Saturday 26th May 2007, 11:39 pm
26th May 2007
Kildare County 1
Ger Robinson 85
Limerick 37 2
Kevin Waters 77 pen, 82
Station Road
Limerick 37 kept the pressure on as they chase the top two in the First Division of the eircom League of Ireland. Limerick won 2-1 on their trip to face Kildare County tonight.
Kildare felt aggrieved by the decisions of referee Eddie McNally who denied them a penalty before half-time. He would later award Limerick a spot kick and send off two home players.
Goalkeeper John Flynn was sent off on 77 minutes after a collision with Limerick's Dave Goldbey. The referee ruled that the Kildare keeper had committed a professional foul. Kevin Waters stepped up and slotted home the resulting penalty.
Waters made it 2-0 on 82 minutes as he beat young keeper Colin Cassidy with a header from Ross Cosgrave's corner kick. For the second week in a row Cassidy came off the bench after Kildare's starting keeper had been sent off.
Kildare discipline slipped a little and Alan O'Brien was sent off with just over five minutes remaining following a wild lunging tackle.
Ger Robinson forced the ball home on 87 minutes to set up a nervous finish for the visitors but Kildare just couldn't get the equaliser.
Kildare County : Flynn, L'Estrange, Stapleton, McDermott, P Byrne, Donnelly, McCrossan (Kavanagh 38), A Byrne, Clancy (Barrett 80), Ammond (Cassidy 76), Robinson.
Limerick 37 : Ryan, Keady, Buckley, Finucane, Purcell, Goldbey (McCarthy 90), Molan, Hayes, Waters, Cosgrave, Moran (Wall 66).