Superb Glenmuir effort falls just short
LUSK UNITED GLENMUIR UNITED 1 0
GLENMUIR travelled to Lusk United for the North Leinster semi-final in the under-13 national cup on Sunday after the Dubliners refused to play in Glenmuir Park the previous week claiming the pitch was frozen.
Glenmuir started well and dominated early possession with slick passing and movement from central midfield players Matus Lukosevicius, Leon Yore and Andrew Hoey to bring their forwards into the game and worked some great shooting chances.
Dillon Arrowsmith on the right wing tested the Lusk defence with some great dribbling skill to find his way to the edge of the box to drill the ball across the box only for Shane Farrell to blast just wide.
Conall McGeough was then very unlucky when he pounced on a poor clearance from the ‘keeper only to see his effort go wide of the goal.
Then just before half-time McGeough again closed down the ‘keeper on a back pass and won the ball only for the ‘keeper to haul down the striker for what looked a clear penalty only for the official to wave play on.
The second half started brightly again for the Glenmuir lads with Danial Craven causing Lusk all sorts of trouble with his runs down the left only for some good goalkeeping to keep the Glens out.
Defenders Finn Flanagan, Tony McDonnell and Sean Reilly worked hard throughout and were backed up well by stand- in keeper Liam Rogers.
The only goal of the match came with five minutes remaining when an unfortunate deflection fell to a Lusk player who pushed the ball past the unlucky Rogers for a tap in at the back post.
To their credit the Glens forced two further corners and were very unlucky when a fine Farrell effort hit the bar.
It was a great effort from Glenmuir but it wasn’t to be on the day. GLENMUIR: Liam Rogers, Sean Reilly, Finn Flanagan, Tony McDonnell, Leon Yore, Matus Lukosevicius, Andrew Hoey, Danial Craven, Dillon Arrowsmith, Shane Farrell, Conall McGeough, Jack McLaughlin, Colm Drumm, Ben Keenan, Calon Sharkey. THE formation meeting for the new calendar season in the Dundalk Schoolboys League took place on Monday night.
The committee will now draw up a full list of fixtures for the season that will run until the end of October, with a break for the age groups affected by state examinations in May and June, and close for a period in July and July.
Chairman Michael Dillon told that the league ‘hopes to have some of the leagues up and running by the beginning of March and the remainder start by the end of March.’
The League is planning to avoid clashes with under-age Gaelic matches, with the League having engaged in talks with their GAA counterparts.
The league will arrange games at the weekend on Saturday and Sunday, and leave the way clear for the GAA to stage their fixtures as normal in mid-week.
The aim is to allow young players the free choice to play both codes.