Cork out of Cup - January 15, 2001
Cork City 1 Longford Town 2
What a result for Longford Town, who looked dead and buried in the drawn game. Two superb goals, both in the second half, including a fairy-tale 80th-minute winner from young Niall Byrne.
It was looking like curtains for Longford again, with Cork City making all the right moves and only after 33 minutes a vague shot from Derek Coughlan put Cork in the lead.
But still the boys from Longford kept the guard up and it all payed off in the second half, when the Byrne boys grabbedthe glory. First Stuart Byrne equalised with a cracking volley, bang in the net. And with only 10 minutes to go ex-Liverpool youth Niall scored with another superb shot that put Longford through to a third-round meeting with St. Patrick's Athletic.
For Cork it was the second year in succession that Cup disaster struck at Turners Cross: last year they were beaten there by first-division Kilkenny City.
Cork: Devine, O'Brien, O'Halloran, Napier, Coughlan, Caulfield, Gaughan, Herrick, Cahill, Mulligan, Morley
Subs: Tynan for Caulfield 65, Flanagan for Gaughan 84, Daly for Napier 88
Goal: Coughlan 33
Sent off: Herrick
Longford Town: O'Brien, Murphy, W Byrne, Smith, McNally, Gavin, S Byrne, V Perth, Prunty, N Byrne, Zellor
Subs: Coyle for Prunty 22, Notaro for N Byrne 87
Goals: S Byrne 52, N Byrne 80
Sent off: Zellor
Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)