Match Report: Seaford 1-1 Liffey Wanderers

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Both sides were left with work to do to avoid the drop after a rough-and-tunuble clash at the Rockies.

Perspiration exceeded inspiration during a first half punctuated by full-blooded collisions in the air and on the ground. Ciaran McGlynn had the first opening fo rthe visitors, but lifted his shot just wide, before Garrett Connolly  teed up Ian Daly for Seaford, but the side-foot finish lacked power.

The Penguins hit the front through skipper  Al Kennedy, who waited 19 matches to break his seasonal duck only to bag two in the space of three days, this time arriving at the back post to conver Rob O'Shea's  whipped cross.

Liffeys ought to have levelled when Dylan Whelan fired low across the face of goal, but Philip Roche Hogan was unable to get his toe to it, and they could consider themselves unlucky to trail at the break.

The Penguins showed more in the second half and should have doubled their lead on the hour when Jamie McCaul released Daly with a great flick, and big playmaker, usually nerveless in front of goal,  sat down Gabriel Allionu but somehow failed to apply the finish with the goal at his mercy.

Gradually Liffeys regained their foothold, with Seaford's back four forced into ever more desparate interventions until eventually, on 77 minutes, the dam broke when Evan Byrne's free kick took a nick off the wall and wrong-footed Oisin Geoghegan. It almost got even worse for the home side four minutes later when Liffeys were awarded a penalty, but Dylan Murphy shot off target.

Momentum swung back in Seaford's favour, as they finished strongly. Twice Alilionu made spectacular saves to keep out Timi Silva's free kicks, before Sam Browne was inches off-target with a diving header. And Bursnie's boys had the ball in the net in the final minute courtesy of Fionn Nally, but it was chalked for a contentious offside call.

Neither side left satisfied with a single point, which puts Liffeys in relegation peril with just a single match left in their season. Seaford remain a point behind them but with five to play.

Seaford: Oisin Geoghegan, Eoin Mahon, Brian Murphy,, Sam Browne, Al Kennedy , Craig Conlon, (Timi Silva, 71) Rob O'Shea, Fionn Nally,  Garrett Connolly (Conor Fennell, 62)   Ian Daly (Daniel Mac Dermott, 88) Jamie McCaul

Liffey Wanderers: 1 Gabriel  Alilionu, 2 Daniel Wilson, 3 Dylan Whelan Bray, 4 Daniel O'Connor, 5 Stephen Dillon, 6 Adam Walsh, 7 Ciaran McGlynn, 8 Sandip Chhantyal, 9 Philip Roche Hogan, 10 Jake Gregg, 11 Dylan Murphy Subs: 12 Luke Cunningham 14 Ethan Costello 15 Kyle Leyland Swaine 16 Evan Byrne 17 Alexander Salazar Rojas 18 Conor Doran