JFC B semi-final: Mary's lose to Moynalty
August 23, 2010
St Mary's Steven Madden gains possession ahead of Moynalty's Adrian Lynch during the Meath JFC "B" semi final at Syddan.
St Mary's 0-17
St Mary's dream of championship glory came to a cruel end in sunny Syddan after a titanic battle with Moynalty ended in defeat after extra time.
Moynalty started off with a bang and had the ball in the back of the St Mary's net after 40 seconds but St Mary's responded with two wonderful long range points from Stephen Madden and Stephen Bishop. Both sides exchanges points on the run in to half time with the score board reading 1-07 to 0-05 to Tommy Dowd's Moynalty.
St Mary's came out in the second half a complete different team and pulled backed the five point margin with points from Eoin Morison, Eoin Craven and Stephen Madden. With five minutes remaining Stephen Madden kicked St Mary's in to the lead for the first time in the game, but Moynalty responded with two points with time up. Deep into injury time Leon Madden found himself one on one with the Moynalty goal keeper and Madden fisted over the bar to send the tie into extra time.
Moynalty again caught St Mary's out with a goal early in the first half of extra time to build up four point lead but St Mary's battled back with some brilliant place kicking from Stephen Madden to leave two points between the sides with two minutes remaining when St Mary's had the last big chance of the game with a one on one with the Moynalty keeper only for the shot to go wide and Moynalty hung on to victory.
St Mary's second half performance was the best football they have produced in years and they should take plenty of positives out of the thrilling encounter with Moynalty.
Best for St Mary's were Stephen Madden, Eoin Craven, Joey Moore, Brian Smith, Leon Madden and Stephen Bishop.
St Mary's - Derek O'Brien, David Smith, Eoin Morrison 0-2, Brian Lynch, Brian Smith, Eoin Craven 0-3, Paul Scanlon, Joey Moore, Gary Teelan, Erin Madden, Simon Neary, Steven Madden 0-8, Stephen Bishop 0-2, Leon Madden 0-2, Robbie Callaghan. Subs - Eoin Everard for Simon Neary, Niall Curran for Gary Teelan, Ferdia McKeown for Brian Lynch, Luke Suillivan for Eoin Everard. Tweet
