C of I left to rue missed opportunity

Cork Church of Ireland blew a superb chance to dump holders Lisnagarvey out of the Irish Junior Cup as the northerners snuck a 4-3 quarter-final win with a golden goal at Garryduff on Saturday.

Having fallen behind to a Stephen Johnston strike, C of I — inspired by Richard Sweetnam’s quick thinking at the back — built up a 3-1 lead through David Herbert, Gary Wilkinson and Stuart Miller. But Ian Davidson’s corner goal got Garvey back in the game and they equalised in the final seconds, despite being temporarily down to 10 men, through Robert Cummins.

And C of I’s misery was compounded when they fell asleep two minutes into the extra time, allowing Cummins to get to the circle unimpeded from halfway to lay off for James Dowling to reverse home the winner.