Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship Final

Drumhowan 1-13 Blackhill 1-11                              28/9/14

Drumhowan won their sixth JFC title and their second in three years when they caught Blackhill with a storming finish in the final in Inniskeen on Sunday. This game ebbed and flowed a number of times and after leading by a point at half-time, Drumhowan fell behind to a Ciarán Courtney goal and found themselves in trouble when Martin McElroy was sent off ten minutes from time. Drumhowan managed to outscore Blackhill by 1-5 to 0-2 from then on, however, with main marksman Colm Lambe finding the net.

Full report to follow…

Drumhowan: E Duffy; D Duffy (0-1), L McGuirk, B McGuirk; N Mooney, M McElroy, P Mulligan; JP O’Neill, K McElroy (0-1); Kevin Mooney (0-3), A Mulligan (0-1), D Millar (Capt., 0-2); Kieran Mooney (0-1), C Lambe (1-4, 0-4f), A Duffy.

Subs: A Quinn for Mulligan (35 mins), M Atkinson for A Mulligan (inj., 62).

Blackhill: M Shevlin; R Craig, D Courtney, G McArdle; R Courtney (Capt.), A Courtney (0-2), Shane Courtney (0-1); É Byrne, H Byrne; J Daly (0-1), C Courtney (1-2); Stephen Courtney (0-1); M Geehan, C Woods (0-2, 1f), P Donnelly.

Subs: D Daly (0-1f) for É Byrne (H-T), P Finnegan for C Courtney (inj., 49), A Burns (0-1, ’45) for Stephen Courtney (56).

Referee: N McKenna (Emyvale).