COUNTY PREMIER SFC ROUND 3
Carrigaline 1-12
Éire Óg 1-10
Éire Óg might want to dig deep if they’re to keep away from relegation from the highest division after failing to see off Carrigaline in Ballygarvan final weekend.
The Ovens’ facet wanted to win their Spherical 3 conflict, and regarded properly on their option to recording that victory, however late heroics from Carrigaline implies that Éire Óg at the moment are simply 60 or so minutes from dropping again to Senior A in the event that they don’t get the required win to keep away from relegation.
From the off it was clear that Ireland Óg had been up for this one as they broke quick, dominated possession and had been first to take a big lead, 1-1 in entrance inside two minutes.
Former Cork star Daniel Goulding continues to impress on a soccer pitch and had his facet in entrance inside 60 seconds with a positioned ball effort.
Quickly after Goulding’s opener the lads in purple and yellow bagged the sport’s first main – a surging run by the centre-back and former Kerry senior Mark Griffin arrange Colm O’Callaghan who made no mistake – Éire Óg rocking and the sport solely simply underway.
It took Carrigaline virtually 10 minutes to register their opening rating with Rhys McCarthy doing the enterprise with some extent, a feat he repeated on 20 minutes.
Éire Óg continued to dominate with the wind to their backs and some extent from Brian Hurley had them up by seven on the break, 1-7 to 0-3, as the perimeters headed to the dressing rooms.
The second half noticed Carrigaline, with the wind, take management of the sport as Éire Óg faltered with the win of their sights.
O’Callaghan and Ronan O’Toole continued to push Éire Óg on and the Muskerry males nonetheless led by a half dozen factors with lower than 1 / 4 of the sport to go – a place they need to have been capable of see out.
Carrigaline continued to push on and had the hole down to only two with six minutes nonetheless on the clock, David Drake including to Éire Óg’s woes.
Goulding’s facet had been pinned again for the final 10 minutes of the sport, and it was no shock once they lastly conceded a purpose, Nathan O’Keeffe touchdown what would show to be the essential rating.
Carrigaline added yet another level to make the sport protected, a powerful comeback from a facet that regarded doomed for lengthy intervals.
Newcestown now stand in the best way of Éire Óg’s Premier standing and either side should throw all the pieces they’ve at a do-or-die conflict in a few weeks’ time. No extra room for errors – the facet that loses go down.
CARRIGALINE: C Dungan; N Quirke, I Sheerin, C O’Herlihy; Ok Kavanagh, C Barry 0-1, J McCarthy; Kieran Kavanagh, N O’Keeffe 1-1; E Desmond, D Drake 0-3, C Barrett 0-1; R McCarthy 0-2 (1f), Ok O’Reilly 0-1, B Coakley 0-3 (1f).
ÉIRE ÓG: C Kelly; M Corkery, J Mullins, J Kelleher; D McCarthy, M Griffin, D O’Herlihy; D Kelly, R O’Toole 0-1; J Cooper 0-1, C O’Callaghan1-1, J Kelleher; Ok Hallissey, D Goulding 0-6 (5f), B Hurley0-1. Subs: R O’Flynn for Ok Hallissey (48), D Foley for B Hurley (48), D Dineen for D O’Herlihy (inj 50), H Murphy for D Kelly (55).
Referee: David Daly (Brian Dillons)
