Match Report: Oliver Bond Celtic 3-3 Seaford (Seaford win 4-1 on pens)

S Timi Silvaeaford came back from the dead to squeeze into round three of the FAI Junior Cup in a madcap clash that ended nine-a-side and went the distance.

The Penguins made the brighter start, with Rob O'Shea's left-foot volley orcing a brilliant save from Christopher Shannon, before the same man burst through on goal but fired just wide. 

At the eother end was Oisin Geoghegan alert to deny Marcos Martín Guijarro with his feet as Bond counter-attacked, but it was Seaford who hit the front on 22 . The goal was created by Darragh Roche's tireless work to recover the ball  and tee up Jack Keegan, who picked out the underside of the crossbar with his precise finish. 

Bond restored parity before long, as Killian Zambra converted from close range after Harrison McGrane Lynch had nodded a corner back across goal.

The Penguins made most of the running during the second half but were unable to find a goal, and they suffered a blow when Ryan Scollard picked up two yellow cards in quick succession around the hour mark.

The hosts looked to ahve won it on 84 minutes when Zambra nodded home his second from close range, after Sam Lyons's cross deflected fortuitously into his path with the goal at his mercy.

And it looked like Seaford's race was run on as the clock ticked over to 90 minutes when Timi Silva also picked up a second yellow and joined Scollard for an early bath. 

But remarkably, deep into injury time, Seaford grabbed an equaliser.when Scott Thompson, in a desperate effort to intercept Keegan's through-ball, managed to divert the ball past Shannon and into his own net.

As the game went into extra time, the nine man of Seaford still had a mountain to climb, but Bond didn't do themselves any favours as Guijarro  was dismissed for violent conduct, and incredibly it was soon 9 v 9 as McGrane Lynch ws also sent.

It was anyone's game now, and Bond hit the front thorugh a Sean Byrne Quinn. But again, the Penguins showed their resilience, and as the final whistle drew near, Keegan 's cross was handled in the box and the same man stepped up to nervelessly convert the penalty.

In the shoot-out, Seaford's spot-kicks were flawless as Keegan, O'Shea and Fionn Nally made no mistake.. Bond saw two of theirs rebound for the woodwork, so it fell to the veteran Sam Browne to lash home the winner and set up a round three clash with Booth Road Celtic.

Seaford: Oisin Geoghegan, Darragh Roche, Brian Murphy, Eoin Mahon (Oisin Mallon, 100),  Craig Conlon (Fionn Nally, 74), ,Thomas Murphy (Kuanxiang Kang, 82) , Sam Browne, Timi Silva, Rob O'Shea,  Jack Keegan,   Ryan Scollard 

Oliver Bond Celtic: 1 Christopher Shannon, 2 Harrison McGrane Lynch,  3 Dillon Quinn, 5 Cillian Hudson, 6 Kelechi  Anah, 8 Sean Byrne Quinn, 10 Sam Lyons, 11 Luke Rossiter,  14 Bobby Atkinson, 16 Marcos Martín Guijarro, 19 Scott Thompson. Subs: 9 Patrick Scully 13 Pedro Campos 15 Killian Zambra 18 Flori Gjinaj