County League wins for Kiskeam, Ballydesmond and Millstreet

Kiskeam 1-8 Douglas 1-7

KISKEAM got over the line to better Douglas in the County FL Division 2 to claim their third consecutive victory. Though the outcome was in doubt right up to the last whistle, Kiskeam worked hard for the hour and made the trip to the city rewarding to hold pole position on the table.

Early scores to David Scannell and Sean O’ Sullivan gave the visitors a positive start, Kiskeam had a number of further attacks but failed to capitalize on the advantage on the scoreboard. That allowed Douglas to respond for a well taken goal mid way through the opening half. Kiskeam replied with a point to Gene Casey before Billy Dennehy gave a return pass to Casey who made no mistake to find the Douglas net for a 1-4 to 1-2 advantage. The sides traded points on the restart yet scores were difficult to attain with Sean Meehan, Donal Linehan and Casey key figures to Kiskeam’s game. Douglas reduced the margin to one but couldn’t get the leveling score with Tom O’ Sullivan adding a long range point, the highlight of the second half to confirm the destination of the spoils.

KISKEAM: A Casey, D J Casey, D Linehan, A J O’Connor 0-1, S Meehan, J Dennehy, S Linehan, M Casey, T Dennehy; T O’Sullivan 0-1, Gene Casey 1-1, M Casey, S O’Sullivan 0-1, B Dennehy 0-2, D Scannell 0-2. Subs: D Fitzgearld, J McAulliffe

COUNTY FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 4

Ballydesmond 2-7 Glenville 1-8

BALLYDESMOND launched a late smash and grab raid to collect a dramatic victory over Glenville in the County FL Division 4.

As the game reached a conclusion, Ballydesmond’s challenge appeared to be flagging and like most revivals, it took a goal from Shane Kelly to rescue the situation and collect the points on offer.

Ballydesmond enjoyed a positive start with points from Donal O’Connor and Seán Cronin. Clearly up for the battle, Glenville mounted a comeback and a goal boosted their cause.

Still Ballydesmond stayed busy through the input of Conor Lenihan, Gerry Healy, Kelly and O’Connor.

And Ballydesmond grabbed the initiative from a goal netted by Seán Cronin to secure a 1-4 to 1-3 grip at the break. The sides were locked together for much of the second half yet Glenville appeared to snatch the upperhand.

However the timing of Ballydesmond’s surge could not had been so dramatic when Kelly pounced for the winning goal.

BALLYDESMOND: F O’Sullivan; C Lenihan, D Kelly, S O’Connor; D Ring, G Healy, J O’Keeffe; N O’Sullivan, S Kelly 1-1, R Flynn, P Breen 0-2, D O’Connor 0-2; A Fleming, S Cronin 1-1, W O’Connor. Subs: K O’Connell 0-1, D Kelly

COUNTY FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 5

Millstreet 0-16 Mayfield 0-8

AIDAN O’Mahony’s tenure as Millstreet coach got off to a winning start after a comfortable victory over Mayfield in the County FL Division 5.

After a competitive opening half, Millstreet’s game sprang to life to pull away for a deserved win by double scores. Little separated the pair early on, the sides well matched in every facet of engagement, points by Michael Murphy and Michael Vaughan helped Millstreet lead 0-6 to 0-4 at the interval.

Millstreet upped the intensity levels to dictate the restart with Vaughan, Shane Hickey and Donal Lenihan in fine shooting form to put daylight between the pair.

MILLSTREET: D O’Leary; P O’Connor, A Murphy, P Randles; P Sheehan, O Murphy 0-1, C Sheehan; D Kiely, M Murphy 0-2; E Hickey, M Vaughan 0-7, C O’Leary; J Broxton, S Hickey 0-4, T Sheehan. Subs. D Linehan 0-2, D Hickey, N Flahive, R Murphy, B O’Connor, B O’Flynn, J Linehan.