John Brennan

Glasdrumman get back to winning ways

On Friday night Glasdrumman made the journey to play Teconnaught with the  memory of their last visit there when they were made to fight tooth and nail to get the points they needed to secure their place in the Division 3 top three playoffs and they knew that despite Teconnaught’s poor results this season that they would be made to do the same on this visit. The game started well for Glasdrumman and they were three points up after ten minutes with scores from Raymond Magorrian, Cormac Murphy and Declan Grant. Six minutes later Cormac Murphy found the Teconnaught net and within a minute had added a further point. This was quickly followed by a second point from Raymond Magorrian to leave Glasdrumman with an eight point lead. By now the heavens had opened with a vengeance and the mistakes started to creep into the Glasdrumman defence which  were punished severely with five unanswered points mostly from frees in a six minute spell for Teconnaught. Raymond Clarke steadied the Glasdrumman ship with a point right at the end of the half to leave the halftime score Teconnaught 0-5  Glasdrumman 1-6.

Teconnaught pulled another point back if the first minute of the half but Glasdrumman quickly responded with a point from Sean McDowell.  A minute later the ball was in the Teconnaught net when Raymond Magorrian’s speculative shot deceived the Teconnaught goalkeeper and the same player added another point almost immediately. This was quickly followed by another point from a free from Cormac Murphy to establish a nine point cushion with just over ten minutes to go. Then disaster struck when a long range ended up in the Glasdrumman net following a misunderstanding between the defence and goalkeeper. This was quickly followed by a well taken second goal for Teconnaught who now started to believe that they could win the match and they added two more points in quick succession to leave a single point between the sides. Glasdrumman were forced to dig deep and Raymond Magorrian slotted over a point to relieve the pressure and to leave a two point winning margin for Glasdrumman.

Glasdrumman: Ronan McDowell, Shaun Brennan, Martin O’Neill, Paul Brennan, Colm Carr, Brian Burns, Daniel McCartan, Pat Mallon, Declan Grant, Sean McDowell, Raymond Magorrian, Gary McGreevy, Connaire Harrison, Raymond Clarke, Cormac Murphy.

Subs used: Christopher McDowell for Colm Carr, Mick Mooney for Sean McDowell, Paul McDowell for Gary McGreevy