Played at 4.00 p.m .in a pristine John Newman Park this match was much anticipated as it was the first that was played by us under the corona restrictions,which in my mind are pure nonsense as they apply to sport attendances.
There was enough open space to accomodate several hundred more spectators even giving them a full two metres space inter se.
But back to the business on hand.
Like many attendees I was hungry for action and I was not disappointed as a display of all that is good in the game was served up by two teams of equal ability and competitiveness ,It was a pity that there had to be a loser.
Dunderry
Sean Brennan
Davy Mc Cormack Conor Dempsey Aaron Newman
Conor O Shea Ronan Brady Mark Kane
Bomber Farrell Morgan Callaghan
Dermot Kelly Lukie Martyn Andy Coogan
Gooch Daly Simon Carty Stephen Coogan.
Within three minutes Michael Newman from Kil.showed just why he is a county player by rattling the Dunderry net and sending over a point to boot.Greart start for them.And they posted another point via ,I think, a guy called Morgan ,who is one for the future and pooceeded to torment us for the rrest of the hour.
But we rallied and scored the next three points ,courtesy of Stephen Coogan,two from frees and one from play.How we missed him last year in both codes.He is to us what Newman is to the opposition.
A knacky and classy period of footbal followed as Bomber -a point ,Simon -a point ,and Stephen Coogan -3 points ,two frees .kept us in touch..Kil .continued to play good football by registering four furter points with Newman and Morgan being the persecutors in chief.
At half time the score was Dunderry 0-8 AND kIL.1-6.
Whatever wind was in it was in Kil.s favour in the first half and it really was an exhibition of free flowin good football with everybody giving their all.
On the resumption Lukie complimented his fine exhibition of all round play by scoring a minor ,but Morgan ,I think put the cat among the pigeons with successive scores of a goal and a point.and a pointed free.
Our lads did not give up and Bomber scored a minor and Stephen Coogan scored a brace of points,one a free to give us impetus.
Jordan Martin came on for Gooch and registered a point to bring us closer ,but Newman scored a magnificienrt free to edge them further ahead.Coogan score two more frees to their their two and we were beat on the scrore of 2-11 to 0-15.
Adam Kelly and I think Conor Leavy were introduced late on.
This was a game for the ages dominated scorewise by Newman and Stephen Coogan in the scoring stakes.
Newman and Morgan were our main persecutors,but all our guys can hold their heard up high.
Dermot Kelly had probably his most impressive game for the Club to date , but as I said all played their socks off.
The match could have gone either way.
From now on the route we must take is a knock out one ,with four teams only in the group and only one going forward ,as far as I know.
David Jennings,probably the best non capped goalie in Meath, did not figure in goals yesterday .He owes nothing to the Club.
His successor Sean Brennan has big boots to fill and will soon be the Meath Senior Keeper I predict.
Davy Mac is the sole survivor of the 2005 Senior Team I managed.And brought down to Intermediate..
Tommy Dowd,Barry Callaghan,Con O Neill ,Stephen O Rourke,Kevin Dowd and now Davy Callaghan have /are trying to get back up.
Davy faces a mammoth task but the spirit is top class.
The unavailability of Paddy Kenneally -broken arm - and Liam Dempsey and Oisin Martyn -- study ---will make an already hard task Herculean ,but there is justification for hope on yesterday's pewrformance.
Hoping for the best.
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