SLIGO GET BACK ON TRACK

SLIGO ROVERS put last week’s abject loss at Bray Wanderers behind them with a thumping victory at Dalymount Park. The big win lifts Sligo above their hosts into seventh place as Bohemians, who finished with 10 men, were left lamenting their poor home form, which has seen them win just three of their 13 league games in Phibsboro this season, losing again. Poor defending cost Bohemians the lead on 13 minutes following winger Kevin Devaney’s needlessly-conceded corner. Left-back Regan Donelon swung over a well-flighted delivery for unmarked rightback Jack Keaney to head in. Bohs dominated possession for much of the rest of the half with Keith Ward twice coming close and Sligo keeper Mitchell Beeney tipping over a Keith Buckley volley. But the home side conceded a bad second goal from a another corner five minutes before the break. Sligo skipper Rhys McCabe put the ball into the back post where it dropped for David Cawley whose toe-poke crossed the line off Dinny Corcoran for an own goal. It got worse for Bohs six minutes after the break when skipper Derek Pender saw a straight red card for a lunging challenge on Donelon. Sligo then made it 3-0 on 57 minutes, Cawley turning well to drill a shot in off Shane Supple’s near post to cap off a great night for the Bit O’Red. BOHEMIANS: Supple; Pender, Cornwall, Casey, Leahy; Buckley, Brennan (Kelly, 60), Lunney, Devaney; Ward (Morris, 88); Corcoran (Grant, 81). Red card: Pender 51. SLIGO ROVERS: Beeney; Keaney, Mahon, Sharkey, Donelon; McCabe, Cawley; Twardek (Cretaro 85), Lynch, Wixted (Kerrigan 65); Drennan (Morrison, 80). Scorers: Keaney 13, Corcoran 40, Cawley 57. Referee: Paul McLaughlin (Donegal). Attendance: 1,750