St Josephs GFC

5 days ago

Division 4 League Final

St. Marys 0-14, St. Josephs 0-13

Our lads came agonisingly close to claiming the Division 4 title in Darver on Friday night. In a match that could have gone either way the guys left it all on the field and in the end it was by the narrowest of margins that the Marys won their fourth title in a row.

Jack Mulligan opened the scoring for the Joes with a superb two pointer from the right wing in the first minute. The Marys responded with a 13m free while Aidan Kieran was on hand to make two vital interceptions in a busy opening five minutes. An Aaron Gray 45 put the Joes ahead by 0-3 to 0-1 after 6mins. Adam Cassidy made a superb point blank save with Paddy McKenna turning over another Mary’s attack.

A strong run from Cian Sheridan down the right wing, saw Cormac Marmions pin point pass find Jack Mulligan to fire over for the Joes. On 10mins the Marys keeper made an excellent save from a Ciaran Johnston effort. With the Marys creating chances, good goalkeeping from Adam Cassidy and a strong turnover from Rian Devlin kept the Joes ahead. Back to back points for the Marys left the Joes ahead by 0-4 to 0-3 after 15mins.

The sides were level after 21mins with a fine score from the Marys. A Cormac Marmion pass setup Aaron Gray for an excellent two pointer with five minutes left in the half. A minute later Killian McDonnell broke through to send his low shot just wide of the left post. Aaron Gray had the final score of the half following good work by Conor Neary. Joes 0-7, Marys 0-4 at the break.

The Marys took the game to the Joes in the opening 10mins of the second half with Joes keeper Adam Cassidy called into action a number of times. An early Killian McDonnell point extended the Joes lead to four. With the Marys dominating possession in the midfield area they hit five points in a row to take the lead on 41mins, 0-9 to 0-8.

On 46mins great work by Aidan Kieran sent Aaron Gray away for the equaliser. The Marys edged ahead again with Rory McLoughlin finishing off a great move to leave the scores at 0-10 each on 50mins.The sides again exchanged points with Aaron Gray equalising for the Joes.

On 55mins the Marys landed an excellent two pointer with the Joes battling back. Rian Devlin coming through the centre to send a powerful shot crashing off the crossbar for a point. Rory McLoughlin tied the game up with a minute on the clock.

As the game entered added time with every call critical it was deep in stoppage time that Marys won an all important free that gave the Marys victory on a scoreline of 0-14 to 0-13.

Hard luck guys 🟢⚪️🟠

St, Josephs: Adam Cassidy, Cian Sheridan, Patrick McKenna, Rian Devlin (0-1), Oran McParland, Aidan Kieran, Rory McLoughlin (0-2), Conor Neary, Killian Staunton, Ciaran Johnston, Killian McDonnell (0-1), Jack Mulligan (0-3), Alan Lynch, Cormac Marmion, Aaron Gray (0-6,1f), Adam Dullaghan, Liam McQuillan, Alfie Barron, Jack O’Leary, Diarmuid McGeeney, Michael O’Brien. ... See MoreSee Less