Liam Cunningham

GOAL FEAST AT QUARTER ROAD

Glasdrumman 2-6 Carryduff 4-8

Friday's opponents at the Quarter Road were bottom of the table Carryduff, but with Glasdrumman only four points ahead in the League, a tight match was expected.

Glasdrumman started well and were a point to the good within the first mniute with a point from Declan Grant. Carryduff replied with a point and in the eighth minute R Carey burst through the Glasdrumman defence to score a goal. Connaire Harrison replied with a point from a fourteen yard free and on seventeen minutes a good run forward by Raymond Magorrian led to a point from Sean McDowell to reduce the deficit to one point. Despite pulling themselves back into contention, Glasdrumman were hit by a point and a goal from Carryduff's A McGirr to increase their lead to five points after twenty minutes. Carryduff's McGirr scored another point five minutes later followed by a point from a fourteen yard free by Connaire Harrison for Glasdrumman. Glasdrumman pushed forward but a missed scoring chance in the Carryduff square led to the ball being cleared down the field for Carryduff's Carey to score his second and Carryduff's third goal in the final minute of the half to leave the half time score Glasdrumman 0-4 Carryduff 3-3.

The second half began as the first finished, with Carryduff's P O'Neill firing over a point and Carey scoring his third goal within two minutes of the restart to put Carryduff twelve points ahead. Indeed it could have been worse only for a good save from Ronan McDowell only a minute later to deny Carryduff another goal. Carryduff kept the presuure on and by the fortieth minute were fifteen points ahead with two further points from McGirr and one from Molloy. Glasdrumman replaced Martin O'Neill with Neill McGreevy and a minute later Connaire Harrison scored a point from a free. Christopher McDowell replaced Christopher Cassidy after a clash and Mark Trimble came on for Darren Joyce in the fiftieth minute. Almost immediately, Raymond Magorrian scored a goal following a break from midfield by Pat Mallon. Carryduff then scored what turned out to be their final point with nine minutes remaining but again Raymond Magorrian scored another goal to reduce the deficit to nine points. Glasdrumman began to think they could perhaps get something from the game and with renewed vigour continued to pour forward in search of more goals. John McAteer replaced Gary McGreevy for the final minutes, but Glasdrumman found it very hard to break down a determined Carryduff defence for any further scores. Connaire Harrison scored the final point of the game from a free two minutes into injury time to leave the final score Glasdrumman 2-6 Carryduff 4-8.

 

Glasdrumman : Ronan McDowell, Daniel McCartan, Kevin Burns, Christopher Cassidy, Martin O'Neill, Art McCartan, Colm Carr, Declan Grant (0-1), Pat Mallon, Sean McDowell (0-1), Raymond Clarke, Gary McGreevy, Darren Joyce, Connaire Harrison (0-4), Raymond Magorrian (2-0).

 

Subs used : Neill McGreevy for Martin O'Neill, Christopher McDowell for Christopher Cassidy, Mark Trimble for Darren Joyce, John McAteer for Gary McGreevy.

 

Subs not used : Shaun Brennan, Sean Cunningham, Sean McVeigh, Paul Brennan

 

Carryduff : D. Alder, G. Kelly, A. Scullion, M. Graham, D. Price, J. McKernan, R. McKay, T. McMahon, B. Fitzsimons, C. Conway, C. O'Neill, R. Carey, S. Molloy, A. McGirr, P. O'Neill.

 

Subs used : C. Brennan for G. Kelly, C. McConville for R. Carey, A. Moorhead for P. O'Neill, M. Morris for C. Brennan.