John Brennan

 

Monday night saw the visit of Saval to the Quarter Road and those who attended the match were treated to a feast of football with scores coming thick and fast. Saval opened the scoring with a Colm Turley point but Glasdrumman responded with four points in a seven minute spell from Raymond Clarke, two from Cormac Murphy and Connaire Harrrison. Colm Turley pulled a point back for Saval and this was quickly followed by a Daniel Hughes point but again Cormac Murphy pointed for Glasdrumman on twenty minutes. Saval then had possibly their best spell of the game as firstly Daniel Hughes pointed followed within a minute by a well taken goal from Niall Devlin and two more points from Hughes. Again Cormac Murphy pulled one back for Glasdrumman but the final score of the half fell to Fergal McConville to leave the halftime score Glasdrumman 0-6 Saval 1-7.

Saval started the second half where they had left off in the first with a goal from Daniel Hughes followed by a Fergal McConville point and a second point from Hughes. A point apiece from Cormac Murphy and Connaire Harrison stemmed the Saval dominance but it was short lived as they added a further three points to their total with scores from Michael McCarthy, Daniel Hughes and Gary Digney. Glasdrumman rallied their troops and forced their way back into the game with two points from Connaire Harrison before Colm Turley pulled one back for the visitors. A minute later the ball was in the back of the Saval net following some sterling work from substitute James McDowell but again a point from Colm Quinn pegged the score back for Saval. A minute later Cormac Murphy pointed followed almost immediately by a screamer of a goal from Declan Grant to leave a goal between the sides. However as time ran out Daniel Hughes eased the pressure on Saval with a last minute point to leave the final score Glasdrumman 2-15 Saval 2-11.

This was a good all round performance from a Glasdrumman team short a few influential players. One pleasing aspect of the game was the performance of the younger players in the side who acquitted themselves admirably against a good Saval side

Glasdrumman: Ronan McDowell, Christopher McDowell, Kevin Burns, Daniel McCartan, Shaun McVeigh, Francis O’Neill, Art McCartan, Declan Grant (1-0), Pat Mallon, Connaire Harrison (0-4), Martin O’Neill, Colm Carr, Mark Trimble, Cormac Murphy (0-6), Raymond Clarke (0-1).

Subs used: Conor Clerkin for Colm Carr, Sean McDowell for Martin O’Neill, James McDowell (1-0) for Raymond Clarke Gary McGreevy for Mark Trimble.

Saval: Peter Murphy, P Clarke, Donal Murphy, Mickey Havern, Johnny Hughes, D Quinn, Darren Cunningham, Liam McCarthy, Collie Turley (0-3), Peter Turley, Gary Digney (0-1), Michael McCarthy (0-1), Fergal McConville (0-2), Niall Devlin (1-0), Daniel Hughes (1-6), Colm Quinn(0-1).