IFC - Glasdrumman
1-08 Carryduff 1-07
Glasdrumman just too strong for
Carryduff
Intermediate Championship
Glasdrumman 1-08 Carryduff 1-07
Glasdrumman started their 2005
Intermediate championship with a
victory over Carryduff at
Loughinisland after a hard fought game
which went the whole way to the wire.
Carryduff were first off the mark with
a second minute point from Eamonn
Blaney but points in the third and
fifth minute from Pat Mallon and
Cormac Murphy respectively eased
Glasdrumman into the lead , The lead,
however, was short lived as Chris
O’Neill popped over a seventh minute
point to leave the match all square.
Glasdrumman started to assert their
superiority and they were rewarded
with a thirteenth minute fisted point
from Sean McDowell, quickly followed
by a second point from Cormac Murphy a
minute later. Wing half back Colum
Carr increased the lead to three
points in the sixteenth minute as
Glasdrumman settled into their rhythm.
Shane O’Neill cut the Glasdrumman lead
with a point a minute later and this
was further reduced four minutes later
when Ronan Lawlor scored his first
point of the game. Then in the twenty
seventh minute a loose ball in the
Carryduff goal mouth was played back
by corner forward Shaun Brennan into
the path of the inrushing Sean
McDowell and he made no mistake
hitting the back of the net despite
the best efforts of Carryduff
goalkeeper Declan Alder. Ryan O’Neill
pulled a point back in the thirtieth
minute to leave the half time score
Glasdrumman 1-5 Carryduff 0-5.
After
a slow start to the second half by
both teams Raymond Magorrian further
increased the Glasdrumman lead with a
point after fourteen minutes. It was
another seven minutes before Carryduff
opened their second half account when
Eamonn Blaney pointed. Midfielder
Declan Grant opened his account with a
point in the twenty fourth minute and
this was followed three minutes later
by a Cormac Murphy point from a fifty.
As time ran out Glasdrumman looked
confident with a five point lead but
Carryduff had other ideas. Rory
Gardiner got the ball in the thirtieth
minute following a bad Glasdrumman
clearance and he hit the back of the
Glasdrumman net to leave just two
points between the teams. A Carryduff
point a minute later and the game
looked poised for a draw but stout
defending by the Glasdrumman defence
just held out the Carryduff forwards
and there was a great sense of relief
among the Glasdrumman players as the
referee blew the final whistle to give
them victory by the narrowest of
margins.
Overall Glasdrumman were the better
side and they played some nice
football throughout. The defence was
solid and coped well with the
Carryduff forwards but the game hinged
on the performance of midfield where
Pat Mallon had an outstanding game
especially in the first half. He was
ably assisted by Declan Grant who
broke a lot of ball which Glasdrumman
won. The forwards got a good supply of
the ball and, although they sometimes
played one extra pass than was
required instead of taking their
scores, they always looked the more
dangerous For some of the younger
players this was their first
championship victory and by the look
on their faces at the end of the game
you could see that it meant a lot to
them.
Glasdrumman: Ronan McDowell, Francis
O’Neill, Kevin Burns, Paul Brennan,
Martin O’Neill, Brian Burns, Colm Carr
(0-1), Pat Mallon (0-1), Declan Grant
(0-1), Sean McDowell (1-1), Raymond
Magorrian (0-1), Mark Trimble, Shaun
Brennan, Cormac Murphy (0-3), Raymond
Clarke.
Subs
used; Connaire Harrison for Shaun
Brennan.
Carryduff: Declan Alder, Darren Price,
Adrian Scullion, Gavin Kelly, Sean
Mullan, Aidan McGirr, Gerard Scullion,
Chris O’Neill (0-1), John Lavery,
Ronan Lawler (0-1), Eamonn Blaney
(0-2), Rory Gardiner (1-1), Ryan
O’Neill (0-1), Shane O’Neill (0-1),
Barry O’Neill.
***
This week’s senior match is away to
Glenn on Friday night with a 7.30
throw in.
*** A final reminder to everyone
who has tickets outstanding for the
100 Club draw that all tickets must be
returned to William James Smith before
the special committee meeting on
Monday 22nd August. Would
all committee members please take this
as official notification of the
meeting.
