St. Josephs Miltown senior side kicked off their championship campaign for 2010 against Liscannor in Quilty last Saturday. Such was the injury crisis that hit the panel, one would be forgiven to return to Miltown to check how many black cats had been killed in the area recently. Such a collection of crutches on the sideline would have presumed that training had been pretty fearsome in the build-up. Unfortunately on the day, the side were deprived of certain starters such as Graham Kelly, Micheal Malone, Kevin Burke, Niall Quinn with Dessie Molohan only fit for a role from the bench all due to a range of injuries. The game itself was one that the team will feel slipped away due to bad wides and poor shot selection at crucial stages of the game. The lack of options from the bench due to the injury crisis was also crucial considering the bearing the Liscannor bench had on the outcome. Miltown now face a prolonged break until they face Kilkee in game 2 which has assumed a must win encounter to keep hopes alive. The match report from the Clare Champion on the game is as follows:
Winning start for Liscannor
Liscannor 1-9 Milown, St Joseph's 0-9
’’A RATHER soft goal separated the sides at Quilty on Saturday as Liscannor made a good start to their championship campaign, securing the points after a fairly testing evening, writes Owen Ryan.
The decisive score came midway through the second half from sub Dara Blake. It arrived after a rather hopeful ball from Niall Considine, which seemed to be drifting wide, was brought back into play. When it fell to Blake, the Miltown rearguard were caught out of position and he was left with a fairly handy task to finish.
That gave them a three-point lead and although Miltown brought it back to a single point, a strong finish by Liscannor got them over the line. Overall, it was a very even contest with the outcome in doubt until the dying moments.
The first 10 minutes was Miltown’s best spell, as they were winning the lion’s share of possession in the middle of the field and, as a unit, their backs looked very comfortable. Unfortunately for them, they weren’t particularly successful in turning pressure into scores during this period.
Despite having the wind, Liscannor conceded the first two points, while Miltown also kicked three wides and dropped another effort into Noel Kilmartin’s hands, before the winners really settled or had an attempt on goal.
However, they did find their feet, with Alan Flaherty getting them on the board in the eleventh minute, before Alan Clohessy levelled from a free.
Miltown secured a 45’ in the 14th minute, which goalkeeper Conor O’Loughlin came up to take and he duly nailed it. Following that, a shot from the capable Eoin Curtin scraped over the crossbar, restoring the two-point Miltown advantage.
But Liscannor were well in the game now and Brian Considine kicked an excellent score from distance in the 22nd minute. Their final score of the half came on 26 minutes, which left the sides tied at the break, 0-4 apiece.
Points were traded in the opening minutes of the second period but a series of Miltown wides, some from quite scorable positions, stopped them from taking the lead.
It stayed nip and tuck, with a free from Dessie Molohan, who succeeded in drawing a couple of fouls from the Liscannor backs, levelling the score at 0-6 each after 12 minutes, before Blake’s goal arrived.
On 17 minutes, a low, direct ball to Eoin Curtin paid dividends as he turned and pointed, before a fine score from Gary Egan left a single point between the sides with just over 12 minutes to go.
Further points were traded before a late surge from Liscannor, in which Brian Considine and Kieran Considine added minors, while Miltown didn’t really look like getting the goal they needed to take a point.
On the day, Miltown’s better performers included Enda Malone, Gordon Kelly, Gary Egan and Eoin Curtin. For the winners, Ronan Slattery, Brian Considine and Kieran Considine did well.
Liscannor: Noel Kilmartin; Shane Canavan, David McDonagh, Michael Foley; Niall Considine, Ronan Slattery, Robbie Lucas; Brian Considine, Alan Flaherty; Joseph Considine, Alan Clohessy, Gerry Considine; Declan Fawl, Kieran Considine, Paul Guerin.
Subs: Tom McDonagh for Declan Fawl, Dara Blake for Joseph Considine and Johnny Considine for Paul Guerin.
Scorers: Brian Considine (0-3, 2f), Kieran Considine (0-3, 1f), Dara Blake (1-0), Alan Clohessy, Ronan Slattery and Alan Flaherty (0-1) each.
Wides: 5; Frees for: 24; 45s: 0
Yellow cards: Ronan Slattery, Alan Flaherty and Alan Clohessy.
Miltown, St Joseph’s: Conor O’Loughlin; Enda Malone, Seán Meade, David Cleary; Shane Curtin, Gordon Kelly, Enda O’Gorman; Cathal Lafferty, John Meade; Seánie Malone, Michael Barry, Gary Egan; Kevin Keavey, Eoin Curtin, Joe Curtin.
Subs: Dessie Molohan for John Meade, David Talty for Kevin Keavey and Gearóid Curtin for Seánie Malone.
Scorers: Eoin Curtin (0-6, 3f), Conor O’Loughlin (0-1 45), Gary Egan (0-1) and Dessie Molohan (0-1f).
Wides: 9; Frees for: 21; 45s: 1
Yellow cards: Enda Malone and Cathal Lafferty.
Referee: Rory Hickey (Éire Óg).
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Senior championship underway on Saturday
St. Joseph's Miltown senior side get their 2010 championship underway this Saturday in Quilty at 4pm with Rory Hickey as referee. Miltown have been plagued with injuries in the run up to the game with definitely Graham Kelly and probably Gordon Kelly both our inter-county players likely to miss the game.
The third member of the Kelly clan Barry has a major milestone in his refereeing career on Saturday when he takes a charge of his first senior championship game betwen Cratloe and St. Josephs Doora Barefield also at 4pm on Saturday in Cusack Park.
Miltown will enter the game against Liscannor as underdogs but all within the club are hoping that the effort put in is reflected in the performance on the day and a winning start is secured.
The following is the preview from this week's Clare Champion of the game:
Liscannor v Miltown, St Joseph’s
LISCANNOR’S defeat of Cooraclare in their last Cusack Cup game came at the perfect time. Defeat would have relegated them to Garry Cup, while the win means that they could escape demotion. Even if they don’t, winning that game set Liscannor up nicely for this weekend’s game against Miltown. Although short of a number or regulars, St Joseph’s recorded an impressive win away to Clondegad to given themselves a morale boost, similar to Liscannor.
Liscannor manager Martin Guerin is focusing purely on Miltown and is hopeful that his team’s form has picked up at the right time.
“It would be foolish to be thinking past the first game. That’s going to be a real battle against our neighbours who beat us in the Cusack Cup but we’ll give it 110% and hopefully the result will be in our favour,” the former Liscannor footballer said.
“Everybody seems to think that this is the group of death but at the same time people would fancy Kilmurry and Kilkee to come out of the group. But you have to take every game as it comes and just see what happens,” he added.
His Miltown counterpart, Michael Neylon feels that a win this weekend would set his team up for a good eight weeks, before the second round of the championship on August 7.
“The focus from the beginning would always have been to try and get off to a good start, particularly given there’s a lay-off of eight weeks. It’s a long time to dwell on a defeat,” he reflected.
“There’s a lot to play for in the group and there’s local derbies all round. Liscannor and ourselves were actually linked up for a 21 campaign some years back,” the Miltown manager noted.
Miltown have a solid goalkeeper in Conor O’Loughlin and good defenders in Enda Malone and Gordon Kelly, if he is fit to play. His brother, Graham, is very unlikely to have recovered from an arm injury in time.
Elsewhere, they will need big performances from Dessie Molohan if he is recovered from injury, Seán Meade, Micheál Malone and Eoin Curtin if they are to get the better of Liscannor.
The 2002 and 2008 county finalists will once again turn to players like Brian and Niall Considine, Kieran Considine, Ronan Slattery, Alan Clohessy and Darragh Blake to steer them to what should be a narrow victory.
The third member of the Kelly clan Barry has a major milestone in his refereeing career on Saturday when he takes a charge of his first senior championship game betwen Cratloe and St. Josephs Doora Barefield also at 4pm on Saturday in Cusack Park.
Miltown will enter the game against Liscannor as underdogs but all within the club are hoping that the effort put in is reflected in the performance on the day and a winning start is secured.
The following is the preview from this week's Clare Champion of the game:
Liscannor v Miltown, St Joseph’s
LISCANNOR’S defeat of Cooraclare in their last Cusack Cup game came at the perfect time. Defeat would have relegated them to Garry Cup, while the win means that they could escape demotion. Even if they don’t, winning that game set Liscannor up nicely for this weekend’s game against Miltown. Although short of a number or regulars, St Joseph’s recorded an impressive win away to Clondegad to given themselves a morale boost, similar to Liscannor.
Liscannor manager Martin Guerin is focusing purely on Miltown and is hopeful that his team’s form has picked up at the right time.
“It would be foolish to be thinking past the first game. That’s going to be a real battle against our neighbours who beat us in the Cusack Cup but we’ll give it 110% and hopefully the result will be in our favour,” the former Liscannor footballer said.
“Everybody seems to think that this is the group of death but at the same time people would fancy Kilmurry and Kilkee to come out of the group. But you have to take every game as it comes and just see what happens,” he added.
His Miltown counterpart, Michael Neylon feels that a win this weekend would set his team up for a good eight weeks, before the second round of the championship on August 7.
“The focus from the beginning would always have been to try and get off to a good start, particularly given there’s a lay-off of eight weeks. It’s a long time to dwell on a defeat,” he reflected.
“There’s a lot to play for in the group and there’s local derbies all round. Liscannor and ourselves were actually linked up for a 21 campaign some years back,” the Miltown manager noted.
Miltown have a solid goalkeeper in Conor O’Loughlin and good defenders in Enda Malone and Gordon Kelly, if he is fit to play. His brother, Graham, is very unlikely to have recovered from an arm injury in time.
Elsewhere, they will need big performances from Dessie Molohan if he is recovered from injury, Seán Meade, Micheál Malone and Eoin Curtin if they are to get the better of Liscannor.
The 2002 and 2008 county finalists will once again turn to players like Brian and Niall Considine, Kieran Considine, Ronan Slattery, Alan Clohessy and Darragh Blake to steer them to what should be a narrow victory.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Crucial victory in Cusack Cup
Report from Clare Champion on Clondegad game:
Miltown 0-12
Clondegad 0-10
Miltown recorded a crucial Cusack Cup win when they defeated the home team in Ballynacally last Saturday. The teams are now tied on six points each with a game apiece remaining. A win for either in their remaining game would secure Division 1 status and in Clondegad’s case they would qualify for the semi-final.
At the end of a high-scoring first half Miltown led 0-9 to 0-7 at the interval.
While Gordon and Graham Kelly were absent for Miltown, Clondegad lined out without Paddy O’Connell and Eoin Griffin.
Michael Barry, Seán Meade, Eoin Curtin, Gary Egan and Kevin Keavey scored Miltown’s first-half points, while Ken Kelly, Gary Brennan and Paudge McMahon pointed for Clondegad.
Curtin and McMahon traded early second-half points, while the introduction of Dessie Molohan, who scored two points, proved crucial in helping Miltown to both points.
Gary Brennan, Paudge McMahon and Brian Carrig hit the target for Clondegad, while a late McMahon goal effort was well saved by Conor O’Loughlin in the Miltown goalmouth.
Miltown: Conor O’Loughlin; Shane Curtin, Kevin Burke, Enda Malone; David Cleary, Gearóid Curtin, Enda O’Gorman; Seán Meade, Cathal Lafferty; Seánie Malone, Gary Egan, John Meade; Kevin Keavey, Michael Barry, Eoin Curtin.
Subs: Dessie Molohan for Kevin Keavey; David Talty for Seán Meade; Michael Talty for Kevin Burke.
Clondegad: Declan Flynn; Conor Gavin, Brian Carrig, Cormac Ryan; Brian Murpny, Kieran Browne (capt), Seán Clohessy; Gary Brennan, Cormac Murphy; Gearóid O’Connell, Kenneth Kelly, James Murphy; Eoin Donnellan, Shane Brennan, Paudge McMahon.
Sub: Flan Enright for Seán Clohessy.
Miltown 0-12
Clondegad 0-10
Miltown recorded a crucial Cusack Cup win when they defeated the home team in Ballynacally last Saturday. The teams are now tied on six points each with a game apiece remaining. A win for either in their remaining game would secure Division 1 status and in Clondegad’s case they would qualify for the semi-final.
At the end of a high-scoring first half Miltown led 0-9 to 0-7 at the interval.
While Gordon and Graham Kelly were absent for Miltown, Clondegad lined out without Paddy O’Connell and Eoin Griffin.
Michael Barry, Seán Meade, Eoin Curtin, Gary Egan and Kevin Keavey scored Miltown’s first-half points, while Ken Kelly, Gary Brennan and Paudge McMahon pointed for Clondegad.
Curtin and McMahon traded early second-half points, while the introduction of Dessie Molohan, who scored two points, proved crucial in helping Miltown to both points.
Gary Brennan, Paudge McMahon and Brian Carrig hit the target for Clondegad, while a late McMahon goal effort was well saved by Conor O’Loughlin in the Miltown goalmouth.
Miltown: Conor O’Loughlin; Shane Curtin, Kevin Burke, Enda Malone; David Cleary, Gearóid Curtin, Enda O’Gorman; Seán Meade, Cathal Lafferty; Seánie Malone, Gary Egan, John Meade; Kevin Keavey, Michael Barry, Eoin Curtin.
Subs: Dessie Molohan for Kevin Keavey; David Talty for Seán Meade; Michael Talty for Kevin Burke.
Clondegad: Declan Flynn; Conor Gavin, Brian Carrig, Cormac Ryan; Brian Murpny, Kieran Browne (capt), Seán Clohessy; Gary Brennan, Cormac Murphy; Gearóid O’Connell, Kenneth Kelly, James Murphy; Eoin Donnellan, Shane Brennan, Paudge McMahon.
Sub: Flan Enright for Seán Clohessy.
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