There was severe ground frost on Saturday night but by 2.00 p.m. Sunday the Kilmainham Pitch was the finest and well fit to play on.
I don't know for sure but guess that Moynalty and ourselves draw from a similar population base.I do know that Paul Govern who now lives here is a Moynalty man and played with us for a few years.He was also a selector for a year or two I think.
Other than that our paths don't cross too often and in my time at least ,Dunderry have been the more prominent Club.
So I didn't know what to expect today.
The team.
Eoin Smith,
Alex Walshe Jamie Leavy
Stefan Clarke Conor Dempsey 0-1 Tomas Conroy 0-1
Cianan McKENNA Mark Kane 0-2 frees
Eoin Daly 0-3. 2.Frees Oisin Martin 1-1 Jack Brady 0-1
Luke Martin 1-1 Shane Gartland
Subs used.C. Harten,Aaron Feeney,Mickey Dowdall.
For the benefit of our overseas readers Eoin Smith is the son of Patricia Smith and Flange Farrelly.Jamie Leavy is Timber's son,his ma is a daughter of Paddy Kavanagh who refeered an All Ireland and Mary Lawless of Lawlesses Cross.Alex Walshe,child of rabid Dublin supporters , is a Dub.in exile from the Black Road.Stefan Clarke is the son of Stephen and Anne who live in Kilcooley.At least one of his parents,I am unsure which ,is from Moynalty I think.Conor is Dermot ,the Judges,son.Tomas Conroy is the Son of Tommy from Lambay and his mother is a Curran.Cianan Mc Kenna is from Robinstown and I think his father played with them before they gave it up.Mark Kane is from Robinstown and his Da also played with them too.It is a fact that his Firm Ashleaf Furniture sponsored Robinstown in 1986 and sponsored a sign for us in 2016.Eoin Daly is one of the sons of Dan Daly and Rose Loughran from Robinstown.Oisin Martin is the son of Gerry ,a Slane native now happily living amongst us.Jack Brady is the son of Paudi,a Blanchie in exile here like myself.I met his mother only brirfly and she too is from my part of the coiuntryLukie is the son of Galway expat Gus and Olive Feeney.
Shane is Kevin Brady's son from the Black Road and there for a cousin of my own.I don't know his Ma but if he is anything to go by she must be a great one.
I don't know young Harten that well..Aaron is the son of Tommy Feeney and his mother is member of the Sugsie Kennedy clan of Trim ,Gaels par excellence.And Mickey Dowdall is a member of the Dowdall family whose patriarch is the the most rabid Brit supporter we have and whose attention to detail is of enormous help to me.
Now you have it all.
I was 5 minutes late and we were behind by 1-1 to 0-1 at that stage.To be truthful both teams were evenly matched skill wise and physically conditioned.We probably held the edge on combination play ,the more experienced guys having the wiser and more calm interplay .By half time we had drawn level and looked the surer bet to prevail on SCORELINE OF 1-5 TO 1-5.
like Ireland against the All Blacks yesterday MOYNALTY dominated the second half but wasted chance after chance to pull away.We on the other hand harvested well the few breaks into opposition territory and we made and banked enough scores to see us through.
Goals win matches and probably the second half one scored by Lukie with half the opposition hanging out of him was the decisive score of the second half.Nor could you exclude the improbable save made by OWEN SMITH who denied a certain goal to Moynalty during a ten minute period in the second half when we were under siege .
Another similarity we had with the Irish Rugby Team yesterday was that there was far too much speech play from a small number of our players to the referee.
Against better opposition these guys would be better employed letting their football do their talking.
The team remains on track to be the only team at adult level in the Club at can win a championship this year.
This was a good game right up to the final whistle.
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