In win over gritty Calry-St Joseph’s
evenly-contested compared to an opening period controlled by favourites St Mary’s.
Calry-St Joseph’s were listless in the opening quarter as St Mary’s glided 0-4 to 0-0 ahead by the 14th minute. David Phillips was working hard in defence and it was no surprise that two of the St Mary’s scorers were Emlyn Mulligan and Nathan Rooney.
The first of Daire O’Boyle’s pointed frees got Calry-St Joseph’s on the scoreboard after 14 minutes but Calry-St Joseph’s would only score three more times in the first-half, with St Mary’s scoring twice that amount. St Mary’s were getting exceptional scores from several sources, including efforts from Emlyn Mulligan and Stephen Coen, with Calry-St Joseph’s
MARREN’S BALL:
Aiden Marren, making his Homeland Senior Football Championship debut for Tourlestrane, in action against Coolera-Strandhill on Saturday last. the ball and turn for goal in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time. The biggest score for Tourlestrane, who pressed, hassled and harried to levels not reached in their unconvincing defeats of CoolaneyMullinabreena and St Farnan’s, was their second-half goal.
It started with a Coolera-Strandhill turnover in the 44th minute.
Adrian McIntyre mopped up the wayward pass from a red jersey, then Gary Gaughan and James Leonard got involved. Adrian McIntyre was back on the ball and from this a swift counter-attack began.
Conan Marren transferred possession to Kenny Gavigan and he traded passes with John Francis Carr. Gavigan played the final ball to Oisin Kennedy, who found the net. having to wait until the third minute of stoppage time for their first score from play – a booming point by Damien O’Boyle.
The margin was seven points after a classy 34th minute point from Stephen Coen and St Mary’s, who made too many mistakes to counteract the good stuff that they did, could have ran riot had Calry-St Joseph’s goalkeeper Aidan Devaney not saved Michael Munnelly’s goal shot from a Nathan Rooney assist.
That save from Devaney, who also seized on the loose ball after his parry of Munnelly’s goalbound shot, lifted Calry-St Joseph’s, both collectively and individually.
Calry-St Joseph’s outscored St Mary’s over the next 26 minutes, 1-7
This is how champions score goals.
Player of the Match: Cathal Henry Tourlestrane: Adam Broe, JP Lang, John Francis Carr, Barry Walsh, Oisin Kennedy (10), Adrian McIntyre, James Leonard (0-1), Feidhlim O’Donnell, Conan Marren, Kenny Gavigan (0-1), Cathal Henry (0-6, 4f), Gary Gaughan (c), Liam Gaughan (0-5, 2f), John Kelly (0-1), Aiden Marren (0-1, 1 ‘45’)
Subs used: Niall Egan, Stephen Henry Coolera-Strandhill: Gerard Murphy,
Sean Murphy, Conor McDonagh, Jonathan Cassidy, Luke Bree, Ross O’Carroll (0-2), Keelan Cawley, Kevin Banks, Sean Taylor, Mark McDaniel, Leo Doherty, Ross Doherty, Barry O’Mahony (0-4, 1 ‘mark’), Niall Murphy (c) (1-5, 1-0 pen, 3f), Conor Burke Subs used: Aaron O’Boyle (0-1), Adam Higgins, Donagh Flynn
Referee: John Griffin to 1-3, with the strong ball-carrying of wing-backs Brian Callaghan and Brian Shannon making an impact, so too Brian Cox’s introduction.
But Calry-St Joseph’s couldn’t get the second goal that they desperately needed.
Even if Bryan Lynch goaled from a late close-in free – he fizzed the ball over – it would have still only cut the gap to a point.
Daire O’Boyle
Jack Teape (0-1, 1 ‘45’), Johnny Martyn, David Phillips, Ryan Feehily (1-0), Fionn O’Hehir, Gerard O’Kelly-Lynch (0-1), Ryan Madden, Paul Kilcoyne (0-1), Tony O’Kelly-Lynch, Michael Munnelly, Luke Nicholson, Patrick Maher, Nathan Rooney (0-4, 1f, 1 ‘mark’), Emlyn Mulligan (0-3, 1 ‘mark’), Scott Lynch Subs used: Stephen Coen (0-4), David McGovern Calry-St Joseph’s: Aidan Devaney (0-1, 1f), Conor Gray, Conor McGovern, Cormac Coyne, Brian Callaghan, Shaun Cawley, Brian Shannon, Adrian Cummins, Damien O’Boyle (0-1), Ciaran Stenson, Darragh Cummins (c), Jonathan McGoldrick, Bryan Lynch (0-2, 1f), Ciaran Cummins, Daire O’Boyle (1-6, 1-0 pen, 6f) Subs used: Brian Cox, Conor Griffin, James McDonagh (0-1) Referee:
Keith Henry
ON TARGET: Stephen Coen, scored four points for St Mary’s in their defeat of Calry-St Joseph’s at Cloonacool last Sunday.