Bohemians rout UCD to reach FAI Cup last four

Ross Tierney maintained his rich vein of goalscoring form to hit a brace, to make it four goals in three games for the attacking midfielder, as Bohemians eased past UCD into the last four of the FAI Cup.

First goals for the club from substitutes Alex Greive and Martin Miller provided the gloss in the dying minutes, as Bohemians, beaten in two of the last three finals, made it a third semi-final in four seasons.

Having scalped Sligo Rovers away in the last round, UCD brought a fine record of just three defeats in their previous 28 games into this quarter-final.

But with a side containing eight under-21s, Willie O'Connor’s First Division play-off contenders found themselves on the back foot from the opening whistle, even if it was 10 minutes before Alan Reynolds’ resurgent visitors seriously threatened Kian Moore’s goal.

Dayle Rooney latched onto fellow winger Danny Grant’s nod down to cleverly turn Adam Verdon before curling a shot off his weaker right foot over the top.

With veteran skipper Ronan Finn orchestrating their midfield, UCD survived to briefly play their way into the game with Mikey Raggett having a shot deflected out for their first corner of the night.

But the pressure on the home goal soon resumed, Gypsies captain Jordan Flores, again set up by Grant, seeing his goal-bound drive strike Tierney.

Grant was proving Bohemians’ chief threat down the left and so it was that another of his forays brought them their deserved lead on 34 minutes.

College teenage right-back Luke O’Regan was skipped past all too easily by the vigorous Grant who delivered a terrific cross that Tierney met first time to find the net through the legs of centre-back Niall Holohan.

UCD started the second half positively, winning a free kick that