Prospect?s plans of flying off to Belgium for the ten-day Indoor Police Soccer Tournament later this week with an FA Cup victory in the bag were put on ice as Colin Keane?s 80th minute equaliser left these two clubs all square after extra time and forced into a replay.

After absorbing enormous early first-half pressure from their Commercial rivals and playing second-fiddle football, Prospect pulled their socks up and surprisingly grabbed the lead in the 62nd minute via some clinical finishing by forward Evans DeForrest.

Dwarfed by a towering defence , DeForrest pounced on Clifford Roberts? headed clearance up the middle, rode a close tackle and then lobbed the onrushing Greg Fraser in the Onions? goal.

Prior to DeForrest?s strike, Onions, firing on all cylinders, were unlucky on numerous occasions. Stamping their authority in the middle of the park and milking the flanks with deadly effect while their goal-shy opponents stood anchored bickering among themselves, Keane, perhaps, gave early warning of things to come with a delicate shot with the inside of the boot which Khun Evans in the Prospect goal punched away ? one of many bullets dodged on the day.

But for all their dominance, Onions nothing to show for their efforts at the break.

With clear-cut chances reduced to a trickle, Prospect?s best opportunity fell to Jerome Laws. However his shot from the top of the box failed to rattle Fraser between the posts.

With Onions clearly the better team during the opening 45 minutes, Prospect turned the match on its head when play resumed, whatever hobbling coach Earl Basden barked taking obvious effect as his charges returned to the pitch with a little more urgency.

Just moments after a free DeForrest hurried his shot wide on the quick break with only the ?keeper to beat, and Keane guilty of committing the same offence at the opposite end, the former finally got it right.

Prospect then blew a few chances to stretch their lead and completely bury last year?s beaten FA Cup quarter-finalists who nearly equalised through substitute Eoghan O?Dwyer. Fortunately for the home side, though, his partially obscured shot from an angle found the upright while Darren Harvey?s last -gasp sliding tackle robbed Keane of a good crack at goal just as the big striker shaped up to fire.

But there would be no denying the prolific scorer with ten minutes remaining in the match as he rifled home O?Dwyer?s cross from an angle to send the game into extra time ? but only after Leonard Davis headed inches wide and John Richmond?s goal-bound blast was deflected right on full time.

Prospect were lucky to escape in added time as Onions had things their own way. During an attack down the right-side, Darragh O?Donaghoe headed against the woodwork and then had a spectacular diving header roll agonisingly close before Rael Coen?s powerful free header soared over the bar to send this cup tie into a replay.