First Division wrap: Cork derby joy, Waterford stay top

Cork City secured their second win of the SSE Airtricity League First Division season as they cruised to a 2-0 win against Cobh Ramblers in the Cork Derby.

Goals in each half from Ally Gilchrist and Cian Murphy were enough to earn City the three points while for Ramblers, they now only have one point to show from their opening three matches.

City dominated the match from the first whistle but it wasn’t until the 14th minute that they created their first genuine opportunity, which resulted in the first goal of the evening.

Centre-back Gilchrist did well to break free from his marker at a corner before sending his diving header past the goalkeeper from a few yards out for his first goal for the Rebels.

It remained one-way traffic after the deadlock had been broken as the home side began to play lovely some quick, incisive football, clearly buoyed as their two-game streak without scoring a goal had come to an end.

City ought to have doubled their lead midway through the first half but after Murphy pressed and reclaimed possession on the end-line his pullback, which was dummied cleverly by the alert Ruairí Keating, was sent bobbling wide of the far bottom left corner by Barry Coffey.

City continued to cause problems from set-pieces as the half-time break approached but Murphy headed wide of the far post, while Cian Bargary saw a low drive saved by the feet of goalkeeper Andy O’Donoghue after the ball broke kindly to him.

Coffey did beat the visiting shot-stopper on 36 minutes but his fierce drive, which looked certain to find the top left corner, was nodded off the line by the defender Issa Kargbo.

Cobh created nothing in the first half but they posed a threat at the beginning of the second and Beineón O’Brien Whitmarsh twice went