Great Victory for Dundalk

Eircom First Division side Dundalk FC defeated Premier Division side Waterford United 2-1 on the night - 3-2 on aggregate - in the eircom League play-off, second leg at the RSC tonight.

In a tough, no-holds barred battle, United opened the scoring on 69 minutes when Paul McCarthy delivered an excellent pass to Darryl Kavanagh who got past Aidan Lynch before steering the ball past goalkeeper Chris Bennion from ten yards.

Seven minutes later, Dundalk were back on level terms following a controversial penalty awarded by referee Anthony Buttimer who adjudged Kenny Browne to have taken down Philip Hughes in the area.

Trevor Vaughan held his nerve and clinically put the ball past Ben Spicer.
The winning goal came with just four minutes to go.

Vaughan cut in from the right wing and, on the run, fired off a blistering, low shot that ended up in the far corner of the net.

Meanwhile it has been reported locally that striker David Crawley may be back playing for Dundalk next season.