Pain of shock defeat will spur Emmets on
Glyde Rangers
GLYDE RANGERS............................5-17 ST NICHOLAS...................................0-3
Trevor O’Brien 2-7, Niall Sharkey 1-7, Brian Duffy 1-0, Barry Brennan 1-0, Alan Brennan 0-2, Gavin Duffy 0-1
GLYDE RANGERS...........................1-15 NAOMH MALACHI............................1-6
Niall Sharkey 0-4, Brian Duffy 0-4, Gavin Duffy 1-1, Trevor O’Brien 0-3, Alan Brennan 0-1, Barry Sharkey 0-1, John Myles 0-1
GLYDE RANGERS..........................0-12 STABANNON PARNELLS................2-1
Trevor O’Brien 0-6, Niall Sharkey 0-3, Barry Sharkey 0-2 Ciaran Sheridan 0-1
GLYDE RANGERS...........................2-11 ROCHE EMMETS.............................1-7 Trevor O’Brien 0-5, Gavin Duffy 1-1, Dion Conlon 1-1, Ciaran Sheridan 0-2, Mark O Brien 0-1, Aaron Devlin 0-1
Glyde Rangers Draw Glen Emmets
GLEN Emmets boss Kevin Barry is hoping a season in Division 2, coupled with the pain of last year’s final defeat to St Kevin’s, can propel his team to JFC glory on Sunday afternoon.
Since winning the 2012 decider, Emmets have come out on the wrong end of two finals, but despite that shock defeta to St Kevin’s last term, 2016 was still a watershed for the Tullyallen club.
‘We play Division 2 football and it probably showed in the end against Dunleer in the end,’ Barry said.’We learned so much about the squad and the club this year in Division 2. It was a massive achievement to actually stay up there.
‘So no matter what happens on Sunday we’re there for another year and that’s going to bring younger lads on and it’ll bring the whole club on as well. There’s a lot of work being done at underage level
Glen Emmets
James Butler 0-7, Damien Grimes 0-4, Ronan Grufferty 0-3, Derek Johnston 1-0, Evan English 0-1, Mark Garvey 0-1, Ian Cusack 0-1.
GLEN EMMETS...................................4-24 CUCHULAINN GAELS..........................0-7 Sean Byrne 2-3, James Butler 1-5, Damien Grimes 1-2, Ronan Grufferty 0-4, David Bracken 0-3, J Farnan 0-3, Derrick Johnston 0-2, Mark Garvey 0-1, Shane Owens 0-1
GLEN EMMETS..................................2-17 NAOMH MALACHI...............................2-9 James Butler 0-7, Ian Cusack 1-3, Ronan Grufferty 0-5, Keelan O’Neill 1-0, Damien Grimes 0-1, Seán Byrne 0-1
GLEN EMMETS..................................0-14 LANNLEIRE..........................................2-8 Ronan Grufferty 0-4, James Butler 0-4, Sean Byrne 0-2, David Bracken 0-2, Joseph Farrelly 0-1, Mark Garvey 0-1
GLEN EMMETS....................................0-7 LANNLEIRE..........................................0-6 James Butler 0-4, Andrew Mooney 0-1, Ronan Grufferty 0-1, Ian Cusack 0-1 and while that might take four or five years to bear fruit, we’re going in the right direction.’
But the pain of that defeat 12 months ago still clearly wrankles and Barry hopes it will drive his players on.
‘We said 53 weeks ago that we wanted to get back to the final and that’s what we’ve done, that’s the most important thing.
‘Look we were very, very lucky both days against Dunleer. We didn’t take our chances in the replay, but we’re back where we wanted to be and that’s the main thing.’
Those two tight and tense semi-final clashes with Dunleer will surely stand to Emmetts on Sunday and Barry was delighted with the poise and resolve his players showed.
‘We learned a lot against Dunleer over the last couple of weeks. They really pinned us to our collar and we definitely got of jail in the drawn game.
‘But these guys never give up. They were nine points down in Drogheda and didn’t give up. They showed a lot of composure in the replay and maybe should have had the game wrapped up a bit earlier, but we got there in the end and that’s the main thing. But it was a backs day in the conditions I suppose.’
Glyde will be a step up on anything Emmets have faced in this year’s championship, but they have been playing teams of similar calire in the league all season and Barry trusts his troops to produce on the big day.
‘They’re undefeated this year and it’s hard to break that kind of winning momentum. But look, I think we have lads in there who will give everything and deliver a performance.
‘The main thing is to produce a performance on the big day. We didn’t do it last year, but hopefully we can put that right. Sunday will tell the tale anyway.’