Newry
Shamrocks Rampant in Tullylish
ACFL Div 2: Tullylish
2-8 Shamrocks 3-18
The limitations of a hard working
Tullylish team were obvious as they
were overpowered by a rampant Newry
Shamrocks team at Parc Ns Og on
Thursday night last.
Shamrocks were quick out of the
traps racing into a 10-point lead
in as many minutes helped by 2 goals
one in the opening minute and another
5 minutes in. At this stage the
game was virtually won but Tullylish
battled hard throughout against
what was a near impossible task.
Tullylish responded to their early
battering with a well-worked goal
of their own from Chris McGovern
after a high ball into the square.
Shamrocks soon added 4 more points
though and although Tullylish had
their best period in the final 10
minutes scoring through John McAreavey,
Gary chambers and Peter Quinn they
missed several very scorable chances
to leave the half time score Tullylish
1-3 Shamrocks 2-10
Tullylish made several positional
changes at half time but this failed
to improve the situation as after
a good start when they managed 3
John McAreavey points Shamrocks
regained the momentum and scored
at regular intervals throughout
the half Tullylish had given up
hope long before the end but kept
going with scores from John McAreavey
and Gary Chambers. There was some
consolation for Tullylish with virtually
the last kick of the game when substitute
Colin Thompson blasted to the net.
Tullylish must now put this game
behind them and continue the search
for points that will pull them out
of danger. These points will come
if they show the commitment shown
here.
Tullylish:
R McConville; S Greenaway (P Grew);
M Feeney; B Priestly; G McEvoy;
C McManus; R Barry; D Corbett; P
Quinn 0-1; J McAreavey 0-5; M McEvoy
(B Roberts); M McCartan; M Fitzpatrick
(K McCartan); C McGovern 1-0 (C
Thompson 1-0); G Chambers 0-2.
By
Vincent Doran
