LILYWHITES THUNDER INTO THE SUPER 8s
to Owenbeg, to Pearse Park, then play the second seeded team in the country, then do what we did today with luck,’ said O’Neill. Daniel Flynn was one of Kildare’s stars in a team performance full of energy and confidence and slick build-up play and his goal put Kildare on their way with less than seven minutes gone, already 1-3 to 0-1 to the good. By the time Kevin Flynn cut inside to curl a cracking score over from 40 metres and Flynn waltzed through to hit another, it was 1-13 to 0-5 at half-time. Especially when Kildare worked a brilliant second-half goal, Tommy Moolick’s flick down to Eoin Doyle creating the overlap for Neil Flynn to finish an empty net. Fermanagh manager Rory Gallagher looked back on a season that saw the momentum from spring carry through to summer with important wins over Armagh and Monaghan setting up a shot at a milestone first Ulster final. ‘We wanted promotion from Division 3, we got that. We wanted to win a Championship match. ‘But we found out there is a big gap between ourselves and Donegal and Kildare.’
KILDARE: M Donnellan; P Kelly, D Hyland, M O’Grady; J Byrne, E Doyle, K Flynn; K Feely (C Healy 46), T Moolick (F Dowling 44); F Conway, P Cribbin (P Kelly 49), K Cribbin (D Slattery 52); N Flynn (M Hyland 63), D Flynn (E Callaghan 55), P Brophy.
Scorers: N Flynn 1-5 (3fs), D Flynn 1-3, C Healy 1-2, K Flynn, P Brophy 0-2, K Feely, P Cribbin, K Cribbin, T Moolick, P Kelly, F Conway 0-1. Yellow card: F Conway 62. Wides: 2 (4).
FERMANAGH: P Cadden; D Teague (K Connor 24), C Cullen, M Jones; B Mulrone (C McGee 59), J McMahon, L Cullen; E Donnelly, R Jones; T Clarke (P McCusker 44), D McCusker, A Breen (T Corrigan 32); R Corrigan (Sean Quigley 46), C Jones (R Lyons, h-t), Seamus Quigley.
Scorers: Seamus Quigley 0-7 (6fs), Sean Quigley 0-3, T Corrigan 0-2, D McCusker, R Jones, R Corrigan, B Mulrone, R Jones, J McMahon 0-1. Yellow card: J McMahon 51, R Jones 67. Wides: 7 (4)
Referee: C Lane (Cork).