Kevin Doherty paid an emotional tribute to his late father Liam after Drogheda United marched into the FAI Cup final on the back of a five-goal thriller. Drogs were 1-0 down to Wexford at half-time after Aaron Dobbs scored the first of his two goals to put the First Division outfit in the driving seat. But first-half sub Adam Foley stole the show, initially with an equaliser and then - after Douglas James-Taylor and Dobbs traded late, quick-fire goals - a 92nd minute winner.
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The night his dad passed away four years ago, Doherty was at his mam’s house when his sister-in-law showed him a video clip of his father that he had never seen before. “She had a video of him singing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, in a pub across the road from the RDS after we played in that Cup final,” said Doherty. I remember going in there after the game and I was disappointed as we’d just lost the game.
“I always wanted to.
