Clinton the star of show as clinical Coolboy sink Celtic

at Celtic Park, Arklow

interval as Paul O’Connor played through Cian Reilly who was left one on one with goalkeeper Faye, but Faye came up trumps and parried away from danger.

Eleven minutes into the half and Coolboy extended their lead as Clinton netted to add to his two assists.

He ran from inside his own half to subsequently slot home.

Arklow struggled to cope with his pace down the left wing as he also showed some very high work rate and was also very strong in the tackle.

Coolboy were always very calm on the ball and never panicked when put under pressure.

They made it 4-0 on 55 minutes. A short corner was played to Rory O’Dare, who played a wicked cross into the box, found the head of Conor Byrne, who buried it into the corner of the net.

Arklow were unfortunate to lose the game by such a margin, as they did create chances but were just unfortunate with the final ball as it sometimes eluded the attackers. Goalkeeper Cormac Murray could do nothing about any of the goals but did clean up well inside his box.

In the end it was an impressive win from Coolboy with their clinical attack subsequently the big difference in the match.

Cormac Murray, Kuba Kurzyana, Craig Caulfield, Darragh Sinnott, Sean Britchfield, Paul O Connor, Lee Walker, Adam Mulervy, Ciaran O Keeffe, Seoirse Barnes, Connor Gahan. Subs: Marcus Wolf, Ronan Gilpur, Cian Reilly, James Breen, Jason Breen, Alex Chadwick.

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