Rovers spoils Glyde’s return

HUNTERSTOWN ROVERS GLYDE RANGERS 3-10 0-5

GLYDE Rangers made an unhappy return to Division 2 football suffering a 14 point defeat to a well-tuned Hunterstown outfit on Sunday morning.

Three first half goals, two from Glen Matthews who finished with a total of 2-5, killed off the game and the result was never seriously in doubt as the visitors led by 3-3 to 0-3 at the break.

Matthews hit the net in the sixth minute and repeated the trick within 60 seconds to put his side firmly in control while Ryan Burns added a third five minutes before the break.

Hunterstown were physically much stronger in most areas and could possibly have won by more, but chose to empty their bench in the second half.

Glyde never created a goal chance over the course of the game but will rue kicking a total of seven wides that could have made it more competitive.

All Glyde’s scores came from Brian Duffy (3) and Trevor O’Brien (2) with four of the points coming from frees, while Paul Carrie contributed three points for Hunterstown.

HUNTERSTOWN ROVERS: Niall Carrie; Brian Matthews, Richard Taaffe, Martin Lennon; Alan Matthews, Patrick Taaffe, Robert McNiece; Tony McKenna, Ryan Ward; Brendan Lennon, Paul Carrie 0-3, Conor Matthews; Glen Matthews 2-5, Ryan Burns 1-2, Robbie Brennan. Subs: Eddie Burke for A Matthews, Mark Brennan for R Brennan, Paddy Mooney for C Matthews, Richard Cunningham for R McNeice.

GLYDE RANGERS: David Brennan; Conor McCullough, Cein Sheridan, Gerard Farrell; Mark O’Brien, Paul Noone, Peter Duffy; Ciaran Sheridan, Dion Conlon; Niall Sharkey, Conor Sheridan, Fiachra Sheridan; Trevor O’Brien 0-2, Brian Duffy 0-3, Aaron Devlin. Sub: Niall Bird.