no half-time changes
Alan Reilly strikes back for Sligo to bring his side two ahead on half-time
Riordan O'Rourke gets his first for Leitrim!
3 minutes additional time added
Big score from Keith Beirne to point for Leitrim after 27 minutes
Another O\'Connor free brings Sligo\'s lead to 3 points
Leitrim have not scored since Evan Sweeney;s point in the seventh minute
Patrick O;Connor adds another point for sligo at the other end
Riordan O'rourke goes wide at a tight angle after Donal Wrynn causes chaos in the Sligo square
Conor Reynolds booked also for Leitrim
Leitrim getting forward but struggling to get anything as Sligo crowd them out. No score for over 20 minutes
Sean Carrabine points the free for Sligo to take his side ahead for the first time
Paddy Maguire with a high tackle on Slgio's Harkin. Booked
Alan Reilly with another miss for Sligo
That free brings the sides level
Sligo free now, as they look to add five scores in a row
Patrick O'Connor brings the deficit to one point after Sligo work it forward well
Another Reilly point as Sligo are looking the better side now. Having a lot of joy down the left wing
Alan Reilly adds a second point for Sligo
Another wide from the Magpies, Patrick O'Connor with a fourth wide
Sean Carrabine goes through on goal and puts over Sligo\'s first score
Sean Carrabine adds Sligo's second wide of the game, still no score from the Yeat\'s county
Evan Sweeney adds another point for Leitrim
GOAL for Leitrim as they follow up the point with a strike to the back of the Sligo net
Keith Beirne opens scoring with a point for Leitrim
Early Sligo free goes amiss
Game underway!
Throw-in fast approaching at an overcast Leitrim grounds
Luke Towey and Pat Spillane are late changes to the Sligo starting 15
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