Late UCD equaliser denies Cobh Ramblers

Cobh took the lead through Oran Crowe in the second half but a dramatic late equaliser earned UCD a point

Goodness Ogbonna scored a 96th minute equaliser for UCD against Cobh Ramblers. Pic: Tyler Miller/Sportsfile

SSE Airtricity First Division: Cobh Ramblers 1 UCD 1 

Goodness Ogbonna scored a dramatic equaliser for UCD at the death to rescue a point against Cobh Ramblers at St Colman’s Park.

The home side thought they had done enough to take the three points when Oran Crowe hit the back of the net from close range, but the Students had the last laugh in the sixth minute of injury time.

All the pressure was on UCD to win in a bid to keep the race for the league title going for another week, while Cobh focused their play-off push.

The Ramblers were the ones that took control early on, by pressing high and being aggressive out of possession. This led to a succession of turnovers in the final third and three corners inside the first 15 minutes, but nothing threatened UCD.

Cian Coleman eventually went long and the ball was knocked on for an onrushing Anthony Adenopo. The winger couldn’t connect and the best chance of the half rolled away.

The deadlock was eventually broken with a Crowe shot that cannoned off the crossbar and went back to the midfielder for a routine finish in front of the posts in the 71st minute.

The Students poured forward in search of an equaliser and got it through substitute Ogbonna when the ball was knocked on at the Liam McMahon Stand.

Cobh Ramblers: Timothy Martin; Luka Le Bervet, Cian Coleman, Ronan Mansfield, Callum Honohan (Brendean Frahill 90); Oran Crowe, Dara McCormick (Mikey Carroll 90); Jordan Adeyemi, Rhys Gourdie, Anthony Adenopo; Jonas Stjernberg (Rhys Kelly Noonan 75).

UCD: Noah Douglas; Sean Murphy, Carl Lennox, Adam Wells, Luca Cailloce; Louis Dignam (Sam Norval 82), Jayden Goad (Geordy Lavin 68); Michael McCullagh (Goodness Ogbonna 82), Stephen Mohan (Hugh Smith 56), Eoin Sheeran; Charles Akinrintayo.

Referee: Alan Patchell