FAI Cup Second round replays: Waterford Utd 4 Tolka Rovers 1Tolka Rovers' cup dream ended in disappointment at the RSC last night as Waterford United finally found their form after being extremely fortunate to get out of Frank Cooke Park with a 2-2 draw on Friday.
In a whirlwind start, United's Shane Harte pounced on an in-sweeping ball from Robert Brosnan and crashed the ball to the net from 12 yards.
Rovers refused to panic and, to their credit, they conjured up a classy equaliser in the 12th minute.
Chris Barbour delivered an excellent pass to Ray Whelehan who split the United defence with a pass into the path of the inrushing Darren Doyle who drew goalkeeper Dean Delaney before planting the ball in the net.
United struck back within two minutes. Vinnie Sullivan floated over a cross from the left and Brosnan crept in between the defence and goalkeeper Morgan Cranley to stroke the ball into the corner of the net.
The home side made it 3-1 on 16 minutes when Alan Mulcahy provided a searching cross from the left to McCarthy who unleashed a powerful, left-footed shot from 15 yards past the goalkeeper.
The game was effectively over when Kenny Browne lifted over a cross from the right on 34 minutes that evaded three defenders and Brosnan had the easiest of tasks to tap home his second goal from point-blank range.
United should have added a fifth goal 12 minutes from full-time but Cranley contorted himself to somehow get a touch to Robbie Hedderman's header during a goalmouth melee.
WATERFORD UNITED:Delaney, Flynn, Hedderman, Keely, Browne, Warren (Scully, half-time), Mulcahy, McCarthy, Sullivan (McDonald, 72 mins), Harte (Kavanagh, 65 mins), Brosnan.
TOLKA ROVERS:Cranley, Muleady (Dennam, 85 mins), B Kelly, Cummins, P Quinn, Whelehan, Kearns (Rogers, 68 mins), Barbour, Maher, Doyle, G Quinn (Moylan, 32 mins).
Referee:Alan Kelly (Cork).
