League

Anascaul
Spectators: 7980 (Terracing: 5986, Seating: 1835, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ryan Keegan took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Brefni Tierney had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Toom's Harkin Todd proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Toom from getting a goal against them. If Brazil Harkin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Brefni Tierney fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Harkin Todd having to interfere. 15 minutes into the match, Fergus Ryan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Harkin Todd. Toom's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fergus Ryan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Fergus Ryan's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 19thth minute, Harkin Todd skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 20th minute Brefni Tierney suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. David Duggan's late challenge caught a Anascaul's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Duggan helped the player get up and apologised. David Duggan hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. In the 28th minute Pearce Gough shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Torran Mulvihill saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pearce Gough in the 28th minute of play forced Anascaul's goalkeeper Torran Mulvihill to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute, Blathma Moran left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Toom fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Torran Mulvihill showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pearce Gough, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. 37 minutes into the game, Brazil Harkin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Harkin Todd was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 41 minutes, Brazil Harkin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Anascaul's supporters crossed their fingers, but Brazil Harkin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

Torran Mulvihill showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bardan McNamee, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. In the 55th minute Fergus Ryan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Harkin Todd saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Fergus Ryan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anascaul's Torran Mulvihill played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Blathma Moran in the 60th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Blathma Moran in the 63rd minute of play forced Anascaul's goalkeeper Torran Mulvihill to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Torran Mulvihill showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Blathma Moran, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Torran Mulvihill made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Pearce Gough sent off a good shot on target. 77 minutes into the match, Anascaul's goal looked a bit too open when Blathma Moran came free, but Torran Mulvihill reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, Toom's Torran Mulvihill threw himself towards the right post 80 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Blathma Moran, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Torran Mulvihill took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bardan McNamee, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. During the 90th minute of the match David Duggan completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave David Duggan a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. David Duggan kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. If Brazil Harkin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Anascaul had played much better football throughout.