Late equaliser from Derry adds insult to City injury

Cork City 1 Derry City 1

But, given the current tentative situation on Leeside, substitute Thomas Stewart’s 87th-minute strike will hurt that little bit more this time around, even if on that occasion, 94 minutes had elapsed by the time Conor Sammon had emerged the Candystripes’ hero.

It had been all going Cork’s way although they took a while to turn their dominance into a goal; Darragh Ryan’s 65th-minute header ending a sustained period of Cork pressure. Ahead of this Saturday’s FAI Ford Cup quarter-final clash, the psychological edge might be all Derry’s this morning, but the home side will now have an even bigger incentive dangling in front of them.