Cork City are safely through to the quarter finals of the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup as they comprehensively defeated Athlone Town 7-0 at Turners Cross on Friday evening. The FAI Cup holders took the lead after just 65 seconds when Kieran Sadlier head
Cork City are safely through to the quarter finals of the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup as they comprehensively defeated Athlone Town 7-0 at Turners Cross on Friday evening.
The FAI Cup holders took the lead after just 65 seconds when Kieran Sadlier headed Karl Sheppard’s cross into the top right corner.
City continued to pile forward and they made it two on ten minutes when Sheppard skipped past Shane McGrane before tucking the ball past Igor Labuts at his near post.
The Premier Division’s champions elect added a third when Connor Ellis prodded home Shane Griffins unselfish pass before Garry Buckley scored the fourth in first half injury time in similar circumstances.
It wasn’t until just past the hour mark that City grabbed their fifth of the evening as Achille Campion towered Shane Griffin’s corner just inside the far post.
Ellis snatched his second and his sides sixth when he fired Campion’s knock down past the helpless keeper before Campion drilled man of the match Kieran Sadlier’s cross into the gaping goal to make it seven for the Leesiders in the 92nd minute.
