CONNOLLY MEATS MINOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 2 FINAL.

Carrickmacross 2-7, Donaghmoyne 0-13.

Carrickmacross and Donaghmoyne have to meet again to decide who takes the minor football league division 2 cup after they finish all square at the end of a contest that built to a nerve tingling finish in Blackhill on Tuesday evening last. Overall a draw was probably a fair enough result but Donaghmoyne will have cause to look back on how they failed to push home their advantage when they led by 5 points entering the final quarter and could only register one further point as opposed to conceding 1-3, as Carrickmacross, despite being down to 14 men, put in a late rally. The greasy conditions made life difficult for both sides and mistakes proliferated, turnovers being the order of the day and both sides coughing up possession repeatedly, but against that both showed great endeavour and always tried to be positive and constructive in their approach. Carrickmacross led at half-time by 1-4 to 0-6 with Donaghmoyne then putting in a strong start to the 2^nd half to register 6 unanswered points to leave them 5 ahead going into the final quarter and Carrickmacross then fighting back with Caolan Martin hitting the equaliser 4 minutes into stoppage time.

Teams and Scorers: Carrickmacross: Robbie McCluskey, George Marston, Jack McGeown, Caolan Martin 0-1, Senan O’Gorman, Tiernan McCourt, Patrick Bermingham, Jack Gillick 0-1, Ryan O’Connor, Oran Kieran, Tadgh Callaghan 0-1, Dylan Ward 0-3 (2f), Patrick Mitchell, Oisin Wilcox 1-1, Cathal McEnaney. Subs: Andrew Moore for O Kieran, Karl McMenamin 1-0 for O Wilcox.

Donaghmoyne: David Callan, Jamie McSkeane, Dylan Cunningham, James McCaghey, Oran Martin, Ryan Mohan, Kian Rooney, Aaron Courtney 0-2, Conor Martin, Stephen Watters, James Finnegan, Cormac O’Connor 0-1 (f), Kian Duffy 0-1, Matthew Donnelly 0-1, David Garland 0-8 (2f). Subs: Dylan Cumiskey for O Martin (Black Card), Kieran Markey for S Watters. Referee Jim Kelly (Doohamlet).