Portmarnock rock Rockmount - January 8, 2001
Portmarnock 3 Rockmount 0
Portmarnock stuck three past Rockmount to join fellow non-leaguers Cherry Orchard in the draw for the third round of the FAI Cup. The result came as something of a shock to Munster senior side Rockmount, who more than held their own against Eircom opposition in last year's League Cup, ending the interest of Cork City, Cobh Ramblers and Waterford United on their way to the semi-final.
But Portmarnock have their own Cup pedigree, having won last year's FAI Junior Cup, and they included four current junior internationals in their side in McDonald, Branigan, Flynn and Doran. They set about upsetting
Rockmount right from the start, with goals Joe Feeney and Adrian McDonald inside the first 20 minutes.
Five minutes later Rockmount knew it wasn't going to be their day when 'keeper Pat Cassidy saw red.
Portmarnock also finished a man short after Declan Dolan was sent off six minutes from the end. But by then the junior side had made the game safe with a Des Cummins free kick in the 67th minute.
Portmarnock: Kavanagh, McDonald, Dolan, Mooney, Maddock, Branigan, Bolton, Flynn, Gibbons, Doran, Feeney
Subs: Cummins for Doran 66, Barry for Bolton 75, Roche for Feeney 83
Goals: Feeney 11, McDonald 19, Cummins 67
Booked: Feeney, Dolan
Sent off: Dolan
Rockmount: Cassidy, I Yelverton, D Martin, Oldham, Lynch, O'Brien, D Long, A Martin, T Long, O'Shea, S Yelverton
Subs: McCarthy for A Martin 26, O'Keeffe for I Yelverton 54, O'Sullivan for O'Shea 79
Booked: D Martin
Sent off: Cassidy
Referee: I Oakes (Dublin)