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Hollymount Stadium
Spectators: 6762 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Heron Horgan kicked off to start the match. 7 minutes into the match, Kilpierce's Begley Brennan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pauric John narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 11th minute, Adamnan Horgan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Hollymount FC's Heron Horgan in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kilpierce's goalie prevented a goal. Pauric John took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Beatty McJon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 22 minutes into the match, Hollymount FC's goal looked a bit too open when Beatty McJon came free, but Pauric John reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Begley Brennan put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Pauric John. Baiste McLaughlin charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Baiste McLaughlin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 26 played minutes Kilpierce got a freekick which was hit by Baiste McLaughlin. If Triain McPaul had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 33 minutes into the match, Hollymount FC's goal looked a bit too open when Beatty McJon came free, but Pauric John reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 34thth minute of the game Beatty McJon who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hollymount FC's Pauric John was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Peyton Byrne charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Peyton Byrne the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Hollymount FC getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Peyton Byrne hit a great ball. 36 minutes into the match, Hollymount FC's goal looked a bit too open when Beatty McJon came free, but Pauric John reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Begley Brennan in the 43rd minute of play forced Hollymount FC's goalkeeper Pauric John to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pauric John showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beatty McJon, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Beatty McJon stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 52 minutes, Beothach Murphy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hollymount FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Beothach Murphy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 53rd minute, Davie Savic hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adamnan Horgan hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. After having played for 59 minutes, Beothach Murphy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hollymount FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Beothach Murphy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Kilpierce's Barran Mulvihill got a free kick in the 61st minute. Heron Horgan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 64 played minutes Kilpierce got a freekick which was hit by Barran Mulvihill. In the 65th minute, Heron Horgan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Toran Hughes was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 73rd minute, Beothach Murphy got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Kilpierce's Tirloch Ramsey shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 76th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Pauric John but with some difficulty. Beothach Murphy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Toran Hughes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Heron Horgan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Toran Hughes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pauric John showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beatty McJon in the 93rd minute of the match. Toran Hughes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Beothach Murphy 's shot from short distance in the 97th minute. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.