Home comforts for Dundalk
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DUNDALK Girls took on Home Farm in the MGL 16A division in Oriel Park on Sunday and with the visitors sitting in second place in the league players and management were expecting a really hard game to kick off the new year.
And so it proved as both midfields battled to take control of the game in the opening stages.
Home Farm took the lead in the 10th minute after breaking through the home defence.
Dundalk soon responded and in the 17th minute after Aoife Byrne closed down a Home Farm defender as she tried to clear, the ball fell to Seona Halligan who lobbed the keeper to level the game.
It was a well deserved equaliser and it remained very tight throughout the first-half.
Dundalk suffered a major blow when goalscorer Halligan was forced to retire with an injury and soon after they lost Andrea Stewart through ilness.
The second half started well for Dundalk with their midfield taking more control and creating more and more opportunities.
In the 70th minute, Dundalk attacked the Home Farm goal and when the ball fell kindly for Katie Moran on the edge of the box she drilled the ball into the net.
Again it was a well deserved goal for the home side.
Dundalk had a number of opportunities to extend their advantage further, with Ayo Adesanya, Caoimhe Crichton and Sophia McCabe all going close.
And the defence held out comfortably at the other end to secure a deserved win. DUNDALK: Rachel Mullen, Caoimhe Conroy, Bronagh Mulholland, Rebecca Lambe Fagin, Kerry Ann Darcy, Aoife Byrne, Andrea Stewart, Beth Hughes, Caoimhe Crichton, Katie Moran, Seona Halligan, Sophia McCabe, Ayo Adesanya, Grace Ojo. Bay Utd 1 Quay Celtic 3 Ardee Celtic 2 Dromin Juv 2
FIXTURES
Bay Utd v Ardee Utd, Bellew Pk 7.00 Quay Celtic v Ardee Celtic, Clancy Pk 7.00 Glenmuir Utd v Ardee Celtic, Glenmuir Pk 7.00; Bay Utd v Blayney Acad, Bellew Pk 7.15 Shamrocks v Rock Celtic, Bellew Pk 2.00; Ardee Celtic v Quay Celtic, Ardee 11.00
Rock Celtic v Crumlin Utd, Blackrock 12.30 Shamrocks v Glenmuir Utd, Fatima 11.00; Bellurgan Utd v Ardee Celtic, Bellurgan 11.00; Rock Celtic v Walshstown, Blackrock 11.00; Muirhevnamor v Quay Celtic, All/Weather 10.00
Glasslough Villa v Glenmuir Celtic, Glasslough 11.00; Blayney Acad v Bay Utd, Ballybay 11.00; Woodview v Quay Olym, Fair Green 11.00
Ardee Ath v Dromin Juv, Ardee 11.00; Bellurgan Ath v Muirhevnamor Celtic, Bellurgan 12.30
Quay Olym v Shamrocks, Clancy Pk 12.30; Dromin Utd v Quay Celtic, Dromin 12.30; Rock Celtic v Shamrocks Celtic v Rockville, Bellew Pk 7.00pm St Dominics v Redeemer, Bellew Pk 7.00 Quay Ath v St Dominics, Clancy Pk 7.00
Glenmuir Utd v Bay Utd, Glenmuir Pk 7.00; Ardee Celtic v Rock Celtic, Ardee 7.00 Quay Celtic v Dromin Juv, Clancy Pk 7.00