Monaghan repel late onslaught to dash Cork’s cup dreams

ONE-NIL to the Monaghan – you could almost set it to music but just don’t sing it on Leeside.

For the third time this season, Cork City lost by the narrowest score-line to Monaghan United, but this time the price to be paid was a place in the quarter-finals of the FAI Ford Cup.

For their onslaught in the second half, Cork will probably feel that they deserved at least a draw from this one. But in defending stoutly and making the most of a minimum of possession, Monaghan showed once again why they deserve to be in second place in the First Division.