Saints go through - November 29, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic 2 Finn Harps 1
St. Patrick's Athletic made sure of an all-Dublin League Cup final when they survived a scare to beat Finn Harps at the Stadium of Light last night.
The home side could have been a goal down in the opening minutes but Harps top scorer Alex Nesovic fluffed a penalty, shooting weakly at Seamus Kelly.
Pats responded by scoring two cloned goals in the minutes before half time. Both came from set pieces - first Colm Foley and then Ger McCarthy arriving late in the six-yard box to power headers past Gareth Downey.
Harps youngster Kevin McHugh gave the Donegal side hope with a superbly struck goal in the second half, but the Saints just about held on.
St. Patrick's Athletic: S Kelly, Croly, Foley, Maguire, Burke, Griffin, Byrne, Osam, R McGuinness, L Kelly, McCarthy
Subs: Harris for McGuinness 75
Goals: Foley 37, McCarthy 43
Finn Harps: Downey, Fitzhenry, Dykes, Bradley, Kenny, Harkin, McGrenaghan, Tierney, Minnock, Nesovic, McHugh
Subs: Mohan for Dykes 66, Bonner for Nesovic 86
Goal: McHugh 63
Referee: H Byrne (Dublin)