Benson bags timely major
April 01, 2007
A goal just before the interval by Brian Benson proved pivotal as Mayo booked a place in this year's Cadbury's Connacht Under 21 football final (1-13 to 0-9) at the expense of Galway at Pearse Stadium.
Benson's goal helped propel the winners-elect to a 1-5 to 0-4 interval lead and it was a cushioned lead that Galway never looked like overcoming.
That said, it took some brillance by Mayo 'keeper Kenneth O'Malley to stop Cathal Kenny from goaling in the 39th minute and then Galway sub Mark Gotsche saw his fisted attempted come back off the bar.
Mayo held firm though and thanks, in part, to some good work by Barry Moran, Mark Ronaldson and Tom Parsons managed to hold on.
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