Dunderry 1-12 St.Pauls 2-6 JFB CH.

Played in a deserted Bective on 14th inst .this match most definitely didn't have the tension that matches between these teams had in the 1970's when competition between  the Clubs was  at an all time high..
Then thousands would have attended the matches to savour the craic.
Perhaps the organisers of the match last week thought that the old tmes had returned and that people were willing to pay 8 hard earned Euros in memory of times gone bye.
Yes this was the admission fee to see a Junior B football match.
Maybe the people who set the fee at this level believe all this shit about the recovery lifting all boats and perhaps they are operating under the illusion that that the few followers and supporters Dunderry have left these days are willing to do without the necessities of life to pay such an outrageous admission fee to follow their team..
Well they are wrong.Never again will I go to such a match at such a fee.This is an insult to genuine supporters and will see to it that future matches are played to empty stadiums.If this type of overcharging nonsense is persisted with soon no one will go there at all.
Bective was in fine fettle.
TEAM WAS.
                                                    Dooley.
Kenny Fay                                 Seamus Harte                               Gary Newman

Fitzie                                           J.Martin                                        Shane Maguire

               Bob Doherty                                                  Declan Mahon
 Gilkie                                    Ted                                                Darren  Conroy

Jack Brady                            Thomas Doherty                        k.Slattery

Came in ,K,Bruton,Sprog Stephens,M. Casey
 There was no rancour at all in the match and referee Ennis from Longwood had it handy,Nothing to blow up for.The first half was tit for tat and a point separated the teams at half time .
The second half was more lively as Manager Goff and assistant Leavy freshened up the team and made some positional changes and we took complete control.Pauls launched a late surge and nearly caught us on the hop but we just about held out.
The number 8 was surely in vogue on the night.The excessive entrance fee was E.8 .00.And Grainne Dowd was training three gasuns togged out in full Dunderry gear,.her own two and Liam Rattigan ,all of whom wore the number 8 on their backs,on the sideline before the match started,.
And Pat Goff didn't have to don the number 8 ON THIS OCCASION TO MAKE UP A TEAM,which feat he had to repeat since against OLDCASTLE IN THE LEAGUE ,WHEN WE AGAIN FAILED TO MUSTER  THe  REQUISITE NUMBER OF BODIES ,AT THIS LEVEL.
Actually Pat can't have been a million miles away from playing against Pauls in the seventies ,when I think of it.
Disgracefully for the first time in two decades and despite the major increase in population ,we are bereft of Minor Teams in Dundrry this year. .An absolute disaster  and those past Officers  responsible ought hang their heads in shame.
A look at the age profile of this team is instructive  in this regard.
Lucky enough three gasuns mentioned above and their team mates brought home the under 12 laurels since.