Rovers run riot as Drogs collapse

Shamrock Rovers 7 Drogheda United 1

And they heaped further misery on the hapless Boynesiders in the second half, eventually crushing them by 7-1 to lift the Setanta Sports Cup 2013 and give Trevor Croly his first piece of silverware as Rovers boss.

But if the winning manager seemed almost subdued afterwards, it was mainly out of fellow-feeling for his Drogheda counterpart Mick Cooke, with whom he had a long conversation at the final whistle.