Originally Posted by fatboyslim
Ballymote beat City 4-2 aet.
[SIZE=2]In the Connacht Cup fourth round it was high drama all the way at Brother Walfrid Park with the clash of two of the Super Leagues big guns. Ballymote Celtic with their youthful blend of talented players was at home to the much more experienced and successful City United. But Cup football as we all know sees reputations count for nought but still City started in stunning form with a goal each from top marksmen Keith Nibbs and Gareth Kelly giving them a two lead at the halfway mark and to the large crowd it looked like game set and match. But the second half held its own shocks ten minutes gone and Glen Mc Cormack of City already on a yellow card fouled Niall Brennan in the area Mc Cormack got his marching orders from referee Paul Kilcoyne and Brennan blasted home past Tony Clarke in the city goals and it was game on. Then on sixty five minutes another rush of blood to the head seen the very talented Gareth Kelly give away a needless penalty and he was next to receive his marching orders city down to nine men and Niall Brennan duly dispatched his second penalty to level the scores. From the restart Clive Sommers made a lunging challenge on Stephen Ross leaving referee Paul Kilcoyne with no option but to dismiss him and this left City with a mountain to climb. The game went into extra time and in the second period Gerry Brennan and Stephen Ross hit two devastating strikes to clinch a fifth round place for Ballymote Celtic on the nineteen of February to either Straide Foxford of Mayo or Dynamo Blues of Galway just reward for the battling Celts.[/SIZE]
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