Friendly League

Rossestown
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Donelle Kirby made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd minute, Treno Kirby ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fiachra Colwell was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Treno Kirby fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fiachra Colwell having to interfere. Fiachra Colwell was a little too slow when Tierney Gollogley got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 10th minute. The score was now 2-0. In the 13th minute, Colmcille McJohnny hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 14th minute of the match Devlin Tracy sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Brak Lavine skillfully saved the ball. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Tierney Gollogley took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Fiachra Colwell to make any attempt to save it. In the 28th match minute, Rossestown was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ryley Mullan to maneuver through the defense. Treno Kirby took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fiachra Colwell. Fiachra Colwell dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. With his leg Fiachra Colwell managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when Rossestown's Treno Kirby fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Birr Mullan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Brak Lavine tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 37 minutes into the game, Brenden McNamara was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rossestown's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Kiniska the free kick. Beag Myler was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 41 minutes into the match, Rossestown's goal looked a bit too open when Donelle Kirby came free, but Brak Lavine reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Colmcille McJohnny hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 45th minute, Donelle Kirby 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. In the 47th minute, Rossestown's Tierney Gollogley ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fiachra Colwell. Fiachra Colwell yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 5-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tierney Gollogley to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tierney Gollogley in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fiachra Colwell prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Fiachra Colwell came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by Rossestown's Tierney Gollogley. But to his dismay, Tierney Gollogley quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. In the 60th minute, Kiniska's Donelle Kirby dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 6-1. In the 62nd minute, Ryley Mullan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Treno Kirby had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Fiachra Colwell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Breed Scully in the 71st minute of the match. After 74 minutes, Bradain McSteven mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kiniska and the Rossestown players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 75th match minute, Kiniska was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bradain McSteven to maneuver through the defense. In the 79th minute, Beartlai Ferguson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Brak Lavine took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Devlin Tracy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Herich Branson's late challenge caught a Rossestown's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Herich Branson helped the player get up and apologised. After 82 minutes of play Rossestown's Brenden McNamara was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Rossestown's Brenden McNamara got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Brak Lavine showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donelle Kirby in the 86th minute of the match. In the 91st minute, Tierney Gollogley left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rossestown fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Treno Kirby in the 95th minute of play forced Kiniska's goalkeeper Fiachra Colwell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fiachra Colwell stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Treno Kirby's shot from short distance in the 97th minute. When the referee ended the match the Rossestown players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.