Ulster U21FC: Goals see Derry through
March 25, 2010Fermanagh 2-12
Late goals from Benny Heron and Aaron Kerrigan were enough to see Derry through to the semi-finals of the Cadbury's Ulster Under 21 FC at the expense of a brave Fermanagh side last night at Celtic Park.
The visitors had fought back after two early goals from Derry, which saw Kerrigan netting inside the first two minutes and Lee Moore latching onto Caolan O'Boyle's pass and smashing in a wonderful finish.
Fermanagh responded with points from Daryl Keenan, Chris O'Brien (2) and Kevin Connelly to cut the gap to four points, before the O'Boyle-Moore combination struck again to leave the ball nestling in the Erne net and give Derry a 3-3 to 0-4 advantage.
On that score-line Derry looked to be cruising, but within five minutes of the second-half the Ernesiders struck for goal after a mix up at the back from the hosts allowed O'Brien to tuck the ball to the net.
Seven minutes later and Fermanagh were level when the lethal O'Brien collected a pass from Connelly, turned and buried the ball past the Derry goalkeeper to put the scores at 2-8 to 3-5.
Ryan Jones put them in front moments later with a point, but Derry had a big finish in them and in the last eight minutes they raised the green flag twice with Heron and then Kerrigan finally killing off the Fermanagh challenge. Tweet
