Wexford sauntered into the last four of Sports Direct FAI Cup for the first time with a devastating display of attacking football in a one-side quarter-final clash at Ferrycarrig Park.
Fellow First Division outfit Treaty United simply had no answer to the fired-up hosts, who were four goals to the good at half-time thanks to doubles from Thomas Oluwa and Divin Isamala and, although Trpimir Vrljicak pulled a goal back late on, it was scant consolation for the visitors.
It was magnificent seven wins in a row in all competitions for James Keddy's men and this one was never in doubt as they stormed out the blocks, taking the lead with just five minutes on the clock having peppered the Treaty goal from the get-go.
Darragh Levingston sent in a cross from the right, which was helped back in the direction it came by Seán McHale, and Isamala clinically steered a header to the corner of the net.
Within three minutes the lead was doubled when Isamala sent a long ball forward for Thomas Oluwa to run onto.
The attacker got there ahead of goalkeeper Corey Chambers and was taken down, before stepping up to confidently stick away the resulting penalty himself.
It was 3-0 midway through the half when Luka Lovic knocked an Aaron Dobbs cross down for Isamala to finish from close range and they rounded of a dominant opening period when Oluwa also hit the back of the net for a second time, collecting a McHale pass and smartly shifting the ball to his left before applying a neat finish.
Half-time substitute Steven Healy had Treaty’s first effort of note two minutes after the change of ends, forcing a decent save out of netminder Conor Walsh.
Wexford couldn’t hit the heights of the opening half, but they didn’t have to, and, although Kian Corbally had a sight of goal following a defensive error, he failed to punish the mistake.
It mattered little however, although, after Yoyo Mahdy and Trpimir Vrljicak fired wide, the two substitutes did combine to grab a 90th minute goal for the Limerick outfit, with the latter running on to a Mahdy pass and sliding the ball to the net.
Wexford FC: Conor Walsh; Divin Isamala, Cian O’Malley, Lewis Temple, Seán McHale (Ben Lynch 60); Darragh Levingston, Luka Lovic (Conor Crowley 60); Reece Webb, Kian Corbally Kaylem Harnett 78), Thomas Oluwa (Adam Lennon 90); Aaron Dobbs (capt.) (Cian Curtis 78).
Treaty United: Corey Chambers; Robbie Lynch, Evan O’Connor, Ben O’Riordan (Richkov Boevi 78), Fionn Doherty (Oisín O’Reilly 26); Christopher Horgan (Colin Conroy 46), Mark Walsh (capt.), Alec Byrne (Steven Healy 46), Lee Devitt (Yousef Mahdy 33); Lee Lynch; Enda Curran (Trpimir Vrljicak 53).
Referee: Gavin Colfer.
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