FAI Junior Cup 

Bridge United 3 Broadford United 2

A Kieran Quinlan Hatrick secured Bridge Uniteds passage to the FAI Junior Cup 3Rd Round on Saturday evening in LIT. 

Quinlan opened the scoring on 5 minutes when he blocked a defensive clearance and followed in to cooly slot past the Broadford keeper.  

His second came on the 35th minutes following great work by Eoghan Pewter down the right providing the assist to Quinlan to tap home at the back post. 

The visitors got back in the game on the 60th minutes from the penalty spot. The goal came during a very strong period for the guests so it was very important for Bridge to reply. 

That reply came on 65 minutes when Okoro was taken down in the box when through on goal. Quinlan stepped up to restore the 2 goal advantage with his 7th goal of the campaign.  

Broadford refused to lie down however and reduced the deficit once again on 78 minutes. In a frantic last 10 minutes the hosts had great opportunities through Brian O'Connor and Derek Fahy to put the game to bed but held on in the end for a deserved victory against the strong Desmond League opponents.  

Team: Paul Touhy,  Jay Whyte, Eoin Guinan,  Darren Murphy,  Kevin Kelly,  Alan Mulready,  Darragh Fitzgerald,  Gavin Whyte,  Eoghan Pewter,  Jon Okoro,  Kieran Quinlan 

Subs: Derek Fahy for Okoro,  Trevor Maxwell for Pewter,  Brian O'Connor for Quinlan,  Sean McDonald for Fitzgerald,  Jonathan Downes for G Whyte 

Shane Golden,  Christy Griffen,  Mikey Mcnamara,  Kieran Brennan,  Lee Wall,  Christy Carey