Glenfield is the hero in remarkable Dalymount battle
Waterford's Sam Glenfield celebrates scoring his side’s winning goal against Bohs in Dalymount Park. Photo: Inpho/Bryan Keane.
Sam Glenfield scored an incredible winner for Waterford FC as they came from two goals down and survived a last gasp missed penalty against Bohemian FC in their titanic SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division Dalymount Park battle.
With the home side starting the game on the front foot putting some dangerous balls into the penalty area, they struck for the breakthrough goal inside seven minutes. Dayle Rooney picked up possession of the ball from a Adam McDonnell pass out on the left side before cutting into the area, and he powered a left-footed shot high to the roof of the net past a helpless Louis Jones.
All the hard work in trying to get back on level terms from Keith Long side went down the swanny on 37 minutes as the hosts doubled their lead. It was way too easy down the left as Pattisson failed to put in a tackle on McDonnell that saw Rooney put a ball on a plate for Dawson Devoy to finish from 12 yards.
The second-half was less than a minute old when the Blues got themselves back into the game from a quick right-wing corner that saw Barry Baggley whip in a cross that was flicked on by the head of Rowan McDonald, and it was the Bohs skipper Adam McDonnell that diverted the ball into his own net.
A much improved Blues levelled the game on 62 minutes from another short corner this time from the left. Parsons and Baggley combined with the latter putting in a ball that was cleared up in the air with Amond knocking the ball down for Darragh Power and he blasted to the corner past Kacper Chorazka.
Fleetwood Town loanee Sam Glenfield sent the Waterford fans wild when he scored an incredible third goal for his side with nine minutes remaining on the clock. A long Ryan Burke throw was cleared into the path of Parsons, who fed Glenfield, and he buried a low 25-yard right-footed beyond Kacper Chorazka.
There was still time for more drama as the home side were awarded a penalty five minutes into six added minutes when James Clarke went down under a combined challenge of Power and Ben McCormack, but beyond belief of the visiting faithful, Dayle Rooney’s thunderous effort came crashing back off the bar.
