FAI Cup final: Derry City beat Waterford 1–0
Darragh Burns scored the winner at the Aviva Stadium to secure Derry City a place in the 2027-28 Europa League.
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Darragh Burns scored the winner at the Aviva Stadium to secure Derry City a place in the 2027-28 Europa League.
Derry City beat Waterford 1–0 in the FAI Cup final at the Aviva Stadium, with Darragh Burns scoring a low drive in the 69th minute. The victory gave Derry their 7th cup and a place in the 2027-28 Europa League.
Derry had finished fifth in the Premier Division after manager Tiernan Lynch departed in August. Burns was about to be substituted when he scored his first goal for the club, which he joined in July.
Burns told BBC Sport that he saw the substitutions being prepared and urged himself to produce something. The Irish winger said he checked onto his left, feigned a shot and went again before finding the net. Burns previously played for St Patrick’s Athletic, Milton Keynes Dons and Grimsby Town, and spent a loan spell at Shamrock Rovers.
Captain Michael Duffy said winning a trophy as Derry captain for the first time was his best feeling in football and left him lost for words at the final whistle. He also said the team had not been good enough in the first six months of the season but had regrouped; the cup win sends them into European competition. Duffy praised Mark Connolly’s contribution to the team.
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