Bohemians 2 Shelbourne 2:KEITH WARD scored a stoppage time penalty to salvage a point for Bohemians as most of the action game thick and fast late on in a roller-coaster of a Dublin derby at Dalymount Park.
Trailing 2-1 two minutes into added time, Bohemians’ defender Kevin Feely, who’d given away a first half spot kick for a foul on David Cassidy, was tripped by the Shelbourne skipper inside the area. Midfielder Ward held his nerve to send Chris Bennion the wrong way from the spot.
Kevin Dawson thought he’d won it for Shelbourne on 83 minutes. Cassidy put Paddy Kavanagh in on the right and when goalkeeper Andy McNulty could only push away the shot, Dawson was there to fire home the rebound.
Six minutes earlier Evan McMillan had drawn Bohemians level for the first time, equalising Philly Hughes’ controversial first half penalty for the visitors’ lead.
Shelbourne edged the opening 45 minutes but still required a moment of controversy to go in at the break a goal to the good. On 39 minutes referee Alan Kelly initially waved play on when Shelbourne’s Cassidy went down under the challenge of Feely inside the area.
Nearer to the incident, assistant referee Allen Lynch flagged and pointed to the box prompting Kelly to change his mind and give the penalty which Hughes dispatched under the dive of McNulty.
BOHEMIANS: McNulty; Heary, McMillan, Feely, Byrne; Mulcahy; Moore (Barker 79 mins.), McEvoy (Martin 29 mins.), Ward, McMahon (Corcoran, h/t); Wilson.
SHELBOURNE: Bennion; Matthews, Boyle, Shortall, Fitzgerald; Kavanagh (C. Byrne 89 mins.), Dawson, Cronin, Clancy; Cassidy; Hughes.
Referee: A Kelly (Cork).
