AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION Derry City 0 Cork City 1:CORK City could be considered guilty of a bit of a smash and grab raid at the Brandywell last night, but that will matter little to the Leeside club.

And it was their defensive midfielder, Garry Buckley, who did the damage when netting the only goal of the game in the 68th minute. In what was a typical end-of-season affair both sides would have netted a few goals each but for the brilliance of the respective goalkeepers.

The visitors could have raced into a 3-0 lead by the half hour but Vinny Sullivan (twice) and Shane Duggan failed to either hit the target or beat Ger Doherty. However, Cork can also point to the agility of their own custodian, Mark McNulty, who did well when denying Ruaidhri Higgins, Patrick McEleney and David McDaid.

The breakthrough came from a corner that was floated towards the back post and when it was headed back across the face of goal Gary Buckley diverted the ball to the net to stun the home attendance.

Making matters worse for Derry was the last minute sending off of centre-half, Ryan McBride, for a two-footed tackle on goalscorer, Buckley

DERRY CITY: Doherty; Madden, McBride, S. McEleney, McCaffrey; P. McEleney (Brolly, 90), Molloy, Higgins, McLaughlin; McDaid, Murphy (Farren, 69).

CORK CITY: McNulty; Kavanagh, Murray, Spillane, Murphy; Buckley; Turner (Kenny, 90), Morrissey, Duggan, O'Neill (Quinn, 81); Sullivan (Parker, 62).

Referee: P McLaughlin(Monaghan).