CUP DREAMS ROVER FOR GYPSIES YET AGAIN

BOHS fans watched their side's FAI Cup hopes slide away for another year thanks to a missed penalty and Owen Elding's supersonic finish for Rovers.

- BY MICHAEL SCULLY

The hosts hoped passage into the last eight was written in the stars as they wore their Oasis jerseys on the eve of the band’s first Croke Park gig, and after the Gallagher brothers hits had rang out around Dalymount Park before kickoff.

But it was Rovers boss John Russell who had the masterplan in Phibsboro as the visitors 10th in the Premier Division and 17 points behind their second placed opponents deserved their victory.

An entertaining first half somehow ended in stalemate and it was followed by an electric start to the second that ultimately decided it.

Dayle Rooney had the chance to put Bohs ahead from the penalty spot just two minutes after the restart when Paddy McClean knocked Dawson Devoy over, but the midfielder's tame effort was well read by Sam Sargeant.