UNITED DIG DEEP TO TAKE POINTS
WOODVIEW CELTIC BELLURGAN UNITED 0 2
THIS match hung in the balance until seconds before the final whistle when Jack Long scored the leaders second goal to clinch the points at Bellew Park.
Woodview had really put it up to Bellurgan belying their position at the lower end of the under-12 premier table as they pressed strongly for an equalizer in the second half when the leaders after taking the lead certainly didn’t have it all their own way with the strong breeze favouring them.
Bellurgan took the lead mid way through the opening period when Ruari Traynor squeezed his shot inside the post from close range after they had come near to scoring on a number of occasions.
Woodview through mainly Malik Oseme had posed danger in the early stages, but the leaders made two clear-cut openings that the menacing Sean O’Hare was unable to convert before they went ahead.
In the first instance he pushed Josh Condon’s cross wide of an open goal at the far post, and then off balance shot wide when through on his own to the left of the Woodview goal.
O’Hare continued to trouble the Woodview defence breaking free on the right to send in a cross which was just too high for Long to head in front of a gaping goal in the early minutes of the second-half.
Milo Veala then prevented Reyland Heywood from tying up the score when the latter pounced as goalkeeper Dan Ferguson hesitated to deal with a bouncing ball close to his goal. Veala cleared off the line.
A great surging run through the middle by the impressive Keane McArdle drew a free-kick for Woodview that Diarmuid O’Rourke curled just over the crossbar. The same player won a corner kick which resulted in an acrobatic overhead kick by Dylan Ward that went narrowly over the crossbar.
The underdogs made a number of other openings before the threat posed by O’Hare should have resulted in Long wrapping up the points. His touch in front of goal was too heavy and the ball ran into the goalkeeper’s hands.
Woodview had one final chance which O’Rourke headed over the crossbar form a free-kick before a long ball put their defence in a tangle, causing goalkeeper McBennett to advance off his line and was involved in a collision which resulted in the ball running between his legs.
Caolan Murphy tapped it over the line with a teammate, if needed, also on hand to apply the decisive blow.
WOODVIEW: James McBennett, Gerard Cunningham, Gavin O’Rourke, Keane McArdle, Conall Rogers, Reyland Heywood, Alex Meehan, Dylan Ward, Malik Oseme, Diarmuid O’Rourke, Fergus Toal, Anthony Urbanski.
BELLURGAN: Dan Ferguson, Sean Holland, Andrew McArdle, Michael O’Shaughnessy, Dualta O’Neill, Emmet Duffy, Sean O’Hare, Jack Long, Caolan Murphy, Josh Condon, Milo Veala, Ruari Traynor, Cian McKenna. Quay Celtic 1 Glenmuir Utd 4; Woodview 0 Bellurgan Utd 2; Blayney Acad 5 Muirhevnamor 3
Ardee Celtic 2 Quay Athletic 0; Bellurgan Celtic 2 Quay Olympic 0
Rockville 0 Bay Utd 2; Bellurgan Athletic 0 Glenmuir Athletic 1; Blayney Acad Yellow 2 Shamrock Celtic 0
Quay Celtic 2 Rock Celtic 0; Glenmuir Utd 1 Walshestown 0; Muirhevnamor 2 Blayney Acad 3; Bellurgan Utd 1 Shamrocks 3
Ardee Celtic 0 Glenmuir Celtic 4; Woodview 1 Quay Olympic 6
Rockville 1 Bellurgan Athletic 2; Bay Utd 0 Muirhevnamor Celtic 6; Shamrocks Celtic 6 Ardee Utd 2
Ardee Utd 2 Rockville 1
Quay Olympic 2 Bellurgan Utd 4; Shamrocks 6 Quay Athletic 1; Bellurgan Celtic 2 St Dominic’s 4 Glenmuir Utd 1 Shamrocks 3; Glenmuir Utd 0 Ardee Celtic 0
Rockville 3 Bay Utd 4; Walshestown 2 Bellurgan Celtic 2
DMC FC 3 Rock Celtic 0; St Dominic’s 4 Termonfeckin 1; Bay Utd 2 Dromin Juv 0
Parkvilla FC P 1 Glenmuir Utd FC A 3; Bellurgan United P v Ratoath Harps P W/O Bellurgan; Ardee Celtic P 4 Blayney Academy D1 1; Blayney Academy P 2 Balbriggan FC A 3
Blayney Academy P 4 Swords Manor B 0; Rock Celtic FC P 1 Donacarney Celtic P 3; Duleek Schoolboys A 4 Walshestown FC A1 2; Glenmuir United FC A 2 Parkceltic Summerhill D1 2 AET Glenmuir win on Penalties 3-2
Dunboyne Afc P 3 Ardee Celtic P 10; Glenmuir Utd FC A 0 Donacarney Celtic FC P 4
Swords Celtic A 2 Ardee Celtic P 3 Parkvilla FC P1 1 Bellurgan Utd P 4
Photos: Ken Finegan
FIXTURES Muirhevnamor Bellurgan Utd, Muirhevnamor 7.00 Quay Athletic v Glenmuir Celtic, Clancy Pk 7.00 Rock Celtic v Walshestown, Bellew Park 7.00 Ardee Celtic v Dromin Juv, Ardee 7.00 Quay Celtic v Bay Utd, Clancy Pk 7.00
Glenmuir Utd v Bellurgan Utd, Glenmuir Pk 7.00 Shamrocks v DMC FC, Fatima 2.00
Rock Celtic v Quay Celtic, Sandy Lane 7.00; Muirhevnamor v Shamrocks, Muirhevnamor 7.00; Glenmuir Utd v Woodview, Glenmuir Pk 7.00 Bellurgan Utd v Blayney Acad, Bellew Park 7.00 U15 League
Glenmuir Utd v Shamrocks, Glenmuir Pk 7.00 Glenmuir Utd v Ardee Celtic, Glenmuir Pk 10.00
Bay Utd v Woodview Celtic, Rock Road 10.00; Ardee Greens v Dromin Juv, Ardee 10.00
Rock Celtic v Muirhevnamor, Sandy Lane 11.00; Shamrocks v Quay Celtic, Fatima 11.00; Walshestown v Bellurgan Utd, Walshestown 11.00; Blayney Acad v Glenmuir Utd, Beech Hill 11.00
Bellurgan Celtic v Ardee Celtic, Bellurgan 12.30
Bellurgan Athletic v St Dominic’s, Bellurgan 11.00; Muirhevnamor Celtic v Rockville, Muirhevnamor 11.00; Ardee Utd v Bay Utd, Ardee 11.00
U13 National Cup
Glenmuir United FC B v Maynooth Town FC A, Glenmuir Pk 11.00
Bellurgan Utd P v Duleek Schoolboys A, Bellurgan 12.30
Bellurgan Utd v Quay Celtic, Bellurgan 2.00; Glenmuir Utd v Rock Celtic, Glenmuir Pk 12.30;