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| Bob(goal a game) Hannon is in prolific form |
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| Lovely finish from Eoin Quinlan |
OLV team
Garreth Mahon,
Keith Derwin, Gordon Farrell, James Coates (c),Gerry Shannon,
Phil Lowndes,
Bob Hannon, Garreth Boyle, Emmet Fitzpatrick, Terry Byrne,
Jonny Dutton,
Brian Fitzsimons, Eoin Quinlan, Martin Dunican.
Manager John Lowndes
Asst manager Brian Fitzsimons
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| L-R Garreth Boyle, Gerry Shannon, Terry Byrne, Brian Fitzsimons and Emmet Fitzpatrick all had a cracking game today. |
A great result for OLV after a smashing performance against a very good Chanel SSC side.
We advanced into the next round of the Leinster over 35s cup after a very tough game away in Saint Anne's park on Saturday, it was a slow start to the game for us that could have seen the home team score on a couple of occasions only for some great defending by Keith Derwin, Gordon Farrell, skipper Coates,Gerry Shannon and keeper Garreth Mahon.
As the game progressed so did our grip on the game with Emmet Fitzpatrick and Garreth Boyle pulling the midfield strings and pressing forward with the knowledge that Phil Lowndes was having a good game breaking up any forward play from Chanel, our five man midfield was working well as the central cover allowed wingers Terry Byrne and Bob Hannon make numerous runs at the home defence looking to get crosses in to Jonny Dutton, our goal came after 30 mins when good play from defence found Fitzpatrick who ran at the opposition before playing the ball into Dutton who squeezed it through to Bobby Hannon and after a couple of paces he placed the ball perfectly inside the near post to continue his fine run of scoring.
The second half saw Chanel make a couple of changes and their refreshed line up went on the attack straight from the whistle but once more our lads were more than capable and dealt with the pressure easily but as has happened to us on a few occasions this season we lacked a bit of concentration at a crucial moment and Chanel were allowed to run through and equalize against the run of play. We didn't want to face penalties in this cup tie so we went looking for a winner right from the tipoff and could scored with a few good efforts from the lads the best of which came from Brian Fitzsimons who smashed a cracking effort against the crossbar from outside the box, we eventually got the goal we deserved when Hannon turned provider and picked out Eoin Quinlan who scored a beauty into the bottom corner.
A great feeling to get back to winning ways and hopefully we can keep the momentum going in the league next week.
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| Keith Derwin getting back into position after another OLV attack. |
As the game progressed so did our grip on the game with Emmet Fitzpatrick and Garreth Boyle pulling the midfield strings and pressing forward with the knowledge that Phil Lowndes was having a good game breaking up any forward play from Chanel, our five man midfield was working well as the central cover allowed wingers Terry Byrne and Bob Hannon make numerous runs at the home defence looking to get crosses in to Jonny Dutton, our goal came after 30 mins when good play from defence found Fitzpatrick who ran at the opposition before playing the ball into Dutton who squeezed it through to Bobby Hannon and after a couple of paces he placed the ball perfectly inside the near post to continue his fine run of scoring.
The second half saw Chanel make a couple of changes and their refreshed line up went on the attack straight from the whistle but once more our lads were more than capable and dealt with the pressure easily but as has happened to us on a few occasions this season we lacked a bit of concentration at a crucial moment and Chanel were allowed to run through and equalize against the run of play. We didn't want to face penalties in this cup tie so we went looking for a winner right from the tipoff and could scored with a few good efforts from the lads the best of which came from Brian Fitzsimons who smashed a cracking effort against the crossbar from outside the box, we eventually got the goal we deserved when Hannon turned provider and picked out Eoin Quinlan who scored a beauty into the bottom corner.
A great feeling to get back to winning ways and hopefully we can keep the momentum going in the league next week.
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