Dykes fury over penalty decision - November 13, 2000 Cork City 1 Finn Harps 0 Struggling Harps made the long journey to Turners Cross and found themselves a goal down almost before they got off the bus! Just four minutes into the game, referee O'Neill pointed to the Harps spot after player-manager Gavin Dykes was deemed to have handled in the box and Pat Morley slotted home the penalty. Furious Dykes said: "The penalty decision was a disgrace. I pulled my hand away and the ball hit my thigh." Cork 'keeper Michael Devine made brilliant saves from Niall Bonnar and John Kenny twice as Harps threw everything into the search for an equaliser but it just wasn't their day. "I told the Harps lads they were mugged out there today," Cork boss Derek Mountfield admitted. Cork City: Devine, Horgan, O'Donoghue, Daly, Coughlan, O'Halloran, Cahill, Gaughan, Herrick, Morley, Mulligan Subs: O'Brien for Gaughan 54 mins, Napier for O'Halloran 71, Caulfield for Cahill 90 Goal: Morley pen. 4 Booked: Gaughan Finn Harps: Downey, R Kenny, Minnock, Fitzhenry, Dykes, McGranaghan, Mohan, Tierney, Bonnar, Nesovic, J Kenny Subs: Harkin for Mohan 45 mins, Kelly for Bonnar 71, Speak for R Kenny 82 Booked: Dykes 8, Fitzhenry 8, Nesovic 78 Referee: J O'Neill (Waterford) |