Shamrock Rovers deliver from the spot to knock brave Longford out of FAI Cup

Penalties early and late from John McGovern and substitute Graham Burke ended the First Division strugglers’ brave resistance as Rovers laboured into Tuesday’s quarter-final draw.

Graham Burke of Shamrock Rovers celebrates his penalty. Pic: James Lawlor/Inpho

FAI Cup: Shamrock Rovers 2 Longford Town 1 

Shamrock Rovers needed to prove spot on as Longford Town paid a cruel price to bow out of the FAI Cup after a gallant rearguard effort at Tallaght Stadium.