O’Neill heads Fingal to Cup glory

A FAIRYTALE ending to a fairy-tale season for Sporting Fingal, as the Dublin newcomers came back from the dead to win the FAI Cup final with an injury time Gary O’Neill header against a Sligo Rovers side which had held the lead in Tallaght with just five minutes to go.

A crowd of 8,000 was in attendance for a terrific game but it was the much smaller support base of Sporting Fingal who stayed on to celebrate as Liam Buckley’s men added the Cup to promotion to the Premier Division in what is just the club’s second year in existence.

In windy conditions on a Tallaght playing surface which was a tribute to the work of the grounds, both sides endeavoured to get the ball down and pass it in the early exchanges.