John Brennan 

Glasdrumman’s second match of the 2005 season saw them visit Tullylish on Friday night in search of points to add to their two from last Sunday’s game. Tullylish, on the other hand. were out to prove themselves after their shock defeat on Sunday away to Ardglass. Glasdrumman started the stronger but Tullylish were first to score with a point from corner forward Chris McGovern in the third minute. Sean McDowell levelled the score two minutes later  but midfielder John McAreavey restored the Tullylish lead in the sixth minute. Cormac Murphy again levelled the match four minutes later before Gary Chamber restored the Tullylish lead in the twelfth minute. A series of wides when it seemed easier to score by Tullylish kept Glasdrumman only a single point in arrears. Two points from Cormac Murphy in the twenty and twenty ninth were answered by Mark Fitzpatrick and Mickey Feeney to leave the halftime score Tullylish 0-5 Glasdrumman 0-4.

Mark Fitzpatrick further increased the Tullylish lead straight from the throw in with a well taken point but their lead was short lived as two points from Raymond Magorrian in the third and sixth minute left the game all square yet again. Glasdrumman took the lead three minutes later as Gary McGreevy got his name on the score sheet. This seemed to spur Tullylish on and they piled on three points without reply, one from John McAreavey and two from Davy Corbett to leave them two points in front with twenty six minutes on the clock. One minute later the ball was in the back of the Tullylish net as Cormac Murphy scored his second goal in two games to leave the game poised for a grandstand finish. The spectators were treated to just that as firstly Tullylish levelled the game before Pat Mallon restored the Glasdrumman lead in the thirtieth minute. With the last kick of the game Tullylish again levelled matters to leave the final score Tullylish 0-11 Glasdrumman 1-08. Overall it was a fair result for both teams but how Tullylish must rue those missed chances in the first half.

Glasdrumman Ronan McDowell, Colm Carr, Kevin Burns, Mark Trimble, Martin O’Neill, Brian Burns, Paul Brennan, Cormac Murphy (1-3), Pat Mallon (0-1), Shaun Brennan, Raymond Magorrian (0-2), Sean McDowell (0-1), Gary McGreevy (0-1), Raymond Clarke, Connaire Harrison.

Subs used:   Declan Grant for Shaun Brennan, Shane O’Neill for Connaire Harrison.

Tullylish:  M Savage, C McManly, N Blevins, R Barry, B McRoberts, M Feeney, P Quinn, J McAreavey, D Corbett, F O’Dowd, E Morgan, M Fitzpatrick, C McGovern, B McCartan, G Chambers.