u-21's bow out at semi stage

St.Josephs Miltown u-21 side bowed out to Lissycasey on a 1-12 to 2-5 scoreline at the u-21 A semi final stage on Saturday. A ridiciously long gap of more than 10 weeks since the quarter final games were played resulted in a very lethargic Miltown display for the first 40 minutes. Lissycasey started much the brighter and raced into a 1-5 to nil lead before Joe Curtin opened Miltown's account. The half time scored stood at 1-7 to 0-2 with Lissycasey in firm control. A Joe Curtin penalty midway through the second half sparked a Miltown revival which was added to when Seanie Malone added a goal in the closing minutes which cut the deficit to three points. Miltown now sensed an escape route which would have been out of keeping with the general trend of the game. However, an otherwise generally sporting game degenerated in the closing minutes which killed the momentum that Miltown were building. Lissycasey kicked the insurance point while a player from each side was dismissed following a mini brawl. Overall, management will point to some key injuries which resulted in missing key players and will wonder what would have been if the championship had been completed as scheduled in July. The team lined out as follows: David Cleary, Brendan O'Brien, Shane Curtin, Colin McGuane, Tiernan O'Friel, Enda O'Gorman, Eoin O'Brien, Gearoid Curtin, Gerard Malone, David Talty, Micheal Malone, Tommy Flynn, Seanie Malone(1-1), Joe Curtin(1-4), Enda Fox. Subs used: Peter Cleary for Enda Fox, Damien Lafferty for Tommy Flynn