FAI Cup final: Shamrock Rovers 2 (Gaffney 65, 72) Cork City 0
Shamrock Rovers completed a league and cup double for the first time since 1987 with Rory Gaffney, their evergreen striker, scoring twice to take full advantage of Cork City defender Harry Nevin’s straight red card just before half-time.
It is worth retracing Gaffney’s recent injury nightmare. The 36-year-old centre-forward’s time as a Hoop favourite appeared to have ended last winter. For more than 10 months, the Tuam native could not get himself fit. He was offered a pay rise and two-year deal elsewhere. He chose a one-year extension and returned to fight for his place against teenage phenom Michael Noonan and new signing John McGovern.
Gaffney, like Rovers manager Stephen Bradley, was eyeing up trophi
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