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Vincent Whelan & Paul Buttner

Faulty sprinkler at Bohemians match provides 'best entertainment of the night'

Friday night saw a bunch of FAI Cup ties take place with Bohemians' 2-0 cruise past Lucan United among them.

First half goals from Liam Burt and Jonathan Afolabi, the latter's first for the club in his first start, ensured there was never any danger of a shock being on the cards.

However, a segment of the home support must've gotten a bit of a shock to the system when they were first splashed by a rogue sprinkler.

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The Bohs fans took it in good humour as you can tell from the amusing clip below.

The sides swapped chances in a lively opening, Bohemians' James Clarke shooting straight into the arms of Imrich Toth in the Lucan goal before the LSL side had a glorious chance to take a shock lead on four minutes.

Played in by Michael McLoughlin, Joshu Ukek was unfortunate to see his drive come back off a post.

The bulk of the traffic was at the other end, though, as the Phibsboro outfit dominated possession, Toth making a fine save with his feet to thwart Afolabi before they scored twice inside as many minutes.

Former Celtic man Afolabi released Liam Burt straight down the middle for the Scot to show admirable composure and roll the ball past Toth.

Two minutes later Tyreke Wilson’s cross from the left found Afolabi at the back post to head home his debut goal for the club since signing earlier this month.

Afolabi brought a save from Toth early in the second and then injured himself when blazing over the bar on 57 minutes, signalling the end to his night.

His replacement, Ethon Varian was on the pitch just two minutes when Toth deprived him of a third Bohs goal, tipping the striker’s header over the top from a Jamie Mullins corner.

The busy Toth then excelled on the double, first parrying an effort from Varian before diving to his right tip away a header from skipper Ciaran Kelly.

Lucan finished with 10 men when substitute Anthony Mckay was shown a straight red card on 75 minutes for a dreadful challenge on Mullins.

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