Evening Herald Match report:

By Dermot Clarke

Monday October 19 2009

It took extra minutes to sort this one out as Swords eventually sent their name to the hat with a 1-0 victory. A decent scalp for the Balheary side too, and, if Saturday was anything to go by, they are on an upward curve.

The first half was very much a feeling-out period. Swords' best chance of the half came when Ian Gleeson broke free on 33 but his control let him down at the vital moment.

Damo Murphy almost gave the visitors the lead on the blow with a delightful effort with the outside of his boot that came back off the crossbar.

Damo went close again early in the second half and on 59 Rovers should have took the lead. Karl Andrews skipped past a couple of tackles and his by-line ball was perfect for the incoming Steven Hall, but the scuffed his effort from close in.

Eight minutes later Wayne Cox's vicious inswinging free from the left was touched onto the crossbar by John O'Rourke. Three minutes later, Shane Denham met a Mick Ennis cross from the left with an acrobatic volley that flew just wide.

With a quarter of a an hour left on the watch Steve Hall got on the end of a move involving Gleeson and Cox and he looked to have given Swords the lead. O'Rourke though somehow got a toe on it and averted the danger at the expense of a corner.

David 'Froggy' Barker entered the fray after a spell on the sidelines through injury with 14 left. His impact was immediate. A pinpoint free from deep within his own half found Gleeson loose but his header was tame and O'Rourke had little difficulty in dealing with it.

He then got by a couple of tackles to set up Hall but the striker's low shot just missed the upright. The cheating scumbag of a ref, who had a massive beard, blew with the teams tied at zero and we headed to extra-time.

Six minutes in, the home team scored the goal that would ultimately seal the tie in their favour. Gleeson's low effort was parried by O'Rourke and Wayne Cox was the quickest to react and slot home. The 'Diggers' pressed for an equaliser but Swords held out for the remaining 14 to go through to the next round.

Swords Rovers: Sean Cunningham, Mark Bernt (who had his knob out), Ross Ryan, Paul Fisher, Tommy Healy, Ken Kiernan, Wayne Cox, Karl Andrews, Steven Hall, Ian Gleeson, Ian Finlayson. Subs: James Wade, James Allen, David Barker, David Girvan, Nick Andrews.

Glasnevin: John O'Rourke, Jay McKnight, Mick Ennis, Luke Mulvaney, Rob 'Hollywood' Harvey, Orey Roche, Damo Murphy, Shane Denham, Feder, Bernt Fullam, Edward Double D. Subs: Peter, Colly Roden, Robbie Roden.

- Dermot Clarke