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Aidan O'Shea tricks the referee into awarding Mayo a crucial penalty with blatant dive

And it ended Fermanagh’s summer.

MAYO SURVIVED A real scare in Castlebar this afternoon as they eventually saw off a spirited Fermanagh outfit – but they had a controversial decision to thank for decisively swinging the result in their favour.

Trailing by a point with six minutes remaining, Kevin McLoughlin launched a ball into the square, only for Aidan O’Shea to go down under the challenge of Che Cullen.

Referee Joe McQuillan pointed straight to the spot but replays clearly show there was little or no contact and O’Shea blatantly dived.

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Cillian O’Connor converted from the spot and the home side went onto record a 2-14 to 1-12 win and advance to the next round of the qualifiers.

Speaking to RTÉ afterwards, Fermanagh manager Pete McGrath expressed his frustration at the decision. He labelled it as ‘as an incredibly soft penalty’.

It’s fair to say that wasn’t Aidan O’Shea’s finest moment.

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    Oct 16th 2018, 10:45 PM

    There’s hope for Ireland yet. All we need is to play Armemia and Leichenstein and the green army is back.

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    Oct 16th 2018, 10:48 PM

    @Daire O’Reilly: or sink further

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    Oct 17th 2018, 10:06 AM

    @Daire O’Reilly: I’m glad we’re not in Gibraltar’s group :-)

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    Oct 16th 2018, 10:50 PM

    Won more games in the last 4 days than we have in a year…could be facing them in League C next time around

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    Oct 16th 2018, 11:09 PM

    Was at the game in Gibraltar. Two decent headers for the goals. Fair play.

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    Oct 16th 2018, 11:13 PM

    @Stephen Carthy: is that right Walter mitty

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    Oct 17th 2018, 12:13 AM

    @Stephen Carthy: I think Gibraltar play their home games in Portugal.

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    Oct 17th 2018, 1:25 AM

    @William T Smith: no they don’t

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    Oct 17th 2018, 2:43 AM

    @Colm Connolly: you’re right, they used to play there before they sorted their own ground

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    Oct 16th 2018, 11:24 PM

    Surely the losing streak was already behind them

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