Glyde and Roche serve up cracker

GAA LOUTH DIVISION 3 FL

task and their dominance in the possession stakes gave them their own two-goal blitz in the 23rd and 24th minutes from O’Brien and Aaron Devlin.

O’Brien added his second and Glyde’s third just before half-time, latching on to a sweet long pass from Conor Sheridan to leave Glyde ahead by 3-5 to 2-4 at half-time.

Scores were hard to come by in the second half as the tackling and the intensity reached fever pitch from both teams.

Roche were however picking off their scores from what limited attacks they had, and with O’Hare and Callaghan both pitching in with frees they hauled back Glyde.

Roche attacker Enda Murphy was handed a black card for a rash challenge on Conor Sheridan, but despite losing their talented playmaker they continued to build and Niall McArdle found the net to put Roche ahead by two points. Every challenge was now a massive contest, but Roche’s cause was not helped when sub Ciaran Savage was dismissed.

Glyde finally found some space and when Conor Sheridan was dragged down in the square Ciaran Sheridan stepped up to convert the penalty and put Glyde ahead by two points with five minutes left.

Glyde tried to finish off the game but were constantly thwarted by a solid Roche defence led by Harry O’Connell, and in the end it came down to two converted frees from O’Hare to level the game.

There were some fine displays on both sides, with Glyde’s Niall Sharkey and Mark O’Brien and Roche’s Robert Mackin and Cathal Byrne impressing. GLYDE RANGERS: David Brennan; Fiachra Sheridan, Cein Sheridan, Conor McCullagh; Niall Sharkey, Philip McGahon, Mark O’Brien; Ciaran Sheridan 1-1, David Devaney; Aaron Devlin 1-0, Conor Sheridan 0-1, Alan Brennan; Trevor O’Brien 2-3, Brian Duffy 0-1, Gavin Duffy 0-1. Subs: Dion Conlon, Gerard Farrell.

ROCHE EMMETS: Evan Quigley; Harry O’Connell, David Quigley, Liam Rice; Robert Mackin, Joseph Bishop, Liam Dwan; Liam Carthy, Dan O’Connell; Cathal Byrne, Enda Murphy 0-1, Conor Carthy 0-2; Kevin Callaghan 1-2, Niall McArdle 1-0, Barry O’Hare 1-5. Subs: Ciaran Savage, Eoin O’Hare, Caoimhin Reilly.