Hutton hopes for better back home

Ford FAI Cup semi-final

Shamrock Rovers and Derry City will have to do it all again in the Ford FAI Cup at the Brandywell tomorrow night — and hopefully will do it better than this, a largely drab affair in Tallaght enlivened by late drama which saw the Candystripes first equalise and then almost win the game in the dying moments.

“It probably wasn’t pretty for the neutral,” conceded Derry boss Peter Hutton, who nevertheless said he was pleased with the “resilience and character” of the players which saw Rory Patterson’s 87th-minute header cancel out Dean Kelly’s goal for Rovers.