Cork City’s focus turns to Cup final

Drogheda United 1 Cork City 1: Cork City have the FAI Cup final to focus on now after their title challenge ended with a faltering 1-1 draw at United Park

Cork City needed to better Dundalk’s result in Tallaght to prolong the title race for at least another week, but the 13-point gap remains intact, while Drogheda’s point keeps them in the relegation zone.

The Leesiders made a disastrous start against the second-from-bottom Boynesiders. There were only eight minutes gone when Dan Murray left a simple back-pass slightly short and as his keeper Mark McNulty dithered Keith Treacy got a toe in first to tap the ball to the empty net.