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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Ryleigh Deery made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 11th minute, Seán McSteve hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bannan McJames received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Conleth Brennan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 27 played minutes Littleton got a freekick which was hit by Torrans Benson. Turlough McDecland hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Conleth Brennan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trevor Dunne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Payton McIan's late challenge caught a Littleton's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Payton McIan helped the player get up and apologised. Payton McIan hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Derry Scully sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Trevor Dunne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trevor Dunne in the 44th minute of play forced Littleton's goalkeeper Conleth Brennan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Trevor Dunne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Trevor Dunne to make the kick off. Bannan McJames fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Conleth Brennan having to interfere. Conleth Brennan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Payton McIan in the 58th minute of play. Trevor Dunne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Conleth Brennan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Derry Scully's late challenge caught a Intoxicated's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Derry Scully helped the player get up and apologised. After 66 played minutes Littleton got a freekick which was hit by Derry Scully. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Conaill Dempsey during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Intoxicated getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Conaill Dempsey hit a great ball. Ryleigh Deery received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Batt Dunne tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Intoxicated's Bannan McJames got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Bannan McJames's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Conleth Brennan was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Littleton's Ryleigh Deery got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Conleth Brennan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trevor Dunne in the 84th minute of the match. Donavan Barrett kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. 90 minutes into the game, Ryleigh Deery recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Batt Dunne. Ryleigh Deery showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-1. Derry Scully who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 95thth minute tested the skills of Batt Dunne when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After 99 played minutes Donavan Barrett rounded Intoxicated's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-2. When the final whistle went the supporters of Littleton were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant Intoxicated side.