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Bosco Crowned Minor League Champions
- 09/10/2002
(Report taken From Down Democrat)
 Newry
Bosco have added the league crown to the County Minor Championship
crown when they defeated Kilcoo with an impressive 30 minute
display of football. The introduction of Connor Loughran
proved to be the deciding factor between Bosco winning and
losing this game. Loughran came on in the second half and
scored a goal and five points.
Kilcoo were the dominant force in the first half. Brian
McLaughlin and Ruari Devlin caused problems up front and
the back line showed alertness, denying the Bosco forward
line a sniff of the ball in the opening ten minutes. Kilcoo
will feel aggrieved they let a half time five point lead
slip but Bosco restarted a different side. Kilcoo started
the brighter team. Martin McClean imposed himself in midfield
for the Kilcoo side.
From the throw in he set up the first attack passing the
ball out to Alphonsis McEvoy who drove it from just outside
the box only to hit the crossbar. Kilcoo couldn’t have asked
for a better start. Ruari Devlin sent floated a free kick
into the goal mouth a scramble ensued but McLaughlin was
first to react and kicked to ball from the ground into the
net for a goal in the third minute. Alphonsis McEvoy added
a point after a good interchange between himself and McLaughlin.
Francie Downey pointed after picking up the loose ball from
outside the box on 11 minutes. Bosco won a free within kicking
distance from the posts and Downey sent the ball between
the sticks. A minute later Ruari Mulvanny sent a high ball
into Martin Duggan who was forced out towards the left corner
but still managed to send the ball over the bar. Bosco brought
themselves back into the game although they made hard work
of getting the ball forward.
The Newry side relied heavily on Mullen and Downey bringing
the ball forward but the pressure from Chris Ward and Roger
Morgan for Kilcoo made it impossible to get a shot. Kilcoo
were excellent at closing down the attacking options of
Bosco and a few counter attacks ran the same line of names
which included Ward, O’ Hare the two midfielders, Devlin
and McLaughlin.
Conor Lavery came got more involved in the game for the
north Down club. Lavery made a solo run heading straight
down the centre of the pitch towards the Bosco goal.He shrugged
off four tackles before being eventually dragged down for
a penalty. Alphonsis took the responsibility of converting
the ball to the back of the net.
Two free kicks from McLaughlin went over the bar and a pointed
free from Francie Downey finished the first half action.
Bosco replaced Garth Chambers with Connor Loughran. Francie
Downey pointed for the home side, and McClean replied with
a point after a catching an awkward ball. Bosco sprung to
life and showed more urgency in getting the ball forward.
Long balls were now deployed and they knocked over three
unanswered points in quick succession. Kilcool halted the
rampage with an Alphonsis adding another point to his tally
from a free. Bosco were firing in all cylinders and controlled
all sectors of the field.
Craven played the ball across the field left to right to
captain Mulvanny. He spotted the running Loughran and kicked
the ball across goal were Loughran directed into the net
on 60 minutes. Kilcoo pointed a free to narrow the margin
but they started to show signs of a spent force.
Again the Bosco super sub had his sights on goal but opted
for a point. The away side lifted their heads again, McClean
won the ball in midfield and sent the ball forward where
Lavery collected he fisted the ball to Alphonsis McEvoy
who buried the ball to the back of the net giving them a
lifeline on the stroke of full time. Bosco added two injury
time points to seal their victory and win the league.
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