Waterford Utd 0 St Patrick's Athletic 3:TWO FIRST-half goals in the space of three minutes from former Waterford United player Daryl Kavanagh proved to be the catalyst for an easy passage into the FAI Cup quarter-finals for St Patrick's Athletic at the RSC last night .
Kavanagh broke the deadlock on 17 minutes when he headed home from close range after Kevin Burns could only parry a powerful header from Evan McMillan. The ball bobbled around in the six yard box before Kavanagh pounced.
And the Carrick-on-Suir native doubled his side’s advantage just three minutes later when he was put through by Anto Murphy and he calmly lifted the ball over the advancing Burns.
St Pat’s extended their lead just two minutes after the restart when Kenny Browne handled under pressure from Kavanagh and Stephen Bradley fired home from the resultant penalty kick.
Waterford’s best effort came when Paul Murphy tested Gary Rogers with a 35 yard effort on 55 minutes but Rogers dived to touch the ball away for a corner.
WATERFORD UNITED: K Burns, P Carey, B Nolan, P Walsh (S McGuire, 57 mins), D Wilson (A Heaslip 82, mins), G Dunphy, D Breen, P Murphy (WJ Kiely, 68 mins), K Murray, K Browne, G Keane. Subs not used: M Coady, S Barron, A Balevisius, J Doherty.
ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC: G Rogers, D Pender, I Bermingham, C Kenna, E McMillan, D Kavanagh, S McFaul, S Bradley (B Shorthall, 82 mins), D Doyle (S Stewart, 78 mins), D Mulcahy (P Crowley, 66 mins), A Murphy. Subs not used: D North, D McMillan, J Carroll, C Bennion.
Referee: A Buttimer (Cork).
