Kildalkey venue is in great nick and it is a grand summer's evening.Only drawback is slope on pitch but over hour that balances out.
Dunderry Team
David Jennings
Red Callaghan Darren Fay Davy McCormick
Colm Harte Finn Stephens John Kellegher
Davy Callaghan(Lar) Peadar Callaghan
Andy Coogan Keith Callaghan Martin Garry
T.J.Garry Stephen Coogan Ted Dowd.
This is a must win match.
Fianna dominate first few minutes.Lar breaks up possession and passes to T.J. Breaks tackle and narrowly wide.Ref ,makes bad mistake ,blows Stephen for lifting straight from ground ,when he didn't.Certain point denied us and they work point from free.We get free.Lar takes too high for T,J, and Fianna counter attack.Finn breaks it up and to Harte ,who is fouled.Lar takes it ,to Keith.Wide.Andy to Peadar to T.J.Short shot to goalkeeper and he launches attack.We attack but lose direction and they counterattack.Finn gains possession.To Kelleher,to Ted,who gives good long ball to T.J.He is fouled .Stephen converts.Jennings saves ball and to Finn,to Peadar,to Davy Mac,who is badly fouled.Free driven to Martin Garry and ref,gives 21 yard free to us.Stephen scores it.We win kick out and a foul on Kelleher is blown.Stephen directs to T.J.,who buries it in the back of the net.Finn wins ball and is fouled.Ball back to Jennings,to Davy Mac,to Red,to Stephen.Ball crosses sideline.Fianna line ball.Attack and counterattack culminate with Fianna point from play.Stephen is at end of good move involving Lar and Harte ,but overplays ball and concedes free.Fianna counter with fine point.We need to tighten up.Fianna score another minor from a free.Broken play ends with long run from Fianna 5 and another point scored.We have to tighten marking in half forward line.Another point for them.Finn switched to mark 12.Their 7 wins break,to 11,back to 7.Point.We are a point down and deserve to be.Short kick out to Kelleher who sends in long.T.J. fouled before ball comes and 21 yard free pointed by Stephen.Good defending by us breaks up Fianna attack.Fianna end broken play with well taken point.Finn back centre back.Fianna now bossing us and take point from play.Harte to Finn to Keith to Fay to Marty.His ball falls short and ends up in goalkeepers hands.Half time whistle blows.Fianna 0-8. Dunderry 1-3.
Second half,Simon Carty replaces Martin Garry.Sloppy play from both sides.Finn wins ball,to Lar,to T.J Good wide.Lar to Kelleher to T.J.Rattles onion bag.Good goal.Ted fouled.Free to Keith.Point.Free to Fianna.Fifty conceded.Ted wins ball,kicks up field to T.J.Loses ball.Fianna attack.We defend well and Carty secures ball.To Lar whose delivery is too high for Keith.Good Dunderry defending returns possession to us and forces pickup from Fianna.Free by Lar to Ted.Long ball in and T.J.wins it under pressure.Forced out to sideline but delivers across goal.Fianna regain ball .We repulse attack .Good defending. Ball got by Lar,to Kelleher to Harte,to Lar,to T.J.Ball lost and Fianna free ends up wide.Fianna free resumes attack,but good defending stymies it.Ball breaks to Lar,to Stephen.Doubly fouled.Quick free taken ,but Fianna intercept.Dunderry break up attack and earn free out.Taken to Carty.Runs like a hare and passes to Andy.Narrow wide.Finn wins hard ball.Knocked over sideline .Our ball.Fianna all out attack breaks down when Kelleher fouled.Free quick to Carty.To Stephen.Point.Successive Fianna frees results in a point.Bob Doc on for Keith.Finn to Harte,to Coogan to Doc.Splits posts.Peadar and opponent reach clouds and catch ball together.Ref,throws ball up.Breaks to Coogan.Andy shoots wide.Andy gathers kick out is fouled and Stephen hits short,Na Fianna counter attack is broken up by Lar at expense of conceding line ball.They hit scorable free wide.Peadar opens his shoulders and catches magnificent ball.To Harte who beats two men,but hits aimless ball ,which Bob retrieves and again splits the posts.good football.Na Fianna attack rewarded with point.Kelleher loses concentration and Fianna point results.Pressure is on.Finn wins break,to Harte ,to Ted to Andy.kicks a point.Breaks duck.Lar takes sideline ball.Ends up a sideline ball for them.Ivan Mc Cormack on for Ted.They go for goal.We defend and Carty gets ball.Fouled from 4 different directions.Ball to Ivan,to Bob,has a go .Wide.We are 3 up,three to go.Good work by Andy ,who passes to Doc.Splits posts again.Fianna 7 scores point.Fianna go all out but we hold out well.Winner all right.2-9 to 0-12.
Ref. Made few strange decisions early on and tried to balance them out.Settled before half time and had good second half.
Team assessment.Aside from a few lapses in concentration we performed well.Backs were solid and worked hard.Midfield more than held their own and Peadar is becoming the footballer his late Father predicted he would be,who predicted a long time ago that he would be a late developer.
The forwards are getting their act together and the younger lads are proving their worth.The older lads are giving their all.
We were worth the win on balance.Na Fianna were devastated..
Selectors did all the right things .Inspired substitutions.Some job picking team for semi-final.
Post script.
My 60th birthday was well celebrated in Horans after.All is well in the world.Match won,all in great form.Young ,old,in between celebrated in harmony.Not a wrong word and Nance was bustling.Eddie had the place rocking from early and friends old and new let it rip .Thanks all.Never thought I'd make it.Kinda wished i didn't on Sunday.Wasn't alone I;d say.
Big,big thanks to all .
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