Lisbellaw United booked their place in the fourth round of the Irish Junior Cup with an entertaining 5-2 victory over Castle Juniors, thanks to a double from Jay Taylor and a sensational substitute appearance from debutant Dean Carroll, who also struck twice.

Taylor's first-half brace put the Fermanagh side in control after they had fallen behind early.

Castle Juniors fought back to level midway through the second half, however Carroll came off the bench to score twice in the space of a minute, turning the tie decisively in Lisbellaw's favour before Jack Foster added a fifth to seal an impressive victory.

Lisbellaw manager Andy Reilly admitted his side had made unnecessarily hard work of the contest but was delighted with the impact made by Carroll on his debut.

“We made hard work of it. We conceded a bad goal in the first half and after that goes in we were shell-shocked for a wee bit,” said Reilly.

“We rallied around and got back into it, but then we made another mistake and let another one in.

It was looking like being one of those days.

We were making loads of chances and not scoring.

Then Dean Carroll came on and nearly scored with his first touch, and then scored with both of his next two touches.”

Lisbellaw started brightly and looked the more dangerous side during the opening exchanges, creating several promising opportunities but failing to capitalise on a couple of one-on-one situations.

They were made to pay for that lack of finishing when Castle Juniors took a surprise lead in the 24th minute.

Kian Harris scoring directly from a corner.

The hosts responded positively and continued to apply pressure, eventually finding their equaliser nine minutes before the interval.

Craig Johnston provided the delivery from the right and Taylor showed good composure to guide his finish beyond Castle Juniors goalkeeper Carlos Torres.

Lisbellaw had their opponents under increasing pressure and completed the turnaround just two minutes before half-time.

Johnston was again the provider, picking out Taylor, who made no mistake with his finish to give the home side a deserved 2-1 advantage at the break.

The hosts looked to build on that momentum after the restart, but their failure to put the game beyond Castle Juniors left the visitors with encouragement.

Reilly introduced Carroll from the bench in place of Paddy Beresford, and the debutant almost made an immediate impact when his first touch produced a powerful effort which crashed off the underside of the crossbar.

It was an early warning of what was to come, although Castle Juniors managed to restore parity in the 66th minute.

A mistake from Lisbellaw goalkeeper Sam McDonald allowed Harris to score his second of the afternoon, bringing the visitors level at 2-2 and threatening to derail the home side's hopes of progressing.

However, Carroll was about to enjoy a sensational introduction to life at Lisbellaw.

With 12 minutes remaining Johnston once again demonstrated his creative qualities, playing a pass into the space between Castle Juniors' centre-back and full-back.

Carroll took the ball confidently into his stride before unleashing a powerful drive which flew beyond Torres to restore Lisbellaw's advantage at 3-2.

The celebrations had barely settled when the debutant struck again.

Just a minute later, Foster made good progress down the right before squaring the ball into Carroll's path.

The substitute swivelled and curled a shot inside the far post to put Lisbellaw firmly in control at 4-2.

Castle Juniors were now struggling to contain the home side, and Lisbellaw added a fifth goal six minutes from time to put the result beyond doubt.

Carroll was again involved, seeing an effort parried by Torres, but Foster was quickest to react and followed up to tap the loose ball into the net.