Little at stake as Saints prevail

ST MOCHTAS GLYDE RANGERS 1-17 1-7

IN a game that had little at stake other than local bragging rights it was St Mochtas who picked up both points from this encounter at Tallanstown on Friday night.

Neither side were involved in either the relegation for promotion battle ahead of this encounter and this was reflected in the fact that both managers made a number of changes ahead of throw-in as their focus remains very much on the championship.

It was the Louth Village side who had the better of things from the opening whistle and a goal from Gareth O’Reilly helped them to lead by 1-9 to 0-4 at the break.

The home side never looked capable of bridging that gap and it was the Mochtas who continued to dominate with Declan Byrne, Stephen McCooey and Eamon O’Neill among the points.

Glyde did manage a consolation goal through Dion Conlon but the visitors ran out comfortable winners.

ST MOCHTAS: Jason Callan; Liam Lawlor, Philip Englishby, Tommy Kindlon; Gareth O’Reilly 1-0, Andrew English, Barry Mulholland; Darren McMahon, Eamon O’Neill 0-3; Ultan Larney, Gerry Garland 0-1, Stephen McCooey 0-3; Cormac Smyth 0-3, Declan Byrne 0-7, Liam McGranaghan. Subs: Robert Wallace for G O’Reilly, Dylan Farrell for B Mulholland, Liam Kindlon for E O’Neill.

GLYDE RANGERS: David Brennan; Conor McCullough, Cein Sheridan, Gerard Farrell; Fiachra Sheridan 0-1, Mark O’Brien, Niall Bird; Dion Conlon 1-1, David Devaney; Peter Duffy, Paul Noone, Kevin Moran; Stephen Sharkey 0-1, Gareth Moran 0-2, Conor Sheridan 0-1. Subs: Barry Sharkey 0-1 for M O’Brien, James Daly for G Moran.