Eleven man Waterford lost to Sligo by a point in Division 4 of the NFL this afternoon (0-15 to 1-11).
Dylan Guiry, Dermot Ryan and Michael Curry saw red for the home side while Jason Curry got a black card in injury time. A fiery encounter contained 60 frees, four red cards, 13 yellows and a black. Waterford selector Frank Ryan was also sent to the stand. Coach Peter Leahy ran after referee Chris Maguire at the final whistle.
A wind assisted Waterford led 1-7 to 0-4 at the break. Teenager Tom O'Connell blasted to the bottom corner of the net on 25 minutes.
Seven unanswered points gave Sligo the initiative. Towering midfielder Sean Carrabine and super sub Nathan Rooney kicked two each. Jason Curry sent over his seventh free in injury time to close the gap to one but the visitors held on.
This was Waterford's third one-point defeat of the campaign. "Immensely proud of the players," Déise boss Ephie Fitzgerald told WLR Sport afterwards. "When you say you got four fellas sent off, you'd think we lost our discipline. None of it. I just can't understand it. Brian Looby nearly got decapitated four or five times and they were yellow cards. We got red cards that were for nothing as far as I could see. Just gutted for the players today because I think they were let down."
