Played in Dunderry on a pitch in good nick on a fresh Sunday morning this match had special significance for me.My daughter Claire is married to Eoin Kelly who fielded at full back for Trim and we would know most of the Trim lads as we frequent the County Town.
Eoin came around here courting Claire as a skinny gossoon over a dozen years ago.I said honestly at their wedding that when I saw him first that my inclination was to buy him a macaroon bar and a fat frog ice pop and and tell him to return when he started shaving.
Well my daughter's influence on him in the interim is clear as he has developed into a hardy strong full back.A fine lump of a man.And he was marking our Finn ,no shrinking violet either.Hard and fair and no pull back was the order of the day.
There is never much between these teams and today was no different.
We lined out as follows.
Jennings
Shane Maguire Seamus Harte A.Newman
Conor Dempsey Davy Mac Cormack Marty Garry
Liam Dempsey Conor Farrell
A.Waters S.Coogan Alan Garry
Baby Doc E.Stephens L.Martyn.
Introduced were Stefan Clarke,J.P.Kenneally,Paddy Kenneally,Tosh Doc.,and Owen Dempsey as the Troika continued with their revolving player system.
The match reminded me of the old under 21 club type of football that used be the norm in Dublin in my youth where there were 13 players a side.Fast furious and open with no sign whatsoever of a hard tackle.And plenty of intricate and well drilled hand passing by both sides.
Refreshingly the ref.went against the grain for a while and properly penalised forwards who didn't get rid of the ball quickly,Arther than penalising the defenders.Good stuff said I ,now we might see some decent football.
And we did for the first half at leas, at the end of which we led by 0-5 to 0-2.
There was nothing between the teams skill wise and commitment wise and open and knacky play was the norm .No bite worth mentioning.
But we were carved asunder four times by Trim who scored four clear goals wide if you get my drift.It was easier to score than miss as Jennings performed stopping miracles in one to one situations to deny Trim.
The second half was played in the same vein ,we converting 4 minors to Trim's 5 to run out on a final scoreline of 0-9 to 0-7,Trim again missing an open goal and contriving to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
The last fifteen minutes were exciting as Trim tried mightily to draw level and overtake us but our boys never hoisted the white flag and just about kept their snouts ahead at the finishing line.
And that's what matters.Two more points in the bag.
As far as I could see both Alan Watters and Aaron Newmamn were black carded.
There wouldn't be a dirty bone in their combined bodies.
This carda dubh is a nonsense.
The sooner it itself is red carded the better.It is destroying the game and is too easy to flash.
Three Dempsey's were on the field of play.Don't happen too often these days.
Last time it happened here at top level (for us ) was when the Bear's sons T.J.,Marty and Alan fielded but that was before the Fir Breaga forced the abandonment of the country by the youth to satisfy the hateful Troika .T.J.is now an Aussie of some type.We miss him.
Scorers.Davy Mac 0-1.A.Garry 0-1.S.Coogan 0-2.L.Martyn 0-1.Baby Doc, 0 -2. P.Kenneally 0-2.
P.S. We wish Simon Carty well with the Meath under 21 footballers in the Leinster Final .
We hear that he is playing well.
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